U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) requested that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provide accurate statistics on the number of known or suspected terrorists apprehended at American land borders or ports of entry to better inform Congress on future Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) recently led a Republican contingent of lawmakers in urging the Biden administration to support modernization of the United States’ nuclear deterrent and homeland missile defense in the nation’s fiscal year 2022 budget. “The U.S. nuclear Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined a bipartisan group of more than a dozen lawmakers in calling on the Biden administration to promote the U.S. government’s science on the virus causing COVID-19, particularly as it pertains to food and food Read more…
The nation’s school meals programs would get a boost under bipartisan legislation introduced on March 18 by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). The School Food Modernization Act, S. 876, which Sen. Collins sponsored with cosponsor U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) on March 17 unveiled a bipartisan bill that would repeal several outdated federal laws that are discriminatory against Native Americans, such as those allowing for the forced removal of Native American children from their homes Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) recently sponsored bipartisan, bicameral legislation to ensure that mental health screenings and assessments are provided to children and youth entering the nation’s foster care system. “With data showing an alarming decline in outpatient mental health Read more…
Individuals who deliberately target local, state or federal law enforcement officers with violence would face federal penalties under legislation recently proposed by U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jerry Moran (R-KS). “Law enforcement officers in North Carolina and across the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) said that lawmakers must continue to correct the disparities in how retired United States service members receive their TRICARE benefits. Toward that goal, the senator on March 18 sponsored the bipartisan, bicameral TRICARE Fairness for Read more…
Sen. Joni Ernst
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 17 advanced two bipartisan bills backed by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), one to help prevent duplicative and wasteful federal programs and another that would make more information about Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) on March 18 said he planned to introduce legislation that would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, or the COPS Office, to carry out a nationwide pilot program to establish community outpost houses. Read more…