Access to employer-sponsored retirement plans would be expanded for the spouses of active duty United States service members under a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). The Military Spouses Retirement Security Act, S. 1273, which Sen. Collins Read more…
Following a recent trip to America’s southwest border to gain firsthand accounts of the deepening humanitarian and security crisis there, U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY), ranking member of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, led Republican committee members in seeking Read more…
Legislation sponsored on April 15 by U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) would update the federal regulatory framework for foreign manufacturers of compressed gas cylinders to ensure they are held to higher safety and inspection standards. If enacted, the Compressed Gas Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) this week proposed legislation to help increase renewable energy production and storage in the Pacific Northwest. Rep. Newhouse sponsored the Pacific Northwest Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act of 2021, H.R. 2641, which aims to improve Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) would create a new job series for federal wildland firefighters to more accurately reflect the hazardous nature of the jobs they perform. “In recent years Montana’s wildland firefighters have faced Read more…
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee on April 20 officially reappointed U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) as ranking member of its Task Force on Financial Technology, a position the congressman also held during the 116th Congress. “I am honored to Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced on April 20 by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to enforce a nationwide ban on the sale of crib bumpers, which are proven to pose a deadly risk to sleeping Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Dave Joyce (R-OH) joined their fellow co-chairs of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force and 32 congressional lawmakers in releasing the task force’s fiscal year 2022 budget priorities for the Great Lakes region. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) recently introduced legislation that aims to increase farm productivity in America and fight climate change by optimizing agriculture’s ability to sequester carbon and reduce net emissions. “These practices will help reduce our carbon footprint while Read more…
U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) on April 16 sponsored a bipartisan bill to ensure that small businesses across the country have access to critical resources from another round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds that would help them keep their Read more…