U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) led a bipartisan bill that aims to financially stabilize the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), which has seen a drastic funding decline in recent years, according to the Office for Victims of Crime. “The CVF supports 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. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) recently led a group of Republicans in proposing legislation that would require the President of the United States (POTUS) to submit a balanced budget to Congress. “Our national debt is increasing by $1 trillion about Read more…
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) recently led a bipartisan contingent of lawmakers in proposing legislation that addresses childcare affordability across the nation. The Combating High Inflation Limiting Daycare (CHILD) Act, H.R. 7465, would double the annual contribution limit for tax-advantaged Read more…
The Biden administration’s recent decision to lift a ban on beef imports from Paraguay would be overturned under a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution filed on Feb. 26 by U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD). “I’m pleased to be filing Read more…
U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) led legislation that would make a simple, yet important change to how the federal government conveys the long-term solvency of Social Security. “Instead of sticking our heads in the sand and pretending that Social Security Read more…
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must prioritize updating its 2015 handbook and associated fact sheets on its “Leave Administration” web page to include current and accurate paid parental leave information as soon as possible, say U.S. Sen. Todd Young 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…
A bipartisan, bicameral resolution offered by U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) would support the contributions of Catholic schools in the United States and celebrate the 50th annual National Catholic Schools Week. “As a proud graduate of Catholic grade school, high Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on Jan. 10 commended an interim report issued by the bipartisan U.S. National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) that calls for American leadership in biotechnology innovation. “The analysis and action items included in this Read more…
The U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee advanced a bipartisan bill sponsored by committee chairman U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) that would improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) on Oct. 26 led a sweeping bipartisan bill that would continue strengthening and advancing weather research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2023, or Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) on Sept. 12 led eight Republicans in introducing legislation that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing its proposed rule to amend energy conservation standards for residential clothes washers. Read more…
To address the nation’s workforce shortage, U.S. Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and David Valadao (R-CA) on July 18 offered a bipartisan bill to bolster temporary work visa programs. “In order for our economy to reach its full potential, we need Read more…
To address the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) effort to eliminate gas appliances, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) recently sponsored legislation that would modify standards for water heaters, furnaces, boilers, and kitchen cooktops, ranges, and ovens. “My legislation will stop Read more…
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) on June 9 led more than a dozen of his Republican colleagues in introducing legislation that would establish the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a standalone scientific research and development agency within the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) on May 30 touted his bipartisan bill to amend the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP), which currently denies Medicaid coverage to all incarcerated individuals, to allow coverage for pre-trial detainees. “As we know, with opioid Read more…
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that would allow victims of domestic violence and sexual assault to handle their affairs without the fear of losing their jobs. “Victims of domestic violence or sexual assault need support 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…
U.S. Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) on Tuesday signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill aimed at ensuring pretrial detainees receiving substance abuse treatment may continue such services in order to help reduce the rates of overdose Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) have offered legislation that would allow senior citizens enrolled only in Medicare Part A to make tax-free contributions to health savings accounts (HSAs). The Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act, H.R. 2769, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) is one of a dozen Republicans who introduced legislation that would revise the authority of the President of the United States to impose export licensing requirements or other restrictions on the export of crude oil Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined a bipartisan group of 27 lawmakers requesting information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) about how it failed to conduct proper oversight of the foreign acquisition of U.S. agricultural land. “USDA’s failure to 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…
With women’s basketball star Brittney Griner again living on American soil since being freed from Russia in December 2022, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and eight of his congressional colleagues want more details on why the Read more…
American families who live in high-risk areas for illegal immigration near the U.S.-Mexico border would be able to strengthen their own physical security under a grant program that would be authorized under legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK). 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. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) recently launched a legislative pushback against a controversial proposed rulemaking underway by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Rep. Bice on Jan. 12 sponsored the Stop Environmental Calculations Act of 2023, H.R. 317, with three Read more…
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) on Jan. 9 sponsored a bill that aims to ensure crude oil from America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is not exported to rival countries. “My critical legislation ensures that in the future, we will not Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) recently joined 47 of his House Republican colleagues in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend the Title 42 immigration policy that they say helps protect national security. Title 42 is a policy Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) on Sept. 30 sponsored a discharge petition signed by almost two dozen of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle that would force a vote on his bipartisan bill, the Social Security Fairness Act Read more…
U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) led a bipartisan group of 51 lawmakers in urging President Joe Biden to deny entry visas to the United States for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly’s Read more…
Spurred by the Netflix documentary, “Our Father” — which chronicles former Indianapolis-based fertility doctor Donald Cline, who used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of unsuspecting patients — U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) proposed a bipartisan bill that would make Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) last week introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that aims to ensure United States military service members and their families have safe housing conditions. The Military Housing Readiness Council Act, 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…
To ensure America’s military veterans might effectively compete in the current housing market, U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and a bipartisan contingent of more than 60 lawmakers urged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve its mortgage loan process. “Our nation’s Read more…
In an effort to expand job opportunities for United States military service members transitioning into civilian national security contractor positions, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) and Mike Turner (R-OH) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that would transfer their U.S. Department of Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on May 11 passed a bipartisan bill offered by U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) that would provide federal funds to expand and upgrade the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio All Hazards network 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. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) led a bipartisan letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that called for the agency to provide regulatory certainty to encourage investment in critical natural gas projects. FERC is currently considering changes to its Read more…
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) this week led more than a dozen of her GOP colleagues in proposing legislation to establish a Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Fund that would be subsidized by seized Russian assets. “It is imperative that Russia pay Read more…
Bipartisan legislation offered by U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) would collectively award the distinguished Congressional Gold Medal to the Ukrainians defending free democracy against Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression. “The Ukrainian people are truly resilient,” Rep. Johnson said. “Despite looking Read more…
U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) on March 7 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would direct the U.S. Secretary of State to provide Congress with a briefing and report on any support the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has given Russia Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bryan Steil (R-WI) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) led 115 Republicans in urging President Joe Biden to immediately stem the influx of fentanyl coming into the United States from its southern border and from China. The members also requested Read more…
U.S. Reps. Tom Cole (R-OK) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) on Feb. 9 introduced a bill that would prohibit members of Congress from receiving a financial benefit from certain student loan cancellation programs. “Members of Congress collecting a six-figure salary should Read more…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently extended the comment period for a proposed rule seeking to further regulate the oil and gas industry, but the 16-day extension isn’t enough, according to U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and a bicameral contingent Read more…
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) last week introduced a bipartisan bill that would create new partnerships focused on filling what state and local workforce boards have identified as the most critical job vacancies. Rep. Bice on Jan. 20 sponsored the Read more…
The U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Jan. 19 unanimously approved bipartisan legislation co-authored and introduced by U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) that would establish a federal research, development and demonstration program for abandoned wells across America. The Read more…
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) recently signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a Republican-led bill that would prohibit a drawdown and sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) if the president withdraws certain land from Read more…
U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Buddy Carter (R-GA) on Dec. 16 sponsored a Republican bill that would direct the president to provide Congress with a plan for addressing rising energy prices in the United States. “The American people deserve Read more…