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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC-07), Chairman of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined the Committee in supporting passage of a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization. The bill makes historic investments in America’s roads, bridges, transit systems, rail transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs.     The Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America’s 250th (BUILD America 250) Act prioritizes moving people, goods, and freight safely and ef

Yesterday, the Education and Workforce Committee advanced H.R. 7895, Congressman Rick W. Allen's (GA-12) PBM Kickback Prohibition Act. Congressman Allen introduced this legislation in March, which would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from paying kickbacks or referral fees to brokers, consultants, advisors, or similar intermediaries in exchange for directing employer health plan or insurer business to the PBM.  During yesterday's markup, Congressman Allen d

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) introduced the Locating Our Unclaimed Veterans Act, a bill which would help Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) locate and collect the unclaimed remains of veterans to ensure they are properly laid to rest. “All veterans deserve to receive a military burial and recognition for their service to our nation," said Congressman Valadao. "Unfortunately, when a deceased veteran has lost contact with their family—or has no next-of-kin at all—their unclaimed remains can sit on a funeral home shelf collecting dust for years. Ahead of Memorial Day,

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This reauthorization marks a historic step toward modernizing America’s transportation and infrastructure programs that will serve the American people for generations to come.

Following a markup of legislation in the House Committee on Energy & Commerce, Congressman Neal Dunn (FL-02) urges his colleagues and House leadership to advance critical provisions of his bipartisan legislation, the Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair (REPAIR) Act, to the House floor following the exclusion of these provisions in H.R. 7389, the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026. While the version included in yesterday’s markup represents some progress, the legislation considered by the committee does not fully reflect the original REPAIR Act and fails to protect

Suffern, N.Y. – 5/22/26… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) today welcomed President Donald J. Trump to Rockland County, where the President delivered remarks at Rockland Community College’s Eugene Levy Fieldhouse focused on affordability, tax relief, and strengthening opportunities for working families across New York’s Hudson Valley. The event marked the first public visit by a sitting President to Rockland County in nearly 50 years. “It was an honor to welcome President Trump to the Hudson Valley today. If you want to get things done, you have to be in the arena. You have to have a

WASHINGTON—House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and LIBRE Initiative Executive Director Sandra Benitez published a joint op-ed in The Hill. “Too often, Washington treats Hispanic Americans as a political constituency first and an economic force second,” wrote Chairwoman McClain and Director Benitez. “But Hispanic entrepreneurs are looking for something more concrete: the freedom and certainty to grow their businesses, hire workers, and invest in their communities.” Read the full piece below:  Washington has spent decades treating the Hispanic community as a monolithic

May 22, 2026 Friend, Welcome back to the Pfluger Fly-By, a weekly roundup of the work I am doing to represent you and our commun

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) sent a letter to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) urging NIH to take immediate action to ensure the timely obligation of all congressionally appropriated FY 2026 grant funding. “Failure to disburse appropriated funds not only forfeits critical investments but also delays […]

Today, in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, which would codify the Trump administration’s recent directive ending the VA’s decades‑long practice of reporting certain veterans to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background...

GOP Congress Goes After the ‘Ethnic Scam’ Crippling America Virginia Grace McKinnon | The Daily Signal Republicans are discovering billions of taxpayers’ dollars going to waste, being spent fraudulently, and abused by American bureaucracy systems, specifically the welfare state. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, is leading the fraud investigations, rooted in immigration policy issues, in Congress. […] The post GOP Congress Goes After the ‘Ethnic Scam’ Crippling America appeared first on Cloud.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) led several Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the Detention Authority Clarification Act today, which would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to make unambiguous Congress’ intent that illegal aliens be subject to detention without bond pending removal from the United States. This is in response to split decisions by federal […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today celebrated the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s passage of the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, a bill directing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fully implement provisions to reduce unnecessary animal testing for drug development.    Each year in the United States, millions of animals — including an estimated 50,000 dogs — are used in laboratory experiments and testing. This bill would require the FDA to fully implement the FDA Modernization Act 2.0, ensuring that safe and effective treatments are developed using

Advocate to Pass ASAP Act with 100+ Bipartisan Cosponsors WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of the Health Subcommittee, joined Congressman Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) for an interview with Andrew Desiderio, Senior Congressional Reporter at Punchbowl News, to discuss the importance of early detection, prevention […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Vice Chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee Rep. Burgess Owens’ (UT-04) Civics and History Advancement to Restore Learning, Integrity, and Education Act, H.R. 8705, or the CHARLIE Act, was successfully passed by the House Education and Workforce Committee. The CHARLIE Act amends Section 2231 of the Elementary and Secondary Education […] The post Rep. Owens’ CHARLIE Act Passes Out of Committee appeared first on Burgess Owens.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  –  Today, the bipartisan Evidence-Based Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 2026, led by Congressman Rudy Yakym (R-IN-02) and Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-07), was introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop evidence-based strategies to help prevent youth suicide. “As a father of […] The post Yakym Introduces Evidence-Based Youth Suicide Prevention Act appeared first on Rudy Yakym.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will provide $10 million in federal funding for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) in Hebron, Kentucky. Senator McConnell helped secure this funding that will be used by CVG to modernize outdated equipment in Concourses A & B, as well as procure and install new passenger conveyance systems to improve passenger mobility and accessibility at the airport. Senator McConnell wrote a letter of support to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy advocating for

‘Last year, the ink was barely dry on the one-time reconciliation investment in shipbuilding when this Subcommittee began to hear from uniformed leaders about budget discrepancies, shortfalls, and broken glass in major accounts. This didn’t come as a surprise – it was the avoidable consequence of treating one-time infusions of cash like a substitute for full-year base budget spending. This is not a mistake worth repeating. But the way OMB has structured your budget suggests the Administration is willing to run even more significant risks in FY27.’

“As long as [Republicans are] in charge, there will be agents at our borders to prevent terrorists, traffickers, and other dangerous individuals from making their way into our country, and there will be agents to take criminal illegal immigrants off of America’s streets.”...

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Protecting Americans from Treatment-related Credit Harm (PATCH) Act, a bill that would prevent credit reporting agencies from including medical debt on consumer credit reports. “Fair-minded Americans know medical debt is different from a mortgage or a car loan. Patients don’t choose to get sick, and they don’t get to shop around for the best price from the back of an ambulance, either. Medical debt is gutting the American people like a fish, and my bill will make sure this unfair debt doesn’t appear on any American’s credit report,” s

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) in introducing the Discount Window Preparedness Act, a bipartisan bill to reduce stigma around the Federal Reserve discount window and improve its effectiveness as a liquidity tool for commercial and community banks. First established in 1913 with the creation of the Federal Reserve, the discount window provides short-term loans to depository institutions to support liquidity and strengthen the stability of America’s banking system. “Borrowing at the Fed’s discount window has

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA) announced today that the application portal for Pennsylvanians interested in his nomination to one of the four U.S. service academies is now open. In addition to applying directly to their service academy of choice, applicants also need to secure a congressional nomination to be eligible for appointment to a […]

Buchanan’s Sunshine Protection Act Marked Up in E&C Committee WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan released the following statement after his Sunshine Protection Act (H.R. 139), a bill to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent year-round, was successfully marked up and sent to the House floor for consideration within the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act (H.R. […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman today introduced the Unmanned Autonomous Systems Strategy Act, legislation requiring the U.S. Department of War to develop a comprehensive, all-domain strategy for the rapid deployment, integration, and scaling of unmanned and autonomous systems (UAS) across the Indo-Pacific and the Western Hemisphere. The bill will help the Department of […]

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) led a bipartisan group of his Senate colleagues, including U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), in introducing the Fostering Agricultural Research and Modernization through Artificial Intelligence (FARM AI) Act today. The bill would increase capital for AI […]

“I’m committed to lowering everyday costs for working families—that’s why my first bill to become law was focused on just that.” View Husted’s remarks here. WASHINGTON – Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today joined U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin for an announcement in the Oval Office about new actions […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) announced that their resolution to designate May as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month passed the U.S. Senate last night with unanimous consent. “I’m pleased to work with Senator Markey for the ninth year in a row to designate May as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. […] The post Daines, Markey Resolution Honoring May as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month Passes Senate appeared first on Senator Steve Daines.

WASHINGTON – At the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) headquarters, Senator John Hoeven joined USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other agriculture and energy leaders to […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today introduced the System Integrity through Licensed Vault Expansion and Resilience (SILVER) Act to increase geographic diversity of precious metal depositories. The vast majority of U.S. storage facilities for precious metals exchanges are currently in the New York City region. The SILVER Act would require two depositories be […]

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Representatives Julie Fedorchak (R-N.D.) and Troy Carter (D-La.) led a bipartisan, bicameral effort, along with 108 of their colleagues, […]

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Hoeven […]