U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) on Dec. 7 introduced the bipartisan Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act, H.R. 9449, which seeks to exempt broadband grants from taxation. Specifically, the legislation would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure that funding allocated Read more…
The Russian-based PMC Wagner Group, which is linked to countless atrocities in Ukraine, Syria, and across Africa, would be listed as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) under a bipartisan, bicameral bill sponsored on Dec. 1 by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker Read more…
America’s farmers need more time to comment on a proposed federal rule that could impact the nation’s poultry industry, according to U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and a bipartisan group of 18 other senators. Specifically, the lawmakers urged the U.S. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) are working to ensure the Prevent Exposure to Narcotics and Toxins (PREVENT) Act of 2022 is included in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Read more…
To ensure more students graduate college with the international knowledge and experience essential for succeeding in today’s global economy, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Nov. 15 introduced a bipartisan bill that would establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) joined a bicameral Republican contingent of lawmakers in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make a significant purchase of U.S. farm-raised catfish to help stabilize markets and provide much-needed income to the nation’s Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) requested that the Small Business Administration (SBA) issue a detailed plan for releasing all unobligated funds from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund by Nov. 14. “It is vital that the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) applauded the U.S. Navy’s $2.4 billion fixed-price-incentive contract award to a shipbuilding company in Mississippi that will deliver an amphibious assault ship. Ingalls Shipbuilding — the Pascagoula, Miss., arm of HII, a global, all-domain defense Read more…
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Hoeven (R-ND), and 25 of their GOP Senate colleagues urged the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to withdraw its proposed rulemaking to implement a greenhouse gas emissions performance measure on state departments of transportation Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is cosponsoring a bipartisan bill that would establish the Critical Munitions Acquisition Fund to ensure the United States maintains sufficient critical munitions stocks that can support allies and partners while maintaining America’s military stocks. “While Read more…
To protect the nation’s financial system, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) recently proposed bipartisan legislation as an amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would clamp down on kleptocrats and criminals perpetuating financial crimes in the United Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) has proposed bipartisan legislation that would exclude federal broadband deployment grant dollars from being considered taxable income to ensure all awarded monies are used wholly to deploy broadband, rather than making their way back to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) want states and territories to work with their local governments on streamlining permitting processes that could expedite and reduce barriers to broadband deployment across America. Specifically, the National Read more…
Following recent action by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ban the use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle on federal land, U.S. Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) joined 20 of their Republican colleagues to offer Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and a dozen of her GOP colleagues want to know why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet approved enough baby formula applications to restore national supplies that could end the Read more…
A bipartisan resolution introduced this week by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) that would designate September 2022 as National Workforce Development Month received approval from the U.S. Senate. “Americans know that, in order to compete on the global stage, we Read more…
Federal felony murder charges could be brought against someone who distributes fentanyl that results in a death under bicameral legislation introduced on Sept. 15 by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), and their Republican colleagues. “A Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Sept. 12 led more than 40 Republicans in offering legislation to reform federal permitting and project reviews. “Since our calls for action and offers to see legislative text from the permitting ‘deal’ remain Read more…
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) each led Republicans in their chamber to unveil a bicameral resolution that would protect school choice for students and families. “Support for these schools has never been a partisan Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently joined eight of her Republican colleagues to introduce legislation that would simplify the grant process for America’s non-urbanized areas. “Many of our rural communities lack the infrastructure to submit competitive grants, putting them Read more…
With storm season revving up, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and a bicameral group of his Republican colleagues representing the Southeast recently urged President Joe Biden to address the supply chain shortages threatening the region’s electric infrastructure. “Beyond the current Read more…
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Rob Portman (R-OH) led 11 of their Republican colleagues in requesting changes to several provisions in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s recent funding opportunity notice for the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Read more…
Bipartisan legislation recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) would encourage increased trade and investment between the United States and the countries in the Western Balkans. “The Balkans are countries with a rich and varied heritage, and they also Read more…
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) led eight of her Republican colleagues in calling a recently published notice of proposed rulemaking from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) a potential violation of federal law and counter to congressional intent. Specifically, the recent Read more…
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) joined U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) in expressing their ongoing concerns about proper steps being taken by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to regulate pipeline safety across the Read more…
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 21 advanced a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that would increase the percentage of revenue generated from offshore energy projects that is shared with adjacent coastal Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) recently sponsored a bipartisan resolution that would express the commitment of the U.S. Senate to build on the 20 years of success of the George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on July 13 joined 49 of her chamber’s Republican colleagues in introducing a joint resolution to nullify a final rule amending regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). “We need environmental review Read more…
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) last week joined efforts urging both the president and his administration to promote and enhance the American agricultural exports market and reduce import duties on fertilizer. In a July 14 letter that Sen. Fischer and Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) this week co-introduced a bipartisan bill that would task the administration with developing a strategy to provide security in the Black Sea region, located at the southeastern extremity of Europe. The region — which is Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) recently introduced a bipartisan bill focused on promoting economic development for small businesses in America’s low-income, rural and minority communities. “Small businesses, including those in low-income and minority communities, are a pillar of the economy Read more…
U.S. Sens. John Hoeven (R-ND) and Tim Scott (R-SC) led 30 of their colleagues in denouncing a proposed rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that they say could place unattainable climate disclosure regulations on America’s farmers, ranchers and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) on June 9 sponsored bicameral legislation that would allow states and local educational agencies to use any remaining COVID-19 elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds to bolster school security measures. “Now more than ever, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) joined three Republican colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to support crop protection products like pesticides, which the lawmakers say are key to making no-till farming practical and efficient at a commercial level. If such Read more…
Legislation introduced on May 26 by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) aims to help address the nationwide shortage of specialty physicians serving patients in America’s rural communities. The Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act, S. 4330, which is sponsored Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) on May 19 cosponsored legislation that would require a United States strategy to uphold and strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter and to assess threats to the charter’s democratic principles. “The path Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) led 35 of his Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution that urges the Biden administration to work with Congress on the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime across the United Read more…
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on May 11 signed on as a cosponsor of the Republican-led Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2022, which aims to ensure that crime victims receive federal funds promised to them through the Crime Victims Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) on May 10 sponsored legislation that would extend an order that suspends the right for certain aliens to enter the United States along its land borders until Feb. 1, 2025. “I have no confidence in Read more…
The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 11 advanced two pieces of bipartisan, internet-related legislation originally cosponsored by committee member U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). During an executive session held by the committee, members voted to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on May 10 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing National Nurses Week. “I’m proud to join my colleagues in celebrating National Nurses Week and ask everyone in Ohio to Read more…
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) last week joined 29 of his Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution to dissolve a proposed Biden administration rule that would amend regulations for how the U.S. government grants asylum claims. “The Biden administration is Read more…
U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Bob Latta (R-OH) joined U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and John Thune (R-SD) in recommending how the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) should implement and further strengthen the integrity of new, federal Read more…
U.S. Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined nine of their Republican colleagues in urging the Biden administration to not use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to address the anticipated influx in illegal immigration at the southern Read more…
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) helped lead a bipartisan resolution to recognize the service of more than 134,000 osteopathic physicians by designating April 18-24 as National Osteopathic Medicine Week. Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) make Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) on April 7 cosponsored a bipartisan bill that would prevent money laundering, the financing of terrorism, or other forms of illicit finance through U.S. real estate and vehicle transactions, including by Read more…
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) led the introduction of a bipartisan bill that would permit National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to elect to have previous premium rates remain in effect until the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) implements its Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on March 28 cosponsored legislation that would permit National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to retain existing premium rates until the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) implements its new NFIP premium rate structure. The Homeowner Read more…
More than two dozen Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation that would reform the nation’s labor laws to protect America’s independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs, and others seeking flexible work options. “The complexities of our modern economy demand creative, forward-thinking legislation that Read more…
U.S. Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) led 40 of their GOP colleagues in requesting that President Joe Biden work with America’s NATO allies to expedite the transfer of aircraft, air defense systems and other combat and support Read more…