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City, county back Benavidez VA clinic renaming | The Victoria Advocate Lindsey Plotkin | July 23rd, 2026 Renaming the Victoria Veterans Affairs clinic in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez has earned unanimous support from local elected officials, but the change ultimately requires an act of Congress. On Tuesday, the Victoria […] The post City, County Back Benavidez VA Clinic Renaming appeared first on Cloud.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Senator Jim Justice and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the bipartisan Senior Chatbot Protection Act to enact safeguards for senior Americans using A.I. chatbots. “A.I. chatbots are an incredible tool for older Americans, but we can’t miss the opportunity to protect our seniors who rely on chatbots for support, companionship, and even important decisions during critical times. The Senior […]
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(Click here to watch and here to download.) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor to urge Congress to reauthorize and expand the Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Act. Cassidy emphasized the importance of access to stable employment to help military spouses, those returning to society after incarceration, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio-15) introduced the S Corporation Modernization Act, legislation to modernize outdated tax rules affecting S corporations, helping businesses access capital, expand employee ownership, and compete in today’s economy. “S corporations are the backbone of our economy, supporting tens of millions of jobs and driving economic growth […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to review partnerships between American educational institutions and entities affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In the letter, the senators warn that CCP-linked organizations have used educational […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Harley Jacobsen Clinical Trial Participant Income Exemption Act to exclude clinical trial participants’ compensation from their taxable income. Taxing the stipends and compensation that patients receive when they participate in clinical trials can discourage them from joining, because it erodes the value of […]
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded $555,000 to the Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC) in […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Titan Batteries in Pocatello as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for July 2026. Titan Batteries will be recognized for its contribution to Idaho in the Congressional Record of the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News Channel to discuss the House Ways and Means Committee’s investigation into Neville Roy Singham’s nonprofit network that is fueling left-wing violence across America. Click the image above for the full discussion. Key Excerpts on Neville Roy Singham: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “All this money comes from the Chinese Communist Party, our biggest adversary, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined America Reports on Fox News Channel to discuss Middle East diplomacy, supplemental military funding, and affordability in America. Click the image above for the full discussion. Key Excerpts on Peace in the Middle East: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “Well, this is the only thing Iranians understand, and that is the full […]
“Those who could make the trip toured the Capitol, watched Senate proceedings, and spoke at length with Husted.” WASHINGTON – Denison University highlighted Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-Ohio) recognition of the university’s four NCAA Division III national championship teams during their visit to Washington this week. The teams visited the White House, where they were honored by President […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2025 Sheehy’s Lunar Landing Day Act Passes Senate Unanimously U.S. SENATE – This week, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Senator Sheehy’s Lunar Landing Day Act, which designates July 20th as Lunar Landing Day to recognize America’s leadership in space exploration and science. This legislation was co-led by Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Jerry Moran […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) announced key changes to his senior leadership team. Devon Murphy to Succeed Lee Lonsberry as Chief of Staff After three years as Chief of Staff to Congressman Owens, Lee Lonsberry concluded his time on Capitol Hill, rounding out an incredibly successful and meaningful decade of service to […] The post Owens Announces Changes to Senior Staff appeared first on Burgess Owens.
Lawmakers take actions on various issues to make a difference. In the health care space, it often seems I work around the clock to assess federal policy, hear perspectives from the medical community as well as patients and explore ways to help lower health care costs. One way I do this is by looking at the health care landscape in our region. Accordingly, I am a leader of H.R. 2191, the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. This bill is one way for us to empower independent physicians and help address medical deserts in rural communities. To begin 2026, I attended the ribbon cutt
Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) hosted an Education and Workforce Committee field hearing in Augusta, Georgia titled "Building an AI-Ready America: How AI Is Creating Opportunities Across America's Workforce." The hearing was the eighth in a series examining artificial intelligence and was attended by U.S. Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Lucy McBath (D-GA). The members questioned a panel of four witnesses at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center-Hull McKnight Building on the impacts of AI in the workforce. Following the hearing, Congressman Allen issued the statement
Washington, DC -Today, Congressman Van Drew led 18 of his House Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Governor Mikie Sherrill demanding answers after New Jersey announced that approximately 6,600 non-citizens were registered to vote over the course of a year and nearly 400 cast ballots before the problem was discovered. Click here to read the letter. "When the state uncovers a failure of this magnitude, it cannot simply acknowledge the problem and move on," said Rep. Van Drew (NJ-02). "Our elections depend on accurate voter rolls and safeguards that actually work. What is most concernin
WASHINGTON—Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson voted in favor of H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, a bill that ensures lawmakers don’t use their positions to profit off insider information. This legislation would ban members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from purchasing individual securities issued by publicly traded companies. The Stop Insider Trading Act is sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI). “The American people send lawmakers to Washington, D.C. to deliver on policy promises, not to enrich themselves by profiting off insider information. Republican, De
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) introduced the Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operational Test, Evaluation, and Training Corridor Act. This legislation will help accelerate the development, testing, evaluation, and deployment of next-generation small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) and counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) by ensuring America's warfighters have access to the training environments needed to maintain battlefield dominance. As unmanned aircraft systems continue to reshape modern warfare, the United States must move faster to develop, test, and field
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By Leo Briceno, Elizabeth Elkind Published July 24, 2026 at 8:32pm EDT Nineteen House Republicans are demanding answers from New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill on how approximately 6,600 self-identified noncitizens were registered to vote and cast 400 ballots in what the state described as a software failure. The group put the question to Sherrill in a letter published on Friday afternoon. "Despite those answers, a software failure reportedly transmitted their information for voter registration between June 2023 and June 2024. This was not a minor clerical discrepancy," the group wrote in the lett
Originally Published in WFXG By: Daniel Matesevac FORT GORDON, Ga. (WFXG) – A major change at the Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon may be reversed soon. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2027, the annual funding bill for the military. Included in this year’s bill was a resolution to restore full staffing and services to the Eisenhower Army Medical Center, reversing a recent announcement that it would be reduced to an ambulatory care facility. “When I first heard about this, [I] discussed it with [Armed Services Committ
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Burgess Owens applauded the inclusion of his Utah National Guard Legacy Railroad Land Conveyance Act into the base text of the NDAA as well as an amendment that advances the Army’s efforts to provide aviation platforms with modern battlefield communications capabilities. Included in the NDAA was Rep. Owens’ H.R. 8384, the […] The post Rep. Owens Secures Major Win for Camp Williams and Defense in NDAA appeared first on Burgess Owens.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Reps. Burgess Owens (R-UT-04), Mike Kennedy (R-UT-03), Dina Titus (D-NV-01), and Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) introduced the Promoting Access to Transit in High-Growth Communities Act (PATH Act), bipartisan legislation that would reform the federal formula used to award major transit construction grants so that fast-growing states like Utah can compete on a […] The post Rep Owens Introduces PATH Act to Level Playing Field on Transit Funding appeared first on Burgess Owens.
On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a legislative hearing on the North Rim Restoration Act of 2025. This marked the first significant Senate action on the bill since it unanimously passed the House of Representatives on March...
“Democrats need to stop opposing every effort that we make on this Senate Floor to secure our border and to enforce our immigration laws. Election security begins with border security. Today’s Democrats want neither border security nor election security.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today highlighted how years of open-border policies ... Read more The post Barrasso: Election Security Begins with Border Security appeared first on John Barrasso.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Stuart Varney on Fox Business to discuss the latest on the Iran war. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines on War Powers resolution: Stuart, we always have the ability to exercise oversight. Look at yesterday, you had the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, Dan Caine in […] The post Daines on Fox Business: “The Democrats’ War Powers Resolution is Unconstitutional” appeared first on Senator Steve Daines.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) was named the National Taxpayers Union's (NTU) Taxpayer Defender of the Month for his leadership in protecting American taxpayers from being forced to bail out fiscally irresponsible state and local governments. Rep. Steube also received NTU’s 2025 Taxpayers’ Friend Award for his voting record in support of limited government and free markets.
Idaho Capital Sun | By Laura Guido Idahoans will be able to ask questions directly to Republican U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher at an upcoming telephone town hall. AARP Idaho will host the town hall at 10 a.m. mountain time, on July 27. The call is open to the public, not just members of the organization, according […] The post Idaho Capital Sun: US Rep. Russ Fulcher to take questions from Idahoans at telephone town hall first appeared on U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher.
The post Dr. Rand Paul’s Legislation to Lower Drug Prices Unanimously Advances Out of Committee appeared first on Senator Rand Paul.
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan announced that 10 of his amendments were included in the House-passed FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (FY27 NDAA) (H.R. 8800). The FY27 NDAA provides authorization for key defense initiatives that enhance America’s national security, modernize our capabilities, improve military readiness and increase support for servicemembers and their families. “The United States remains the greatest military force the world has […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to advance the SAFE Drugs Act of 2026, introduced by Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). The bipartisan legislation would strengthen patient safety and increase transparency in the pharmacy compounding industry. The SAFE Drugs Act passed the Committee with a vote of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) introduced the bipartisan Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act, legislation to help American artificial intelligence companies work together to defend against espionage by Communist China and other serious national security threats. As American companies race to advance Artificial Intelligence systems, foreign adversaries are increasingly attempting to steal U.S. […]
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statements after an amended version of their bipartisan Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act passed out of committee. The Senators’ legislation would improve the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) type certification process for American Advanced Air […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued a statement urging the U.S. Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and require photo identification before voting. “Conservatives in the House of Representatives consider the SAVE America Act to be a non-negotiable, nation-saving piece of legislation. When polled, mandatory […] The post Higgins Outlines Strategy to Pass the SAVE America Act through Senate first appeared on Congressman Clay Higgins.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2026 WATCH: Sheehy Speaks Against Iran War Powers Resolution on Senate Floore U.S. SENATE – Senator Tim Sheehy today delivered a floor speech against the Iran War Powers Resolution to halt U.S. operations against the Iranian regime. The video and full transcript of the senator’s remarks are below. VIDEO: Watch the […]
WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer today issued the following statements after U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor’s nomination to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
“Ohio is the best state in the nation to start and grow a business, and this bill will give more entrepreneurs a path to success.” WASHINGTON – Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) joined Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Chris Coons’ (D-Del.) in introducing the bipartisan New Opportunities for Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency (NO BOSS) Act to […]
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40), Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, introduced the Strategic Technology and Resilient Alliances (STRATA) Act to establish a Critical Mineral Innovation (CMI) Initiative at the State Department, coordinating allied partnerships, technology deployment, and new commercial tools to reduce U.S. dependence on China. China currently dominates […] The post Rep. Young Kim Leads STRATA Act to Counter China’s Critical Minerals Dominance first appeared on Congresswoman Young Kim.
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week introduced a resolution calling for greater action from the Canadian government to prevent and fight wildfires. The senator spoke on the Senate floor […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2026 Sheehy Introduces Bill to End H-1B Abuse, Put American Workers First U.S. SENATE – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy introduced the End H-1B Abuse Act of 2026 to put hardworking Americans first and protect our national security by rooting out H-1B fraud and strengthening guardrails within the program. “The H-1B program was created […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced H.R. 9781, the Defend American Agriculture Act, legislation that raises the borrowing authority of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) from $30 billion to $45 billion through September 2031. Read the bill text here. The CCC is the primary financing arm that USDA uses to fund programs crucial to American farmers. However, […] The post Higgins Works with Louisiana Farm Bureau to Modernize USDA Program first appeared on Congressman Clay Higgins.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is tapping Virginia Tech to host a revamped fellowship program for senior military officers. The Senior Service College Fellowship helps train and develop senior level civilians for military leadership roles. In response to this news, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “Virginia Tech’s traditions of service to our country date all the way back to the school’s founding. In May, it was an honor to see this service on display at the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Change of Command ceremony. “This rich history and the success
Today, Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) and Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-16) introduced the American Shipyard Investment Act to rebuild America's shipbuilding industrial base. This legislation reverses the decades-long decline of America’s shipbuilding industrial base by creating a targeted investment tax credit for shipyard construction and expansion. “America’s ability to project naval power and sustain supply chains depends on a strong domestic industrial base,” said Rep. Moran. “This tax credit will provide greater liberty to entities investing in shipbuilding across America. We cannot co
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (R-TX), Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and a practicing dentist for more than 40 years, introduced the Oversight of Responsible Teledentistry for Healthy Outcomes (ORTHO) Act, H.R. 9829, to establish common-sense patient safety standards for orthodontic treatment provided through teledentistry. "Teledentistry has expanded access to care for countless Americans, and when used appropriately, it can be a valuable tool. But convenience should never come at the expense of patient safety," said Congressman Babin.
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks following House passage this week of the budget resolution to unlock Reconciliation 3.0, the Stop Insider Trading Act, the FY27 NDAA, and the clean continuing resolution to fund the government through the midterm elections. “Americans demand a few things that are common sense. They demand secure elections, they want a strong national defense capable of countering our adversaries, and they want a Congress that plays by the same rules that they do. These are not big things to ask,” Speaker Johnson said. “House Republicans delivered on all
WASHINGTON, D.C.— This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the legislative vehicle that authorizes policies, programs, and spending for the Department of War. Included in the bill were eight provisions directly influenced by the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors. Chairman Pfluger and Congressional appointees on the USAFA Board of Visitors partnered with the House Armed Services Committee to secure key provisions that strengthen the U.S. Air Force Academy in the FY2027 NDAA. The House NDAA prioritizes restoring the Air Force Acade