Following the destruction wrought on their Louisiana constituents during the current hurricane season, U.S. Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Garret Graves (R-LA) urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay the Oct. 1 implementation date for the new National Read more…
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations should support implementing all UN sanctions and reimpose travel restrictions on senior members of the Taliban, according to U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) and 20 of his Republican colleagues. “We are writing to Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced on Sept. 14 by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) would make federal government shutdowns a thing of the past. “Louisianans are recovering in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, and the last thing we need is for the Read more…
Rep. Mark Amodei
The Fallon Range Training Complex located in the high desert of northern Nevada would be expanded and modernized under legislation sponsored on Sept. 14 by U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV). The complex, located about 65 miles east of Reno, Nev., Read more…
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) on Sept. 14 proposed a bill that would establish the COVID–19 Unemployment Insurance Fraud Task Force to investigate alleged fraud in the temporary unemployment insurance programs established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Read more…
Rep. Young Kim
U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) bemoaned the failure last week of three amendments she offered to the $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget package that would have tackled inflation, supported United States military veterans, and addressed crime impacting America’s small business owners. Read more…
U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member John Katko (R-NY) on Sept. 10 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would provide a one-time grant for the operation, security and maintenance of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Read more…
U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) on Sept. 10 joined several congressional lawmakers and 9/11 responders, survivors and community advocates in urging Congress to pass the bipartisan, bicameral 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act. If enacted, H.R. 4965/S.2683, which Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) helped lead a bipartisan group of 33 other senators in requesting that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conduct outreach and then provide mental health services to United States military Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) recently requested details from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on both its role in the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and how the agency now plans to move forward in the Taliban-controlled country. Read more…