U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) sponsored a bipartisan bill on March 30 that would help reduce the number of missing and runaway children in the foster care system. “Far too many foster children have gone off the radar in Texas Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has requested $34 million in funding for the Canine Reimbursement Program after President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request eliminated funding for the program. The Canine Reimbursement Program provides funds for local law enforcement Read more…
Toward ending the nation’s ongoing rise in fentanyl-related drug overdoses, U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Todd Young (R-IN) on March 30 introduced legislation that would make permanent the temporary classification of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs as Schedule I of Read more…
On the heels of another U.S. school shooting that left seven people dead last week in Tennessee, legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) would establish a $900 million grant program to improve security at America’s public and private Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) on March 30 introduced a bipartisan bill that would allow states to make medical assistance available to inmates during the 30-day period preceding their release from prison to preemptively combat the opioid crisis and recidivism. Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 30 voted 225-204 to approve a comprehensive energy bill sponsored by U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) that aims to boost all forms of domestic energy production. The House-approved Lower Energy Costs Read more…
To help fill gaps in emergency room care, U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on March 30 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would permit the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to continue assigning military trauma surgeons to civilian trauma centers. The Read more…
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and John Hoeven (R-ND) on March 30 introduced legislation along with dozens of their Republican colleagues that would permanently repeal the federal estate tax, also known as the death tax, as well as generation-skipping transfer Read more…