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Balderson, Capito to unveil resolution opposing new EPA anti-power plant rules

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 29, 2024

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) are preparing to introduce a resolution in their respective chambers that opposes the Biden administration’s new emissions rules targeting existing coal plants and new gas plants. “With the Read more…

Newhouse slams federal plan to reintroduce grizzlies to Washington State

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 29, 2024

U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) on April 25 denounced a federal plan to reestablish grizzly bears in the North Cascades Ecosystem, an area that includes most of his home state of Washington. “The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Read more…

Two Tillis-backed measures become law as part of national security supplemental package

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 29, 2024

Two bills supported by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), one addressing the illegal trafficking of fentanyl and the other to freeze funds to Iran, became law on April 24 as part of a $95.3 billion national security supplemental appropriations package Read more…

Fischer calls on Labor Dept. to ‘close awareness gap’ about family leave tax credit

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 29, 2024

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) recently urged the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to raise awareness about the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) tax credit, which provides employers with a tax credit up to 25 percent of wages paid Read more…

McMorris Rodgers leads 40 lawmakers in opposing FCC’s net neutrality order

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 29, 2024

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) last week led a bicameral coalition in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to abandon its so-called net neutrality draft order. However, the FCC on April 25 voted 3-2 to reclassify broadband as Read more…

Nationwide VA shortages of nursing assistants must be addressed, says Emmer

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 26, 2024

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 profession. “VA facilities have experienced chronic understaffing for years; however, recent estimates indicate that Read more…

Capito’s bill seeks to encourage opioid overdose help from Good Samaritans

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 26, 2024

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 certain liability protections for Good Samaritans. Sen. Capito on April 11 introduced the Samaritan Efforts Read more…

Wicker, Graves, colleagues seek updated fisheries management data

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 26, 2024

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 requesting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) modernize the data used by Read more…

Buchanan, colleagues urge caution on finalization of proposed regs for donor-advised funds

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 26, 2024

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 Means Committee colleagues. Specifically, the Read more…

Balderson offers resolution supporting importance of U.S.-produced natural gas

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 26, 2024

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 to help the nation become energy independent. “Unleashing America’s abundant natural gas Read more…