U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and John Hoeven (R-ND) have offered legislation that would require reforms for wetlands compliance rules under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve specific protections for landowners. “Landowners in South Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), co-chairs of the Childhood Cancer Caucus, on Sept. 22 joined their fellow caucus co-chairs to host the 13th Annual Childhood Cancer Summit. “It was an inspiring and emotional week on Capitol Read more…
To hasten transmission projects across the United States, legislation sponsored on Sept. 28 by U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) would clarify how such new energy projects are classified under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). “Hazy NEPA regulations have created Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) on Sept. 28 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would establish an inspections regime for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the U.S. Department of Justice law enforcement agency responsible for the care, custody, and Read more…
The U.S. Senate on Sept. 27 unanimously approved a bill introduced by U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Garret Graves (R-LA) and U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) to incentivize the faster completion of federally financed airport construction projects. The bill Read more…
Bipartisan legislation proposed on Sept. 28 by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) would promote comprehensive campus mental health and suicide prevention plans designed to counteract rising anxiety and depression among college students. “Mental health issues have skyrocketed on college campuses, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) on Sept. 27 sponsored a bipartisan bill designed to increase access to Series I Savings Bonds, which help Americans protect their financial savings from inflation. “The American people are scrambling for ways to protect their Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) recently led the Minnesota delegation in requesting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provide improved emergency transportation care for America’s military veterans. Specifically, the bipartisan, bicameral contingent of 10 lawmakers sent a Sept. 22 Read more…
A bipartisan, bicameral contingent of Alaska legislators led by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive the state’s cost share for federal assistance related to recovery efforts from Typhoon Merbok, which hit the Read more…
The recent acquisition of farmland near a United States military installation by a Chinese-based manufacturer with close links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has raised the ire of U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and 50 of his colleagues. The Read more…