U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) joined a bipartisan, bicameral contingent in calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to grant California’s request for a major disaster declaration in response to the ongoing impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary. “Residents, small businesses, and Read more…
U.S. House GOP leadership, along with Reps. Kay Granger (R-TX) and John Moolenaar (R-MI), applauded their chamber’s passage of legislation that will end partisan spending and avoid a default on the national debt. The House on Wednesday voted to advance Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and several of his Republican colleagues applauded passage by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 25 of a GOP bill to permanently address the scheduling of fentanyl analogues. The House-approved Halt All Lethal Trafficking Read more…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) must develop an actionable plan to ensure that the state has reliably affordable natural gas for future years ahead, according to a contingent of GOP congressional members. The California Republican delegation urged Newsom to reverse Read more…
Republicans on Tuesday unveiled comprehensive legislation designed to restore the nation’s energy independence by unleashing domestic energy production and lowering costs for Americans. The Lower Energy Costs Act, H.R. 1, also would reform the permitting process for all industries, streamline Read more…
U.S. House Republican leaders on March 1 joined dozens of their GOP colleagues in introducing the Parents Bill of Rights Act to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the nation’s public schools. H.R. 5, sponsored by Read more…
The 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization process got under way on Tuesday during a listening session held by U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and David Valadao (R-CA) at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif. “I’m grateful for my friend Read more…
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday named U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Darin LaHood (R-IL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) to the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Read more…
U.S. Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) have urged House leadership to find a solution to avert looming Medicare payment cuts to health care providers that are part of year-end legislation. Reps. Burgess and Wenstrup serve as co-chairs Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) urged House leadership to pass legislation by year-end that would help more than 21,000 Delphi Corporation retirees that lost portions of their retirement benefits in the aftermath of the General Motors bailout in 2009. Rep. Read more…
An August state mandate that requires 100 percent of new car sales in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035 should be revoked, according to U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) and his home-state Republican colleagues. “The price of an electric Read more…
U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) recently led a traveling water tour through California’s Central Valley to discuss the state’s water delivery systems, water storage capacity, and regulations that make it increasingly difficult for agricultural producers and rural communities to access Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) joined a bipartisan effort requesting that leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives hold votes before the end of the year on two pieces of legislation addressing the nation’s fentanyl crisis. “Opioid overdose deaths reached Read more…
A forthcoming waiver request from the State of California calling for a ban on the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered vehicles raises serious questions about the reliability of the nation’s already-stressed electric grid and the need to generate additional Read more…
California Republicans led by U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) on Sept. 29 introduced legislation that would provide long-term water supply and regulatory reliability to their drought-stricken state. “I promised my constituents that I would fight to secure a reliable and Read more…
U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Michael McCaul (R-TX) joined the rest of the House Republican Conference last week to propose their Commitment to America, a comprehensive plan to offer solutions on the economy, Read more…
As the current F-15C aircraft at the 144th Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard near their end of service, U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) and more than a dozen of his California colleagues requested specific new fighter aircraft Read more…
U.S. Reps. David Valadao (R-CA) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) have expressed concerns about a federal moratorium on energy development made between the State of California and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). “This poor decision comes at a time when Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) last week applauded the launch of a new U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) education program in his district at the Porterville Military Academy at Butterfield High School in Porterville, Calif. “I am grateful to the Read more…
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) led the California Republican delegation and Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in questioning why the U.S. Department of the Interior is reinitiating consultation on biological opinions Read more…
Republicans want to improve the patient care experience by allowing providers to focus on patients over paperwork, modernizing processes that delay patient care, and addressing provider shortages through oversight of healthcare workforce programs, according to U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Read more…
U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) on Wednesday led 31 of his Republican colleagues in introducing legislation that would require the Biden administration to reverse its regulatory agenda, which they say has created barriers for domestic agriculture production. Rep. Thompson Read more…
Republicans on the Healthy Future Task Force on June 1 announced specific solutions to modernize the nation’s healthcare system. U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), and Mike Kelly (R-PA) were joined by other task force members in releasing Read more…
Poland is going above and beyond in its support of war-torn Ukraine, according to U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA), who last weekend joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers on a trip to Poland to meet with members of the U.S. Read more…
To provide Californians with relief from soaring gasoline prices, U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) and U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) led the California House GOP delegation in seeking an immediate halt to the state’s gas tax for six Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, recently led 201 Republicans in calling on the Biden administration to drop its plan to expand the scope of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). “The Obama-era waters of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) on Jan. 26 was named co-chair of the Healthy Future Task Force, which was created by U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to develop Republican health reform initiatives. The appointment follows Rep. Buchanan being Read more…
U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) led their U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Republican colleagues, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and 139 bipartisan members in urging the Biden administration to provide American businesses with additional economic Read more…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted outside its congressionally authorized authority by issuing overreaching rules that attempt to transform the nation’s power sector through emissions regulations under the Clean Air Act, according to an amicus curiae brief filed in Read more…
A bipartisan effort led by U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) seeks the establishment of a bipartisan House Select Committee on the Supply Chain Crisis. “Americans across the country continue to reel from the impacts of the supply chain crisis, especially Read more…
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) joined more than 70 Republicans to introduce legislation that aims to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the nation’s public schools. “Education is the key to unlocking our children’s potential and Read more…
House Republicans last week called on President Joe Biden to address the global supply chain and ports crisis before Congress considers additional social spending and taxation legislation. “Our priority right now should be strengthening our nation’s economy and increasing our Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) led a bipartisan group of 40 fellow lawmakers in requesting that Congress swiftly pass funding for the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, which would support at least $2 Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) helped lead a bipartisan contingent of more than 245 members of Congress calling on leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives to address forthcoming Medicare payment cuts to healthcare providers. “As Congress begins the complex Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sponsored bipartisan legislation to help fight Valley Fever, an infection caused by the coccidioides fungus that is known to live in the soil in the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico and Central and Read more…
To provide emergency drought relief in California, U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) last week led nine Republicans in introducing the Necessary to Ensure Expeditious Delivery of Water Act. Also known as the NEED Water Act, H.R. 4018 would protect water Read more…
U.S. Reps. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) led several of their California Republican colleagues in seeking congressional action addressing the ongoing, and potentially worsening drought in their home state and in other parts of the West. Specifically, the Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, Fred Upton, and John Moolenaar led a group of Michigan Republicans in calling for an intelligence briefing on the redeployment of the Michigan National Guard to Washington, D.C., following their recent work during the inauguration of Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) applauded recent action by the U.S. House of Representatives to approve his bipartisan bill to help end veterans’ homelessness as part of a larger veteran benefits improvements package that is heading to the president’s desk Read more…
Congressional leadership should include two pieces of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to establish new Smithsonian museums in the year-end omnibus appropriations package, urged U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Will Hurd (R-TX). Specifically, the National Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers to request that congressional leaders include $120 billion in federal funds for independent restaurants in any forthcoming pandemic relief package or year-end Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and a bipartisan group of 56 members of the U.S. House of Representatives voiced support for the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS) and the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in calling on congressional leaders to make permanent expanded coverage of Medicare telehealth services. “Specifically, immediate action to permanently waive geographic restrictions for originating sites, authorize health Read more…
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives last week unveiled sweeping legislation that would increase the federal commitment to defeating the virus that causes COVID-19 and prepare for future pandemics. “We are miles ahead of where we were in Read more…
U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) recently unveiled legislation to prevent and decrease homelessness among the nation’s military veterans. “These are men and women who’ve served and sacrificed for us — they deserve every benefit they’ve earned,” Read more…
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) last week applauded action by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase flexibility in reporting requirements for how healthcare providers use funding from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) authorized Read more…
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) on Oct. 20 introduced a bill to enact a comprehensive legislative response to the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Read more…
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) commended President Donald Trump for approving a major disaster declaration for California, which has been ravaged by wildfires. “Californians have been devastated by this year’s fires, and now, with President Trump’s intention to Read more…
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Tuesday commended action by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to create a new federal program that would establish research teams to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Read more…
U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Oct. 1 offered legislation that would authorize sanctions against foreign individuals or nations that have threatened the national security, foreign policy, public health, or financial stability of the United States Read more…