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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.
“[Trent Kubik] is not only the current president of the South Dakota Corn Growers, but also a farmer and a rancher … I’m very pleased to have him here today and look forward to hearing a South Dakota perspective on this issue.”...
‘As I said last year, reconciliation should be a supplement to, not a substitute for, sustained annual funding. Political realities will not always allow for party-line budget reconciliation, and if the Department’s top priorities aren’t built into annual appropriations, we’re taking a big risk.’
“Republicans have law enforcement’s back – and we will do everything that we can to ensure that they have all they need to keep our country, our border, and our communities safe.”...
“[H]ardworking Americans can see that the Working Families Tax Cuts lets them keep more of their hard-earned money.”...
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), in introducing the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act to establish a grant program at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to help state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to solve more crimes and improve clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes. “When our heroes in blue do not have the resources to solve violent crimes, families and communities pay the price. In Louisiana and across America, too many
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Troy Carter (D-LA) penned a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer urging a Section 301 investigation into unfair practices affecting trade in seafood products. Read the full letter here. Foreign seafood importers engaging in unfair trade practices, such as labor abuses and false labeling, have contributed […] The post Higgins Leads Effort to Initiate Investigation into Foreign Seafood Importers Engaging in Harmful Trade Practices first appeared on Congressman Clay Higgins.
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 […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (“PSI” or “the Subcommittee”), sent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), a letter calling for the immediate production of records relating to pediatric deaths following COVID-19 vaccination. In response to Chairman Johnson’s December 15, […]
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 […]
“I will always support and honor our law enforcement—this week and every week.” WASHINGTON – Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) is backing a resolution and a bill to support law enforcement during National Police Week. Husted joined the National Police Week Resolution as an original cosponsor. This resolution would designate May 10, 2026, to May 16, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $14,887,241.00 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation through his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The funding will protect against flooding, expand taxiways, rehabilitate pavement, and support airport planning and development. “I worked to bring this funding home to Louisiana so our airports […]
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 […]