U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) joined 25 of his colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to quickly permit the nationwide summer sale of gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) fuel by extending the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) Read more…
U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) on March 18 led more than a dozen of their colleagues in seeking action from the Biden administration on developing new markets for biofuels exports, and called on the administration to 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…
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. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) on Feb. 15 unveiled a bipartisan bill that would make emergency supplemental appropriations to provide defense support to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and would require the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security 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. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) on Feb. 5 unveiled legislation that would increase penalties for distributing drugs on social media in efforts to deter criminal drug networks, safeguard vulnerable populations, and protect the health and safety of communities. “Unfortunately, social Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on Jan. 30 led a bipartisan bill that would address national concerns about foreign ownership of America’s farmland by improving reporting, data sharing, and review. Rep. Bacon sponsored the AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024, H.R. Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 18 approved bipartisan legislation offered by U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) to improve foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention. “I’m proud that my bill to support foster families and children passed the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) joined a bipartisan, bicameral contingent of lawmakers who plan to introduce a concurrent resolution supporting the United States Soccer Federation’s bid to jointly host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup with Mexico. “We look forward Read more…
AmeriCorps volunteers would receive a tax break for higher education costs under a bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced on Dec. 13 by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). “AmeriCorps members dedicate their time to national service Read more…
A $5 million federal grant program would be created to facilitate the veterinary care of former law enforcement canines under a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA). “In my conversations with police and sheriff’s departments across the 4th Read more…
The U.S. Senate on Nov. 29 unanimously approved a bipartisan resolution proposed by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) that would designate November as National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month to spotlight the nation’s more than 1.2 million homeless students. Read more…
U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools around the world would be able to maintain current student-to-teacher ratios through the 2029-2030 DODEA academic year under bipartisan legislation sponsored on Nov. 8 by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). The Success Read more…
U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) on Nov. 1 unveiled a bipartisan bill that would direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its greenhouse gas modeling for renewable fuels. Specifically, the Adopt Greenhouse Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) recently introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would reauthorize, modernize, and increase authorization levels for programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. “Having a caring and safe place Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on Sept. 21 proposed a bipartisan bill that would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to fund federal grants supporting America’s youth agriculture organizations, including Future Farmers of America (FFA), the National 4-H Council, and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) last week sponsored legislation to ensure that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) completes several due diligence requirements before pursuing a change that could reduce reimbursement rates for U.S. military veterans who use emergency Read more…
Fifty-four Republicans are cosponsoring legislation unveiled on Sept. 12 by Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) that aims to prevent the federal government from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that violates Americans’ privacy rights. “If not designed to be Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in urging FIFA to recognize the exiled Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team (AWT). After the Taliban regained national control in Afghanistan in Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) last week introduced the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, H.R. 5182, to enhance efforts in reporting child exploitation and child sex trafficking. H.R. 5182 would improve and modernize the CyberTipline, the national clearinghouse for online Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on Aug. 1 introduced legislation to provide temporary staffing support to help process the nation’s increase in applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, which provides food benefits to low-income families. Read more…
U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) on July 26 joined 50 of his colleagues to introduce a bipartisan bill that would provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities across America. The Conrad State 30 and Physician Read more…
A bipartisan school safety legislation package introduced last week by U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX) would require that silent panic alarms be installed in America’s schools and that more federal dollars be invested in School Resource Read more…
To protect student loan borrowers and America’s taxpayers, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is cosponsoring a Republican-led bill that would streamline and improve the federal student loan repayment system. “This fiscally responsible alternative to President Biden’s plan will be a 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…
Reinstated import tariffs by Brazil on American ethanol will harm U.S. agriculture and biofuel production, U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) warned in a recent letter he led to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai. Brazil reinstated an import tariff on 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. Michael McCaul (R-TX) on May 17 led more than a dozen congressional members in introducing a bipartisan bill that would authorize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to direct drug companies to conduct pediatric cancer trials on combination Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has introduced bipartisan legislation to help disabled veterans access a larger pool of funding from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) grants for home improvements related to their disability. “These veterans made incredible sacrifices for our 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. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that seeks to improve and expand maternal postpartum health under the Medicaid program. “As a husband, father, and grandfather, I recognize the importance of supporting postpartum women,” Rep. Bacon said Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) this week proposed a bipartisan bill that would invest more than $3.8 billion over five years to expand the national apprenticeship system and create nearly one million new registered apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, and pre-apprenticeship opportunities. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) on April 20 led 41 Republicans in introducing legislation that would prohibit certain financial service providers from denying persons involved in “politically unpopular businesses” from having fair access to their financial services. “Banks should make Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on April 20 led a bipartisan contingent of 19 lawmakers in introducing legislation that would amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide stricter penalties and to bolster protections for at-risk animals, including roosters. Rep. Bacon Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA), along with the entire Iowa delegation, recently unveiled a bipartisan bill to promote low-carbon, high-octane fuels to protect public health and to improve vehicle efficiency and performance. “Iowa is the top Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) sponsored a bipartisan bill on March 30 that would help reduce the number of missing and runaway children in the foster care system. “Far too many foster children have gone off the radar in Texas Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has requested $34 million in funding for the Canine Reimbursement Program after President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request eliminated funding for the program. The Canine Reimbursement Program provides funds for local law enforcement 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…
A bipartisan, bicameral resolution unveiled on March 28 by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) denounces the kidnappings of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation. “There are no two ways about this, the Russian Federation is abducting children and trafficking them Read more…
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Tuesday offered a bipartisan, bicameral bill to control the use of xylazine, also known as “tranq,” an easily accessible veterinary tranquilizer that’s being used as a low-cost Read more…
Bipartisan legislation sponsored on March 24 by U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) would allow America’s senior citizens to use qualified distributions from their health savings accounts (HSAs) to pay for certain home care services. “Seniors and their family caregivers should Read more…
To allow for the year-round, nationwide sale of E-15 gasoline having a higher blend of ethanol, U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) on March 14 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and his fellow co-chairs on March 10 unveiled the bipartisan Fentanyl Prevention Caucus. “This is not a partisan issue — it’s a national crisis,” Rep. Calvert said on Friday. “I’m hopeful that by working in 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 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…
A bipartisan bill led by U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) would provide a federal tax credit to encourage the replacement or modernization of inefficient, outdated freight railcars. Rep. LaHood on Feb. 6 sponsored the Freight RAILCAR Act, H.R. 838, with Read more…
U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined 41 of their Republican colleagues in the Senate, in addition to almost 130 GOP members in the U.S. House of Representatives, in filing amicus briefs on Friday with the Supreme Read more…
U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) this week reintroduced bicameral legislation that would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to take into custody illegal aliens who have been charged in the United States with Read more…