The Ripon Advance
Proposed federal regulations could have the unintended consequence of impeding charitable giving in America’s communities, particularly at local community foundations, say U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and 32 of his fellow U.S. House Ways and Mean...
A bipartisan, bicameral resolution recently offered by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) would recognize the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the United States Naval Construction Force, more commonly known as the Seabees. “The Seabees are an...
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Todd Young (R-IN) urged President Joe Biden to fill several empty seats on the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), which plays a crucial role in setting and implementing ...
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) denounced a final rule issued on April 22 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that sets minimum staffing requirements in long-term...
Rep. Young Kim
The U.S. House of Representatives on April 17 passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) that would establish congressional oversight of sanctions against Iran. “I thank my colleagues for coming together in a bipartisan way to ...
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) this week proposed a bipartisan, bicameral bill to fund a presidential library in their home state for Theodore Roosevelt, who served as the 26th president of the United States from 19...
As Congress continues to work on legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, four Republican senators urged their chamber’s commerce committee leaders to prioritize maintaining the U.S. Senate provisions of Essential Air Service...
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) urged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to solve staffing shortages affecting VA facilities nationwide, particularly in the nursing assistant ... Read more...
Bipartisan legislation recently cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) aims to provide more Americans with life-saving treatment during an opioid overdose by enacting... Read more...
To improve fisheries management across the country, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) led a bipartisan, bicameral contingent of lawmakers in requesti... Read more...
U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) on April 23 sponsored a resolution to recognize natural gas produced in the United States as an affordable, green energy source that’s necessary t... Read more...
U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA-22) on Tuesday sponsored bipartisan legislation to make financial literacy more widely accessible to America’s secondary school students. “Maki... Read more...
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on April 19 requested that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) investigate reports about the poor quality of care at the Fayetteville VA Medic... Read more...
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on April 17 signed on as an original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill that aims to hasten development of zero-carbon fusion technology in the American com... Read more...
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pilot program would be created under bipartisan legislation proposed on April 23 by U.S. Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and Michael McCaul (R... Read more...
Retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last living Medal of Honor recipient for acts performed during the Korean War, will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda on April 29, ... Read more...