Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) on Thursday aims to prevent the trafficking of synthetic drugs like fentanyl and carfentanil into the United States. Tiberi and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) introduced the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Read more…
The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved bills on Wednesday that were introduced by U.S. Reps. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Bob Dold (R-IL). Paulsen’s Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act, H.R. 5719, would rethink the tax treatment of restricted Read more…
Efforts by U.S. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) to protect middle class workers and seniors from tax increases handed down under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) advanced on Wednesday. The House of Representatives approved McSally’s Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Read more…
Mimi Walters
U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) recently told the Ripon Advance that a goal of her legislation to protect the rights of sexual assault survivors, which won unanimous approval in the House with bipartisan support, is to create guidelines that states Read more…
Legislative leaders voiced concerns on Monday about fraudulent Medicare spending despite recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) efforts to crackdown on improper payments before they are made. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) on Thursday would help fight the synthetic drug epidemic by adding 22 substances to the list of Schedule I drugs. The Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act, H.R. 5934, introduced by Katko Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL) helped introduced legislation on Thursday that would prevent colleges and universities from retaliating against victims and witnesses of sexual assault. Dold joined U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) in introducing the Campus Sexual Assault Whistleblower Protection Read more…
Under the leadership of U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report on Wednesday on the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) 2015 data breach. The report, titled “The OPM Data Breach: How the Read more…
Bradley Byrne
U.S Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), highlighting proposals from the House Republicans’ “A Better Way” policy agenda that take aim at poverty and promote programs that put people back to work, said during the weekly Republican address on Saturday that every Read more…
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Wednesday that the House of Representatives will vote on legislation that would prohibit government agencies from using so-called slush fund settlements. U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), the chairman of the House Judiciary Read more…