U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) last week unveiled legislation aimed at increasing transparency surrounding any U.S. government grant and contract paid to organizations in China and Russia. The introduction of Sen. Ernst’s bill, the Tracking Receipts to Adversarial Countries for Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) has introduced a bipartisan bill that would improve how the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) administers tariffs by giving U.S. companies at least 60 days warning before tariffs are imposed. “When tariffs are enacted, we should Read more…
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) forwarded correspondence June 1 to the National Science Foundation (NSF) regarding the University of California, Berkeley’s (UC Berkeley) failure to disclose $240 million in funds received from the Chinese government. Lucas, chairman of the House Read more…
Last week the U.S. Senate passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to designate June 10 as “Veterans Get Outside Day” to support veterans struggling with mental health issues. “We owe it to the men and women Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS) and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) recently introduced legislation designed to improve access to emergency air medical services, critical care that is particularly important in rural communities. The bipartisan Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Read more…
U.S. House GOP leadership, along with Reps. Kay Granger (R-TX) and John Moolenaar (R-MI), applauded their chamber’s passage of legislation that will end partisan spending and avoid a default on the national debt. The House on Wednesday voted to advance Read more…
With emergency departments overflowing, gridlocked, and overwhelmed with patients waiting for the care they need and deserve, the federal government must address the nation’s growing public health crisis of patient “boarding,” according to U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and a Read more…
U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) recently offered a bipartisan bill that would fund agriculture workforce training, education, and research programs at America’s community colleges. “Community colleges serve a key role in rural areas across Indiana,” Sen. Read more…
A bipartisan bill proposed on May 30 by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) aims to help communities attract workers having the career skills that are most needed in their particular regions. “A strong workforce is an essential component to Read more…
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) recently signed on as an original cosponsor of a Republican-led bill that would incentivize states to recover fraudulently paid federal and state unemployment compensation. “Unemployment insurance fraud during the pandemic was widespread and unacceptable, and Read more…