Republican leaders on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee want to know why a key provision of an anti-opioid law hasn’t yet been implemented. U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) in June 2018 sponsored Read more…
As federal lawmakers debate policies to quash the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) urged the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to ensure pain-management medication remains available to patients with chronic pain. “I am concerned about the Read more…
President Donald Trump on Aug. 23 signed into law a bipartisan, bicameral bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) in the U.S. House of Representatives to transfer the authority from federal to state control of a bridge connecting Indiana Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation that would make early childhood education eligible as community service under the Federal Work-Study Program. “As the Federal Work-Study Program is currently administered, vital early education jobs do not qualify for Read more…
A Trump administration proposal to eliminate key protections established by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is “an assault against nature” and must be reconsidered, said U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL). The congressman called the proposal by the U.S. Department of Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers immediately begin construction of the levee it designed per a signed agreement it made this summer with the City of Hamburg, Iowa, and the state. “We are Read more…
Rep. Paul Cook
U.S. Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA) on Monday said a proposed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule that would provide regulatory relief for non-energy solid leasable minerals, including soda ash, could save up to $5 million in regulatory costs over the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) this week led a bipartisan contingent in again pressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explain fee increases for dock and facility permits. The Corps on June 6 announced the implementation of a revised Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS) and U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and John Hoeven (R-ND) on Monday said the recently announced preliminary trade deal between the United States and Japan bodes well for agriculture in their home states. President Donald Read more…
U.S. Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) last week hosted U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, on his annual home-state agriculture tour. “I have always strived to work across the aisle to get things done for Read more…