Provisions from two bills introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI) made it into recently approved legislation that would reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the nation’s cash welfare and services program for low-income families. The U.S. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) led 39 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in urging the removal of almost $3 billion worth of Chinese medical device products from a list of proposed tariffs set to be imposed on the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) led 39 fellow members of the U.S. House of Representatives in requesting that the U.S. Department of Commerce simplify its procedures for excluding products from the recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminum product imports. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) on April 20 called for lifting a hiring freeze on the Peoria, Ill., agriculture research lab and for filling vacant research positions there to support the agricultural economy, after the fiscal year 2018 federal omnibus Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) led 46 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in calling for President Donald Trump to tread lightly on American agriculture while taking China to task over trade dealings with the United States. “Your leadership Read more…
U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Mimi Walters (R-CA) led Republican lawmakers in calling on President Donald Trump to maintain the nation’s participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and to reform the trade pact for the next Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) on March 20 introduced legislation that would give the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a deadline for responding to federal directives citing the agency for needed improvements to better support American taxpayers. Specifically, the Improving Assistance Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) maintains that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) should consider the individual safety records of specific small trucking businesses before forcing them to use an electronic logging device (ELD), or E-Log, which gets attached to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) introduced the Lessening Regulatory Burdens on our Farmers Act of 2018, H.R. 4904, which he developed with input from farmers in his district. “Our farmers are busy enough as it is without having to deal Read more…
Republican members of the U.S. House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee and House colleagues with bills to support the cause, this week outlined their essential reforms for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). During the subcommittee’s Jan. 30 Member Day Hearing, Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved its version of a bipartisan proposal originally introduced in the Senate by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) that would establish a national family caregivers support strategy. The House on Dec. 18 passed the Read more…
The Joint Economic Committee recently explored how tax reform could promote entrepreneurship and reverse the trend of declining business startups in a hearing led by U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH), the chairman of the committee. Committee members U.S. Reps. Erik Read more…
Illinois Republican U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam, John Shimkus and Darin LaHood supported House passage of a budget resolution for fiscal year 2018 on Thursday that would cut federal spending and provide a path toward fundamental tax reform. The House passed Read more…
The House approved legislation on Monday that U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) introduced to empower states to partner with non-governmental organizations (NGO) to reclaim abandoned mines and to address related water pollution issues. The Community Reclamation Partnerships Act, H.R. 2937, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) was part of a congressional panel on Thursday that heard comments from more than 300 people about their priorities for the upcoming Farm Bill for 2018, marking the panel’s fifth listening session. The listening session Read more…
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved the fiscal year 2018 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which handed several Republican congressmen big national and state-side wins. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill would provide Read more…
The federal government would be barred from factoring the social costs of carbon, methane and nitrous oxide in the rulemaking process under legislation recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV). The Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act would Read more…
Job training programs that provide hands-on experience for high school and community college students would be easier to access and more flexible for states trying to meet changing workforce needs under a bipartisan bill that passed the House on Thursday. Read more…
Members of Illinois’ congressional delegation called on the Trump administration on Monday to strike a proposal to close the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) from its budget plan for the next fiscal year. U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) is leading the charge to establish a bipartisan and bicameral committee that would explore ways to reform Congress and alleviate dysfunction in order to restore the public’s confidence. The legislation, H. Con. Res. 28, would Read more…
U.S. Reps. Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Steve Womack (R-AR) applauded executive action taken on Friday to halt implementation of a Department of Labor (DoL) rule expanding the definition of “fiduciary.” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Read more…
Bipartisan and bicameral legislation originally introduced by U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) that reforms federal policies to encourage scientific innovation and economic growth was signed into law. The first major update to federal research and technology policy to originate in Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Candice Miller (R-MI) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) on Wednesday would support fish and wildlife in the Great Lakes region. The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, H.R. 5765, would authorize the U.S. Fish Read more…
The House of Representatives approved legislation on Monday that U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) authored to streamline and enhance federal investments in high-end computing and information technology. LaHood’s bill, H.R. 5312, would update the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 Read more…
Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) to modernize the Networking and Information Technology, Research and Development (NITRD) program received committee approval on Wednesday. The House Science, Space and Technology Committee approved LaHood’s NITRD Modernization Act, H.R. 5312, to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) hosted a roundtable discussion in Quincy, Ill., on Tuesday with local police, treatment specialists, government officials and medical providers to discuss the opioid and heroin epidemic. More than a dozen pieces of legislation related to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) led a subcommittee hearing on Thursday that probed a recent report that found the IRS susceptible to cyberattacks. In a report released in November, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found that the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) was selected on Monday as a co-chairman of the U.S.-China Working Group, a bipartisan group that strives to build and strengthen diplomatic ties between the two nations. LaHood will co-chair the U.S.-China Working Group alongside Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) was named the vice chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Oversight on Friday. LaHood spent more than 10 years as a state and federal prosecutor before he was elected to the Read more…