A bipartisan bill proposed recently by U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) seeks to increase transparency and accountability in the nation’s defense budget by ensuring that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) requested that the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee schedule a meeting to consider legislation that would provide permanent legal status to only currently enrolled and active participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Read more…
Two bipartisan bills recently proposed by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) would improve the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 504 loan guaranty program, which provides small businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets like land equipment and machinery. “Small Read more…
The federal government must end the “self-inflicted harm” brought on by the trade war and Section 301 tariffs that are damaging many businesses across the United States, wrote U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and several colleagues in Read more…
Bicameral, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) redefining the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina became law on July 6. The senators in April introduced S. 1340 to consolidate Fort Bragg Read more…
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and three of their colleagues last week urged President Joe Biden to uphold his campaign promises and support the biofuels industry and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “While we Read more…
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) recently signed on as a cosponsor to the Broadband for Rural America Act, which is sponsored by U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) to help close America’s digital divide. Rep. Lucas on June 22 became Read more…
A bipartisan bill recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) would improve access to diabetes outpatient self-management training services. “Diabetes self-management training provides Americans living with diabetes with important tools to help them to successfully manage their disease,” Sen. Read more…
Active-duty military service members, U.S. military veterans, and Gold Star Families would receive free access to national parks and public federal lands under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA). The congresswoman on July 1 signed Read more…
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) recently cosponsored a bipartisan bill that would direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator to increase certain disaster loan limits, which have not been adjusted since 1994. “This assistance program no longer meets the needs Read more…