U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) said on Wednesday that the international community must provide adequate resources and support as famine ravishes Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, and rally to end attacks on humanitarian personnel and facilities. Young serves as Read more…
Tax code reforms and educational outreach would be leveraged under bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) on Wednesday to encourage growth of S corporations that are owned by Employee Stock Ownership Plans (S-ESOPs). Under ESOPs, employees receive Read more…
Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) to bring certainty and transparency to the permitting process for interstate natural gas pipelines cleared the House on Wednesday on a bipartisan vote of 248-179. The Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Read more…
Implementation of legislation that U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) wrote to liquidate unused federal properties, saving taxpayers billions of dollars, was the subject of a committee hearing on Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), the chairman of the House Transportation Read more…
U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Tom Reed (R-NY) teamed up on Tuesday to introduce legislation to ensure Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes have access to blood glucose test systems of their choice through the National Mail Order Competitive Bidding Program Read more…
U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Greg Walden (R-OR) explored how innovation and competition have changed the landscape of the electricity sector on Tuesday in the first of a “Powering America” series of hearings. Walden, the chairman of the House Read more…
The same regulatory flexibility enjoyed by oil and gas leases on federal lands would be extended to helium leases under bicameral legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and U.S. Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA) on Tuesday. Currently, the Bureau Read more…
U.S. Reps. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) led a congressional call on Tuesday for a briefing from the IRS about what is being done to correct what was found to be deficient procedures Read more…
A $31.4 billion bill to support the Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Forest Service and related agencies gained committee approval on Tuesday with support from U.S. Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Mark Amodei (R-NV) and Ken Calvert (R-CA). The Read more…
Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois says it’s incumbent upon Democrats to understand that national infrastructure improvements must rise on their list of top priorities. “I think we’ve got a great opportunity to look at infrastructure, but it’s going Read more…