U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, this week questioned Almonty Industries Inc. about the company’s capacity and commitment to supply the United States with tungsten, a critical mineral essential to Read more…
Base firefighters respond to a simulated aircraft fire during a training exercise at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 20, 2025. The exercise included structural and aircraft fire response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)
As the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) works to finalize plans for fiscal year 2025 funding, Ohio Republicans urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to designate $25 million in existing funds to support the fire station construction project at the Youngstown Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently proposed a bipartisan bill that would set electronic delivery as the default means for delivering investor communications, while giving investors the power to choose paper delivery if preferred. “U.S capital markets have embraced the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) this week requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigate communications between anti-agriculture activist organizations and federal civil service employees in the Region 10 EPA office in Seattle that have resulted in the closure of Read more…
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
A bipartisan bill sponsored on May 29 by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) aims to increase the role of the United States financial industry in combating human trafficking. “Human trafficking isn’t a distant issue — it’s happening in our communities, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) recently urged the administration to safeguard the democratic Venezuelan National Assembly’s control over the oil refiner CITGO from the Venezuelan regime’s creditors. During his first term, Trump transferred control of CITGO from the hands of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) recently joined a congressional delegation (CODEL) trip to the Middle East to meet with heads of state, defense officials, and diplomats in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Kingdom of Jordan. “I was Read more…
As Congress considers extending and expanding legislation around Opportunity Zones, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) on May 28 joined U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner and local leaders to tour successful Opportunity Zone sites and other Read more…
A bipartisan bill proposed on May 29 by U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) would require the U.S. Secretary of Defense to establish a centralized credentialing system to verify the medical licenses of uniformed and civilian military healthcare professionals regardless of Read more…
U.S. Reps. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently offered legislation that aims to increase transparency regarding Medicare billing codes to help identify inefficiencies and to give patients, physicians, and policy makers more insight into how billing decisions impact Read more…