U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) renewed his call for U.S. Space Command to be headquartered in Colorado following President Donald Trump’s official announcement of the new combatant command aimed at defending the United States. Sen. Gardner was joined by the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation that would make early childhood education eligible as community service under the Federal Work-Study Program. “As the Federal Work-Study Program is currently administered, vital early education jobs do not qualify for Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) recently sponsored bipartisan legislation to reform the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Sen. Moran on July 30 introduced the Empowering Olympic and Amateur Athletes Act of 2019, S. 2330, with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) on Aug. 13 cosponsored a bipartisan bill that would make acts of domestic terrorism a federal crime. “As a former prosecutor, I know our federal domestic terrorism laws are insufficient and lack any real legal Read more…
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) recently introduced a bill that would remove specific environmental, endangered species, and historic preservation regulations for certain regions of the country that planned federally funded projects or activities. “Tennessee’s rural communities are the heart of Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) recently presented bicameral, bipartisan legislation to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent applications. “There are more than 11.6 million businesses owned by women nationwide, and yet, Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) are “deeply concerned” about the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network’s (OPTN) proposed policy changes for allocating kidney and pancreas organs for transplant. “We believe the new allocation policies reward historically low-performing, Read more…
Helping students, parolees and disability beneficiaries gain employment plays a major role in a framework of workforce development reform offered recently by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR). “As we think about workforce strategies and the supply of badly needed workers Read more…
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) on July 31 introduced the bipartisan Commonsense Reporting Act of 2019 to reduce employer reporting requirements under Obamacare. “This bipartisan bill will help streamline the reporting process by allowing employers to report information to the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) is working to guarantee that Ilinoians in rural communities have access to high-speed broadband services. “Expanding broadband Internet access is critical to communities across my district and the country,” Rep. Davis said last week during Read more…