U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) on June 22 led a bipartisan contingent to introduce the Retain Skilled Vets Act, which would help federal hiring become more competitive with private industry and help obtain the skilled technicians needed to maintain, equip Read more…
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on June 22 sponsored a bipartisan bill to improve health outcomes and save lives by expanding access to virtual diabetes prevention programs for Americans. “One quarter of South Carolina’s elderly population and one in five Read more…
Bipartisan legislation proposed on June 22 by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) would improve the way patients receive care for mental illness in emergency departments across the United States. “Over the past year, the demands on our emergency departments Read more…
Rep. Andrew Garbarino
U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) recently introduced a bill to improve screenings for sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs). The Protecting UACs Through Enhanced Sponsor Vetting Act of 2021, H.R. 3497, which Rep Garbarino sponsored on May 25 with cosponsors Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) on June 17 joined more than a dozen of his Republican colleagues to introduce a bill that would give United States military veterans an extended amount of time to notify the U.S. Department of Veterans Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) cosponsored bipartisan legislation that would modernize the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the 83-year-old law governing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) oversight of cosmetics to ensure their safety. “Americans use a variety Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) earlier this week commended action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make $55.2 million in competitive grants available through the new Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced on June 21 by U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) seeks to reform current federal wildland fire policy, which is a patchwork of legislation and agency guidance across departments and jurisdictions Read more…
U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Tim Scott (R-SC) on June 16 introduced the Foreign Funding Accountability Act of 2021, which would require universities to report foreign gifts and contract transactions twice per year to protect against harmful foreign influence. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) recently unveiled bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would authorize a national network of statewide senior legal hotlines to help protect older Americans from scams. “With thousands of Americans turning 65 Read more…