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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik led an Intelligence Committee hearing on new and emerging threat streams since the attacks on 9/11. This hearing is part of a year-long bipartisan review of the 9/11 Commission Report recommendations ahead of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks later this year. Watch the Full Hearing HERE: Read a full transcript of her opening statement as prepared for delivery: Elise Stefanik: A “failure of imagination” was one of the key failures leading up to the September 11 attacks. At the time, Afgha

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) joined the Minnesota Congressional Republican Delegation in introducing the Federal Responsibility and Accountability for Unchecked Dereliction (FRAUD) Act to strengthen accountability when state officials become aware of fraud involving federal funds. This legislation follows a House Oversight Committee report that found that high-level Minnesota state officials, including Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, had known about the fraud in Minnesota since 2019 and repeatedly failed to act. "The scale of fraud we saw in

Washington, DC – Representatives Michelle Fischbach (MN-07), Julie Fedorchak (ND-AL), Don Davis (NC-01), Jack Bergman (MI-01), and Brad Finstad (MN-01) have introduced the Diesel Engine Flexibility (DEF) Act. This legislation provides 10 years of legal protection for companies that follow the EPA's 2025 and 2026 guidelines, reducing unnecessary engine shutdowns caused by faulty DEF sensors while maintaining emissions protections. "Hardworking Minnesotans should not be penalized by bureaucracy when a sensor malfunctions. The DEF Act provides a vital, 10-year legal shield that protects our agric

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the administration's push to secure additional farm aid and defense funding through a supplemental budget request.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan PFAS Task Force and one of Congress’s leading voices in the fight against forever chemicals, is leading a new bipartisan push to eliminate PFAS from products Americans use every day. The legislation targets two common pathways of exposure: cosmetics and personal care products used directly on the body, and food packaging that can place PFAS in close contact with the food Americans eat. Together, the bills are part of Fitzpatrick’s larger effort to change the way America confronts PFAS: clean up what has already

Fitzpatrick-authored legislation closes a dangerous loophole allowing foreign nationals to finance ballot initiatives, referenda, and recall elections WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, bipartisan legislation led by Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME-2) to prohibit foreign nationals from financing state and local ballot initiatives, referenda, and recall elections. The legislation, H.R. 3535, now advances to the Senate. “The ballot is the instrument by which a free people go

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