U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) last week led a bicameral coalition in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to abandon its so-called net neutrality draft order. However, the FCC on April 25 voted 3-2 to reclassify broadband as Read more…
U.S. Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) and 59 of her Republican colleagues on April 15 proposed legislation to sanction and designate 11 Iranian organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). “Iran and its proxy organizations continue to terrorize Israel,” Rep. Miller said. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) this week proposed a bipartisan, bicameral bill to fund a presidential library in their home state for Theodore Roosevelt, who served as the 26th president of the United States Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Monday led 44 of their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus curiae brief opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) so-called “Good Neighbor” rule, a plan that Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 21 approved a resolution led by U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) that denounces the energy and federal land policies of the Biden administration. “I am proud to have brought this resolution to the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and more than two dozen of his colleagues urged the Biden administration to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers for American agricultural exports. “U.S. farmers and ranchers can feed the Read more…
U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) helped lead 109 Republicans in demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescind its recent final rule for National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The EPA’s Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) recently led more than a dozen of his Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning the energy and federal land policies of the Biden administration and encouraging the domestic production of reliable and affordable energy Read more…
U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) joined 62 of their Republican colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to secure the nation’s southern border, restart wall construction, and hasten efforts to keep fentanyl out of America. “Our border Read more…
Uninterrupted operation must continue for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which has been operating safely and securely for over six years, say U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND). Specifically, the lawmakers called for an end Read more…
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Dec. 6 passed a bipartisan bill offered by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) as part of a legislative package addressing live event ticketing that now heads to the full chamber for consideration. Read more…
U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) joined U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) in urging the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to rescind an amendment that requires airports, rather than the TSA, to implement an employee screening policy without Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) does not want America’s K-12 public schools to accept funds from anyone or anything associated with China’s regime. Toward that goal, the congressman on Sept. 19 sponsored the bipartisan Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), chair of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, led 25 of her Republican committee colleagues in questioning the Ford Motor Company’s partnership with a Chinese company. Earlier this year, Ford announced it would Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation recently introduced by U. S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) aims to improve the federal supervised release after imprisonment system, which has become overburdened and ineffective. “The widespread usage of supervised release has resulted in probation officers becoming Read more…
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw or substantially revise its proposed methane emissions rule. The lawmakers called the EPA’s proposed rule — published in the Dec. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) led 21 of his Republican colleagues in calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to drop its antitrust case against Microsoft. “The FTC should pursue antitrust policy that is pro-consumer and promotes innovation, not weaponize Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced on June 22 by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) would formally establish the Rural Export Center, which works to expand exports from rural America and position rural U.S. companies as competitors in the global marketplace. “Rural Read more…
Bipartisan legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) would ensure that access to new opioid overdose reversal agents is expanded beyond Naloxone. “The widespread availability of synthetic opioids poses a significant public health risk, not only to civilians, but Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) on May 31 offered a bipartisan bill that would address the nation’s current shortage of public defenders by creating a $250 million grant program to help fund public defense and limit workloads for full-time public Read more…
U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) on May 25 offered bipartisan legislation that aims to reform provisions in current law related to rural health clinics under Medicare. “Rural health clinics are integral partners in the delivery of Read more…
Bipartisan legislation offered by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) would require both the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to each study any existing barriers to the review of federal broadband permitting. “Reliable broadband infrastructure Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined a bipartisan, bicameral contingent of 34 other lawmakers calling on the Biden administration to help America’s potato growers gain access to the Japanese market, which could result in an additional $150 million per year Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) led a bipartisan group of 36 colleagues in unveiling a resolution that would designate May 5 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “Indigenous women and girls living Read more…
A new federal inspections system would be established for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) under bipartisan legislation introduced this week by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND). “BOP has an obligation to ensure the health and safety of incarcerated individuals, employees, Read more…
U.S. Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and Frank Lucas (R-OK) on April 12 commended action by a federal district judge in North Dakota to temporarily block the Biden administration’s clean water rule in 24 states. “This injunction is great news for Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) on March 30 sponsored bicameral legislation that would allow their home state of North Dakota to exchange land and minerals with the U.S. Department of the Interior and Native 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…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) on March 17 proposed two pieces of legislation that would prevent the banning of natural gas stoves in the United States. “Our bills make it clear that Americans should decide if a gas stove is Read more…
A bipartisan bill offered by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) to modernize America’s notarization process received approval on Monday from the U.S. House of Representatives and now heads to the U.S. Senate for action. “I’m excited to see our legislation Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) on Feb. 17 proposed legislation that would improve permitting for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of a border-crossing facility for the import or export of oil or natural gas or the transmission of electricity Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) recently led more than a dozen of his colleagues in introducing a bipartisan bill to modernize the nation’s notarization process so that services may be provided remotely online. “The pandemic highlighted the need to modernize Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) on Feb. 17 sponsored bipartisan, bicameral legislation to eliminate the federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine and retroactively apply it to those already convicted or sentenced. The Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of Read more…
The newly created Bipartisan Second Chance Task Force, led by co-chair U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), is the first-ever congressional group focused on reentry policies that will help formerly incarcerated and justice system-involved people gain access to jobs and expand Read more…
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. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) recently introduced a bipartisan bill that would protect the work of creators like musicians, authors and filmmakers who share their content online. “Unfortunately, online piracy has become prevalent and difficult to stop, jeopardizing content quality Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) introduced legislation on Dec. 15 that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to issue grants for law enforcement agencies to deploy DNA analysis and help solve more crimes, including cold cases. The congressman noted Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) recently led 19 of his fellow Republicans in urging President Joe Biden against playing politics with America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. “There is a better way that will provide lasting energy price relief and security for Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) on Sept. 28 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would establish an inspections regime for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the U.S. Department of Justice law enforcement agency responsible for the care, custody, and Read more…
A resolution of inquiry introduced on July 26 by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) would direct the president and the U.S. Secretary of Energy to provide the U.S. House of Representatives with relevant documents and legal opinions regarding the administration’s Read more…
U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) this week proposed legislation that would allow women greater access to safe and effective oral contraceptive drugs. “I’m proposing a solution that the overwhelming majority of women agree with — making Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) led two dozen of her GOP colleagues on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee in requesting information on how actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are impacting the nation’s electric grid Read more…
U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) led more than 60 Republican lawmakers in requesting that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) help solve the nationwide shortage of qualified drivers holding commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) in the motor fuels distribution industry. “The Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on June 9 joined several Republicans to introduce legislation that would address the nation’s baby formula shortage and help prevent any future crisis. “As a physician and a father of four children, I know just Read more…
Telehealth flexibilities implemented by rural health providers during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic would be extended under a bipartisan bill introduced on May 24 by U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND). “I am proud to support this legislation, which will Read more…
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that in some tribal communities, American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average, a key factor that prompted U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Dan Newhouse Read more…
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) are urging the IRS to extend the deadline for filing federal income taxes and waive penalties for late returns for North Dakota residents after the state was walloped by Read more…
U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and John Hoeven (R-ND) on April 4 signed on as original cosponsors of the Landowner Easement Rights Act, which aims to reduce permanent easements that limit the use of certain land to protect its conservation Read more…
In an effort to help communities fight the nation’s ongoing substance use disorder epidemic, U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide more than $900 million in federal funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Read more…
Open access to the U.S. House of Representatives must be given to the American public, urged U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) last week. “It’s been 722 days since the House Sergeant-at-Arms (SAA) barred open access to House Office Buildings on Read more…