The Ripon Society and the Franklin Center recently held a breakfast discussion featuring a bipartisan working group of house members focused on putting politics aside to find common ground. The group included Reps. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), John Read more…
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) recently highlighted issues with the Affordable Care Act and expressed doubt that fixing the healthcare.gov website would address the law’s fundamental flaws. The Obama Administration’s recent announcement that Americans who have Read more…
In the face of mounting problems with the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) is not only calling for a delay and repeal of the act but also for simple, common sense solutions. “Conservatives recognize that patient-centered reforms rooted Read more…
The FDA recently heeded a bipartisan effort led by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to repurpose key language of the Food Safety Modernization Act to allow for additional public comment. In March, the FDA introduced two rules that would implement the Read more…
The Senate passed the bipartisan Accuracy for Adoptees Act on Friday, which was introduced by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to make the process for correcting errors in the birth certificates of children adopted abroad more efficient. The U.S. Citizenship and Read more…
Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) met with Army Corps of Engineers Brig. Gen. Margaret Burcham on Tuesday to discuss waterway projects in New York and opportunities for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act to speed up projects. Reed, Burcham and Read more…
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently questioned how a recent decision to eliminate support for public financing of most coal-fired power plants overseas would impact electricity costs in developing countries. Upton and House Energy and Read more…
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) held a hearing on the future role of the United States in Afghanistan on Wednesday and identified corruption, election integrity and the Taliban as the most pressing challenges. Royce expressed concern Read more…
House Commerce and Energy Committee leaders and members of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee called for FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on Tuesday to suspend a field study that could revive the Fairness Doctrine. Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Marsha Blackburn Read more…
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) pressed the FAA on Thursday for an overdue report on the impact of in-flight cell phone use in the wake of the FCC’s announcement that it may lift the current Read more…