Judiciary

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…

Wagner sponsors bipartisan Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 22, 2024

U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) led a bipartisan bill that aims to financially stabilize the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), which has seen a drastic funding decline in recent years, according to the Office for Victims of Crime. “The CVF supports Read more…

Tillis cosponsors bill to address gun violence, safeguard 2nd Amendment rights

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 18, 2024

To manage gun violence across America, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on April 10 proposed legislation that would safeguard Second Amendment rights and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. Sen. Tillis cosponsored the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Read more…

Squatting would be a deportable offense under Gonzales bill

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 16, 2024

Any illegal alien convicted of squatting would be deported and unable to reenter the United States under a Republican bill supported by U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX). The congressman on April 12 signed on as a cosponsor of the Safeguarding Read more…

Fitzpatrick introduces bipartisan, bicameral Countering Antisemitism Act

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 12, 2024

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on April 10 signed on as an original cosponsor of a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would take comprehensive action to strengthen efforts to combat antisemitism in America. “Antisemitism has no place in our country,” Rep. Read more…

Gonzales sponsors resolution calling for corrected immigration policies

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 12, 2024

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) on April 5 sponsored a resolution denouncing the Biden administration’s immigration policies. “Americans are fed up with President Biden’s broken immigration policies,” the congressman said. “The people of my district see it firsthand every day Read more…

Tillis introduces bipartisan bill requiring ID cards for exiting federal prisoners

By Ripon Advance News Service | April 1, 2024

In an effort to reduce recidivism, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill that would require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to issue identification documents to prisoners being released Read more…

Feenstra’s bill to toughen prosecution of illegal immigrants passes House committee

By Ripon Advance News Service | March 27, 2024

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on March 21 voted 14-9 to approve a Republican-led bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) that would ensure illegal immigrants who seriously injure or kill American citizens are detained and prosecuted to the Read more…

Curtis offers bill to quash Chinese theft of American IP

By Ripon Advance News Service | March 14, 2024

U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) on March 11 sponsored legislation to impose sanctions on anyone in China determined to have stolen the intellectual property (IP) of American companies. Specifically, the Combatting China’s Pilfering of Intellectual Property (CCP IP) Act, H.R. Read more…

Blackburn sponsors Safer Prisons Act

By Ripon Advance News Service | March 1, 2024

Prisoners would face stiffer criminal penalties for assaulting a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer under legislation sponsored on Feb. 27 by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). The Safer Prisons Act of 2024, S. 3817, would double the maximum Read more…