Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) today announced the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Illinois Department of Transportation more than $13 million in BUILD grant funding to expand truck parking at two Southern Illinois rest areas. The Fort Massac Rest Area in Massac County will be reconstructed to increase truck parking from 19 to as many as 64 stalls and add up to four family-assist restrooms and ADA-compliant stalls. The Salt Kettle Rest Area in Vermilion County will gain up to 41 new truck stalls, including four ADA-compliant stalls, along with additional road

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EVENDALE. – Today, July 8, 2026, U.S. Representative Warren Davidson (OH-08) joined Export-Import Bank of the United States President and Chairman John Jovanovic for a visit to GE Aerospace’s Evendale facility. The visit was part of a larger EXIM initiative to bring the bank’s leadership directly to American manufacturers to hear how it can better support U.S. companies competing in global markets. During the visit, Davidson and Chairman Jovanovic toured GE Aerospace’s facility, met with company leaders, and discussed the role of export financing in supporting American ma

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following note to constituents regarding his hospitalization and recovery: “To my fellow Kentuckians – “When you elected me to a seventh term and made me our Commonwealth’s longest serving Senator, you did so trusting that I’d keep showing up to fight for you every day. And over the past several weeks, Elaine and I have appreciated both your well wishes and your honest questions about what was keeping me away from the Senate. “You all know how folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with gro

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY-06) helped lead key legislation protecting the Second Amendment through the House of Representatives. Barr’s legislation, the “Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act,” prohibits financial institutions from using a new Merchant Category Code (MCC) to track purchases of firearms and ammunition. This legislation stops banks and credit card companies from compiling and analyzing sensitive data on law-abiding Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights to own and purchase firearms. “Law-abiding Kentuckians should not be targeted for exerc

Three decades ago, a small group of advocates in Mt. Sterling opened the doors of the Post Clinic with a simple mission: expanding access to primary medical and dental care for Kentuckians who couldn’t afford it. Three decades later, that mission is still alive in every exam room. I’ve watched this clinic grow up close. Back in 2022, I secured a $1 million federal grant that empowered the Post Clinic build a new facility — funding that, paired with local and state support, helped the clinic expand its reach from roughly 400 patients a year to as many as 4,000 across Montgomery, Bath, and the s

I'm proud of all the wins we secured for the Treasure Coast in this year's water bill

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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

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

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

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