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The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding bill has supported hiring for 140,000 officers nationwide. The program has not been fully authorized since 2009. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during National Police Week, Rep. George Whitesides (CA-27) introduced new legislation to restore federal funding for law enforcement hiring grants to their original level, fully funding the Office of Community […]
By Tracey Longo, Financial Advisor A top congressional Democrat is asking a federal watchdog to scrutinize the growing push to bring private credit investments into 401(k) plans, warning that retirement savers could be exposed to opaque risks and conflicts of interest just as regulators move to open the door wider to alternative assets. Rep. Richard […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Seth Moulton (MA-6) introduced the Campaign Event Contract Integrity Act, legislation that would close a glaring loophole allowing campaign insiders to profit off confidential information in political prediction markets. Under current law, nothing clearly prohibits a campaign pollster, strategist, or consultant from logging onto a prediction […] The post Reps. Torres And Moulton Introduce Bill To Ban Campaign Staff From Insider Trading On Political Prediction Markets appeared first on Torres.
Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), joined by Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03), Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), and Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07), gathered outside the U.S. Capitol to urge their colleagues to support legislation allowing the year-round sale of fuel blended with 15% ethanol, commonly known as E15. A vote is scheduled for Wednesday in the U.S. House […] The post Budzinski and Bipartisan Lawmakers Demand Permanent Year-Round E15 appeared first on Nikki Budzinski.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia’s two U.S. senators and congressmembers representing Fulton County want to know why the U.S. Department of Justice is demanding the personal information of the county’s 2020 election workers. Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, along with Democratic Reps. Nikema Williams and Lucy McBath – whose districts include […]
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, earlier this month, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) led a bipartisan group of 16 senators affirming concern over the growing threat China poses to our nation’s security and economic prosperity. The introduction of the resolution came shortly before this week’s expected summit between President Trump and President Xi Jinping in Beijing. President Trump […]
May 12, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement after news that Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary resigned after pressure from the White House: “Marty Makary is just one of the many unqualified conspiracy theorists and sycophants working for RFK Jr. The more of his cronies that are […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for answers on the Trump administration’s strategy in the war with Iran and the administration’s alienation of key allies in a subcommittee hearing today regarding President Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget request. “What’s the […]
Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today published an op-ed in Newsweek calling on President Trump to fire Secretary Kennedy as the Measles continues to spread across the country. Senator Blunt Rochester’s full op-ed can be found here. A key excerpt is below. “History shows us […]
Bellaire officials, U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher and community partners gathered May 12 to break ground on the Cypress Ditch Regional Flood Mitigation Project. Several community members and representatives, including Houston City Council members Abbie Kamin and Edward Pollard, also attended the ceremony. “Flood waters do not know district or city lines,” Kamin said. “This is about community, and the city of Bellaire has stepped up in such an important and meaningful way.” The context After Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Bellaire officials estimated 30% of homes had structural flooding. A few m