To address the nation’s shortage of commercial pilots, U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) this week joined five of her Republican colleagues to introduce legislation that would raise the retirement age for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations. “Our nation’s air Read more…
U.S. Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) and a bipartisan contingent of 111 of her colleagues urged the Biden administration to better account for the economic impacts hospitals currently face due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and high inflation. To do so, Read more…
U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Tom Emmer (R-MN) are alarmed by the pace at which Chinese companies have been purchasing U.S. agricultural land and want to ensure the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has the reporting tools necessary to Read more…
In advance of Bosnia’s October general elections, U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) on July 20 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would impose sanctions on foreign persons undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement or threatening the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina. “The Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) seeks answers around why a U.S. State Department-mandated report fails to address the role of the regime under Syria President Bashar al-Assad in narco-trafficking of Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine. “We were disappointed that the Read more…
Every U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center would have a designated lactation space under a bipartisan bill introduced on July 21 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). “Right now, only half of VA medical centers have a nursing Read more…
U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) last week requested U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack disclose why there have been payment delays for Iowa hog producers through the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP). “On Monday, I requested answers from Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) joined a bipartisan contingent of nine other senators in requesting that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) follows congressional intent in implementing the Direct Air Capture Hub Program established under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Read more…
Sen. Steve Daines
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee on July 21 approved three bills sponsored by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) that now advance to the full Senate for action. The ENR Committee voted 16-4 to approve S. 2561, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on July 21 signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a Republican-led bill that would prohibit the federal government from using the social costs of any greenhouse gas (GHG) metrics in the rulemaking Read more…