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…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) helped lead a bipartisan contingent in urging Senate leaders to support U.S. economic competitiveness and innovation in any upcoming legislative package by expanding the research and development tax credit for small businesses and preserving full Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) led 35 of his Republican colleagues in questioning President Joe Biden about why an additional $30 billion in federal funding would be needed to help the nation in its ongoing fight against COVID-19. President Biden Read more…
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Todd Young (R-IN) recently joined a dozen other Republicans to introduce legislation that would increase transparency around a broadband buildout grant awarded to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Specifically, the Broadband Buildout Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) recently signed on as a cosponsor of a bipartisan bill that would bolster America’s natural gas production in order to reduce global dependence on Russian energy sources. “Now that Nord Stream 2 sanctions are in Read more…
As the U.S. Secretary of the Navy works to finalize the Navy’s fiscal year 2023 budget, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in support of a hefty shipbuilding budget that Read more…
As auto dealerships struggle with inflation and inventory shortages amid ongoing supply chain disruptions, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and his Republican colleagues requested that the U.S. Treasury Department use its existing authority to provide America’s automobile industry with some Read more…
U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) last week joined a majority of the Republican conference in urging the Biden administration to ensure proper implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Specifically, the lawmakers expressed Read more…
A bipartisan bill sponsored on Feb. 16 by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) would direct the heads of each federal agency to develop a comprehensive plan to resume in-person operations. “Businesses have now reopened, children and teachers have returned to Read more…
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Tuesday unveiled comprehensive legislation to slap stiff economic sanctions against Russia, which continues to threaten Ukraine. “As the noose tightens around Ukraine, Read more…
The Biden administration must raise the H-2B seasonal worker visa cap to help struggling businesses find additional workers as the economy recovers, urged U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and a bipartisan group of 34 senators. American businesses from industries such Read more…
Almost a dozen Republican senators serving on the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee urged the Biden administration to ensure broadband infrastructure funding through the Coronavirus State and Local Recovery Funds remains focused on the nation’s unserved areas. The Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee members Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urged President Joe Biden to work with Congress to develop a national consumer privacy and data security law this year. Their Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, recently led more than a dozen of her Republican colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its denial of all Read more…
The national liver distribution policy is disproportionately harmful to patients living in the Midwest and South and it must be reversed by the Biden administration, said U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roy Blunt (R-MO), and 14 of their colleagues. In Read more…
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Rob Portman (R-OH) on Monday met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of their bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Ukraine and expressed solidarity with the country as it faces increased Russian aggression. “This Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Jan. 13 introduced a bipartisan bill that would expand opportunity and affordability for America’s future nurses by removing the tax for Nurse Corps student loan repayments. “Nurses have been on the frontlines of the 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…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Dec. 8 unveiled bipartisan legislation that would annually invest $250 million in a new five-year federal grant program to support economic development in America’s low-income, rural and minority communities. “The coronavirus pandemic hit small Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced on Dec. 9 by U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Susan Collins (R-ME) would ramp up workforce capacity for federal coastal zone management programs via fellowships that states and territories utilize to protect their communities from Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and 17 of his Senate Republican colleagues called on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to schedule a vote on the U.S.-Chile Bilateral Tax Treaty. Negotiated between the United States and Chile in 2010, the treaty Read more…
Republican members of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee requested a closed briefing with Biden administration officials to discuss transportation supply chain issues and the nation’s “unprecedented levels of freight congestion.” “This committee would benefit from the opportunity Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and John Hoeven (R-ND) joined a dozen other Republicans to urge the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to reevaluate the new fees being imposed for shipping container carriers at the Ports of Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) have introduced a bipartisan measure to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years and reform the program to guarantee its long-term success. “We need to reform the NFIP Read more…
U.S. Senate Republicans on Oct. 21 introduced legislation that would prohibit the implementation of new requirements for reporting bank account deposits and withdrawals. The Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, S. 3056, which is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) joined several colleagues to introduce a bipartisan bill that would limit the liability of healthcare professionals who volunteer to provide healthcare services in response to a disaster. “After disasters like Hurricane Read more…
Reducing the prevalence of dementia — which is on track to triple by 2060 and remains one of the nation’s most urgent health inequities — must become a priority for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) on Sept. 27 joined almost two dozen Republican senators to unveil legislation that would address numerous remaining issues related to the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, including terrorism, hostages, immigrant visas, humanitarian abuses, and refugees, Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) supporting Brand USA, a public-private partnership that promotes international travel to the United States, awaits action by Congress. “I’m committed to making sure we have the resources in place to Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Sept. 15 sponsored a bicameral Republican resolution urging Congress to recognize and honor the Americans who fought in the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan. “It is because of these heroes’ brave and selfless Read more…
Bipartisan legislation recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) seeks to encourage more physical therapists to work in America’s rural and underserved areas. Sen. Wicker on Aug. 9 cosponsored the Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2021, Read more…
A decision by President Joe Biden calling on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies to increase oil production in response to rising gas prices should be reversed, according to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Read more…
U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined 40 of their Republican colleagues to request an update on a federal inquiry into the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Crossfire Hurricane was the code name for the counterintelligence investigation undertaken Read more…
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) on July 29 joined almost three dozen other Republicans serving on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to introduce legislation that would uphold the April 2020 Navigable Waters Read more…
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and John Thune (R-SD) last week requested that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provide a status update on the agency’s long-form application review process for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I auction. “Each Read more…
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) recently cosponsored bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would expand the use of telehealth services for Americans. “Telehealth has demonstrated that cost-effective technologies can be utilized to expand healthcare access to Oklahoma’s rural and urban communities alike,” Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) would pump an additional $60 billion in appropriations into the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which supports restaurants impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The mom Read more…
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to propose the bipartisan, bicameral American Space Commerce Act of 2021. “The United States has been a leader since the beginning of the space race Read more…
American contract growers, who raise chickens for poultry processing companies, have not yet received federal assistance during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers. “As the U.S. Department of Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) recently led a bipartisan, bicameral contingent of lawmakers in calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the nation’s meatpacking industry for antitrust violations. “The Justice Department needs to take a serious look Read more…
U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on May 25 proposed bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would establish a China Economic Data Coordination Center within the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the U.S. Commerce Department. The center Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation led by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) in the Senate and U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) in the House would encourage early assessment and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. “Having lost both of my parents to Alzheimer’s, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on May 17 joined fellow Democrats to request that Congress again increase funding for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), which provides emergency assistance for eligible restaurants, bars and other Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) recently sponsored bipartisan legislation to counter efforts by foreign governments to pursue, harass, or otherwise persecute individuals for political and other unlawful motives overseas. “Autocratic states like Russia and China for years have abused Red Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced last week by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) would expand Medicare coverage of telehealth services and make permanent COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities. The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies Read more…
State and local governments across America could finance critical infrastructure projects under bipartisan legislation sponsored on April 22 by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) that would create a new class of taxable municipal bonds. “As our nation looks to invest Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on April 15 introduced legislation that would authorize $8 billion to fund the expansion of national service positions during a COVID-19 pandemic recovery period that would last through fiscal year 2024 to meet the scale Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a bipartisan contingent of 70 other congressional members in urging President Joe Biden to support sizable investments in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. Despite the importance of semiconductors for America’s Read more…