U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) introduced a new bipartisan proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives that would support the empowerment, economic security and educational opportunities for adolescent girls around the world. The Keeping Girls in School Act, H.R. 7055, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced two bills that he hopes “will help restore the American people’s faith in Congress and hold public officials accountable.” “Transparency and unimpeachable integrity are essential to a government that truly serves the people of Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 28 approved two bipartisan measures supported by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) in a resolution to sweeping consensus legislation aimed at ending the nation’s opioid crisis. “As communities across Bucks and Montgomery County Read more…
A final agreement reached between the U.S. Senate and House on major Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reforms includes safety protections originally introduced in bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). The House on Sept. 26 agreed to the Read more…
Term limits for members of Congress would change the dysfunction plaguing Capitol Hill lawmakers and strengthen the nation’s democracy, said U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) speaking from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. “A lot of our colleagues Read more…
A U.S. Senate version of the bipartisan Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act introduced by U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) was unveiled on Sept. 18. Rep. Ratcliffe said he was grateful that his Texas counterpart, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on Sept. 13 urged colleague support for bipartisan legislation that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Rep. Fitzpatrick is among 235 cosponsors of H.R. 502, introduced in January 2017 by U.S. Read more…
The U.S. House on Sept. 4 approved legislation from U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) to update the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “I’m grateful for the strong, bipartisan support of my Read more…
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) on Aug. 23 introduced the Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018, an effort to develop a framework for how America might handle state-sponsored malicious cyber activity. “This bipartisan legislation is another step that Congress Read more…
U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), the most bipartisan freshman legislators in Congress, reiterated the nation’s support for the State of Israel and America’s ongoing commitment to protect its ally from regional terrorist threats during an Aug. Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) wants to ensure more at-risk and low-income children around the nation eat nutritious meals during the summer. “For far too many children in our community, the only nutritious meal that they receive is at school,” Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) commended the recent launch of the $4.3 million Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund (DWCF) for the benefits funding will bring to the Delaware River Watershed, which provides drinking water for more than 15 million people. “This Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and several of his New York congressional colleagues aims to allow American military veterans to claim a service-connected disability under their Veterans Affairs benefits for bile duct cancer. The Vietnam Read more…
U.S. Reps. Tom Reed (R-NY), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Fred Upton (R-MI), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) – all members of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus – on July 25 proposed restructuring House Rules in an effort to end the partisan Read more…
With almost one-in-five women and roughly 6 percent of men expected to experience sexual violence while attending an American college or university, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) says Congress must act to keep the nation’s youth safe. “Our institutions of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), co-chairman and co-founder of the House Climate Solutions Caucus, has proposed a bill that would eliminate certain fuel excise taxes and impose a tax on greenhouse gas emissions to provide revenue for maintaining and building Read more…
U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) has introduced bipartisan legislation that would close the gender, race and income gaps and level the playing field for underrepresented entrepreneurs who want to obtain small business patents. The Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, has unveiled a bill to update the Continuous Diagnostics Mitigation (CDM) program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “CDM is Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on July 10 passed bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) that would improve how families in his home state and across America can pursue international adoptions. “Each day, families in northeast Georgia Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) has introduced a bipartisan bill that would require federal appointees to return illegal expenditures to American taxpayers. The Cut the Perks Act, H.R. 6295, specifically would require political appointees to personally reimburse the United States Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 15 approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) aimed at ending the nationwide influx of heroin and synthetic drugs. “The threats synthetic drugs pose to our communities and law enforcement Read more…
New school safety grant opportunities are available from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) stemming from the STOP School Violence Act, which became law earlier this year as part of the fiscal year 2018 omnibus government spending package, a measure Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) has co-sponsored a bipartisan, bicameral bill to update federal law supporting America’s child abuse victims. The Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018, S. 2961 and H.R. 5955, would reauthorize the Victims Read more…
A bipartisan bill U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) helped push forward to improve access to experimental treatments for patients with terminal diseases or conditions received approval on May 22 from the U.S. House of Representatives in a 250-169 vote and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers on insisting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) release and explain why it helped withhold a federal health study on toxic chemicals found to be contaminating numerous water sites Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives next week will vote on a version of a bipartisan bill U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is helping push forward that would improve access to experimental treatments for patients with terminal diseases or conditions, according Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) on May 10 introduced the bipartisan 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, H.R. 5759, to digitize federal government processes, cut costs and improve how taxpayers interact with government agencies. Joining Rep. Ratcliffe in introducing H.R. 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…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will investigate if gynecologists should conduct more pre-operative cancer screenings thanks to a recent letter from U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and a study published by the American College of Obstetricians and Read more…
Secondary cockpit barriers would be required in all new passenger airplanes to deter hijackers under a measure led by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) that was included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill approved by the U.S. House Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to help protect children from cyberstalkers has gained overwhelming approval by the U.S. House of Representatives in a 409-to-2 vote. The Combat Online Predators Act, H.R.4203, which Rep. Fitzpatrick introduced in Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) underlined the significance of his newly enacted bill, the Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act, H.R. 949, during an April 5 event at the Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company in Pennsylvania with local first responders. H.R. 949, Read more…
Legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to increase higher education financial aid for the children of public safety officers who died in the line of duty has become law as part of the nation’s larger federal funding bill. Read more…
Legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) to enhance collaboration between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Network of Fusion Centers in their work to detect, prevent and respond to criminal and terrorist activity gained Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) is spearheading a bipartisan, bicameral effort urging the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to withdraw plans to eliminate 6,000 positions nationwide, including hundreds of positions at prisons in his home Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) hopes to make health care more affordable for Americans by giving their employers better benefit options to offer them under improved Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Rep. Kelly on March 1 introduced the Bipartisan HSA Improvement Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on Feb. 26 sought suggestions from state and local officials in his home state for how to reduce the shortage of qualified applicants seeking employment at small companies around the United States. “Even in this Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 7 overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2017, championed by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and fellow Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle, on a 404-3 vote. H.R. 1997, which was Read more…
The Bipartisan Heroin Task Force on Feb. 2 led a call for leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives to support public health efforts in fighting the national opioid crisis with additional funding in fiscal year 2018 budget deliberations and Read more…
Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus on Jan. 29 released a bipartisan set of principles that include a framework outlining a 12-year path to earned citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) enrollees, as well as border security enhancements Read more…
The beginning of 2018 finds U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and Mike Turner (R-OH) making headway in the fight against opioid addiction and setting plans for continued legislative work on Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s (R-PA) bipartisan bill to keep American travelers safer overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives on Jan. 9 by a vote of 415-1. The measure is Fitzpatrick’s fourth to be approved by the House during the 115th Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to keep synthetic opioids off America’s streets overwhelmingly passed the Senate on Dec. 21 and heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY), co-chairman of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, has brought 26 of the group’s members on board as cosponsors of a measure designed to steady the individual health insurance marketplace and make health care costs more Read more…
Bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) that supports cybersecurity cooperation between the United States and the Ukraine on Dec. 14 unanimously passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill, which has 25 cosponsors, awaits a vote by Read more…
Crucial elements provided by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) are included in a newly signed federal defense law. President Donald Trump on Dec. 12 signed the National Defense Authorization Act Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on Friday introduced bipartisan legislation to give students and their families better college cost and outcome information that they need when making one of the biggest – and most expensive – decisions of their lives. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA) this month introduced legislation to remedy an error in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program that if left unfixed would leave some public servants with student loan balances they had thought would be forgiven Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and Ryan Costello (R-PA) on Wednesday introduced the bipartisan Member and Employee Training and Oversight On Congress Act, which would set definitive criteria to address sexual harassment in all national legislative branch offices. Specifically, the Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 14 passed the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), H.R. 2810, with key support from Pennsylvania Republican Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Patrick Meehan and Bill Shuster. Specifically, House members voted 356 to 70 Read more…