U.S. Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Mike Bost (R-IL), Tom Cole (R-OK), and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) applauded passage on Jan. 27 by the U.S. House of Representatives of legislation to ensure the emergency-only use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) joined nine of his Republican colleagues in reintroducing a bill that would place a moratorium on all federal research grants provided to any institution of higher education or other research institute that is conducting gain-of-function Read more…
Rep. Nancy Mace
An amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to prohibit offshore drilling off the South Carolina coast until 2032 on Friday received approval from the U.S. House of Representatives. House Amendment (H.Amdt.) 4, which Rep. Mace introduced on Jan. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) on Jan. 27 introduced legislation that would authorize a waiver of the matching funds requirement under the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI), a key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant pest and disease prevention research Read more…
Concerns expressed by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and 11 of her Republican colleagues helped convince the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to delay the effective date of a final rule related to a reclassification of the northern Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) on Jan. 26 sponsored a bipartisan bill to increase federal loans for new and existing agricultural producers who want to expand or diversify their operations. Rep. Bost introduced the Beginning Agriculturist Lifetime Employment (BALE) Act, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) recently led six of his Republican colleagues in introducing legislation that would extend funding for the Pediatric Research Initiative by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns. “I’m proud to introduce the Strengthen the Pediatric Read more…
U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) joined more than 30 of his colleagues in introducing a bipartisan bill that would protect America’s agriculture production and supply chains from foreign influence. “On my 36 County Tour, I have met with countless Iowans Read more…
The administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would be directed to maintain a program that improves wildfire forecasting and detection under bipartisan legislation introduced on Jan. 26 by U.S. Reps. Mike Garcia (R-CA) and Young Kim (R-CA). Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) last week signed on as original cosponsors of a bipartisan bill to improve the nation’s aviation safety notification system by preventing Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) outages. The Federal Aviation Read more…