Thanks to the efforts of U.S. Reps. Troy Balderson (R-OH) and Steve Stivers (R-OH), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle’s system to decontaminate thousands of protective masks each day that will be used Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) on March 27 highlighted action by the U.S. Army to award a contract in her home state for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft under the Future Vertical Lift program. “I was excited to see the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) commended the inclusion of his bipartisan bill, the United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019, into the newly enacted COVID-19 relief package signed into law on March 27. Sen. Rounds sponsored S. 2629 Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on March 27 applauded the U.S. State Department announcement to expand the categories of H-2 visa applicants so that America’s agriculture industry has the necessary workforce to maintain production of the nation’s food supply during Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on March 27 introduced a bipartisan bill that would provide $60 billion in emergency funding for nonprofits and create a universal charitable deduction. “Charitable organizations in my community and across our nation are hurting,” Rep. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) spearheaded a bipartisan group of 86 lawmakers who requested that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permit producers of distilled spirits to continue manufacturing hand sanitizer to help with shortages created by the COVID-19 Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) on March 24 joined members of the Ohio National Guard at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s East Side headquarters to assist them in packaging, transporting and distributing food to needy local residents in his home-state Read more…
U.S. Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Martha McSally (R-AZ) announced they successfully secured federal assistance for Native American Tribes as part of the latest coronavirus relief package. “As the coronavirus pandemic impacts millions of Americans across the country, we cannot Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R- KS) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in expressing concerns about coronavirus-related scams targeting America’s senior citizens, and requested additional protections and information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about what it is doing to Read more…
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, led a bipartisan group of task force members in requesting at least $320 million in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in fiscal year 2021. Read more…