Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) highlighted the importance of maintaining a robust naval fleet on Tuesday during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing. Crenshaw, a member of the subcommittee, pressed Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Read more…
Ohio Governor John Kasich recently proposed investing $346 million to advance water and land conservation efforts in the state, a move that has drawn praise from conservation and environmental groups. Kasich’s proposal would prioritize funding for preservation of farmland and Read more…
An alleged online child exploitation enterprise that involved victims in 39 states and five countries was recently uncovered and dismantled by federal authorities. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) commended the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement division of the Department of Homeland Read more…
Legislation introduced on Friday by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) would sanction Vietnamese government officials who are allegedly complicit in abuses of human rights. The Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act would place travel and financial sanctions Read more…
The House Financial Services Committee advanced a measure on Friday that was introduced by Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) to boost the housing market by providing regulatory relief to some community-based enterprises. The Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act Read more…
Pew Center Vice President of Research Michael Dimock discussed the American electorate on Friday during the Ripon Society’s 2014 Legislative and Communications Directors Symposium on Leadership. In general, Dimock said, Republican voters are more critical of their own party than Read more…
A bipartisan group of legislators pushed on Tuesday for support of legislation that would reauthorize a program that helps pay for childcare so parents can re-enter the workforce. Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Lamar Read more…
The Affordable Care Act’s impact on self-employed business owners was the topic of a House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce hearing last week. Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), the chairman of the subcommittee, said self-employed business owners have faced Read more…
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced bipartisan legislation on Thursday that was coauthored by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to reform the federal prison system to reduce recidivism and rein in costs. Portman and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced the Federal Prison Read more…
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) called for more a more urgent response to Russia’s alleged occupation of Ukraine from the Obama administration and the European Union on Tuesday. Gerlach, a co-chairman of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, said the response to Russia’s Read more…