The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) must add a China-based battery manufacturer and technology company to its list of “Chinese military companies” having ties to the communist government and its armed wing, the People’s Liberation Army, said U.S. Rep. John Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on Aug. 28 applauded construction plans for Southwest Airlines’ new SAFFiRE plant in Liberal, Kan., which will use corn stover — the stalks, leaves, and cobs that are left over after the corn harvest — Read more…
U.S. Reps. Blake Moore (R-UT), Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on Aug. 23 proposed a bipartisan bill that aims to create a tax-advantaged account that would allow Americans with most types of insurance coverage to save for healthcare Read more…
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) earlier this week expressed “deep concern” about the National Basketball Association’s (NBA’s) growing relationship with Rwanda President Paul Kagame, who has a record of human rights abuses. “It seems that the NBA — which has Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) led eight of his Republican colleagues in calling out the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for his failure on multiple levels to effectively serve America’s military veterans. “We write today again disappointed by the Read more…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must develop guidelines to ensure electric vehicles (EVs) are not “deceptively advertised” as zero-emission vehicles to American consumers, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and three of her GOP colleagues charged. “The Biden-Harris administration’s heavy-handed push Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) is questioning the relationship U.S.-based Anzu Robotics has with unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese company on the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List that holds approximately 80 percent of the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) recently proposed a policy package of artificial intelligence (AI) legislation consisting of five separate bills that touch upon the nation’s financial services industry, health care, consumer literacy, and federally run manufacturing facilities. “I fully believe Read more…
Rep. Garret Graves
When Congress returns to Capitol Hill next month, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) plans to file a discharge petition to force a vote on the U.S. House floor on his bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act. The congressman sponsored H.R. 82 Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) joined four of her Republican colleagues in requesting an analysis of the Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration program, which they say intends to use taxpayer funds to mitigate adverse consequences from the Inflation Read more…