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WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) joined House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson last week as an original cosponsor of the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act. This legislation modernizes the H-2A agricultural worker program, delivering labor flexibility and financial predictability to agricultural producers. "Our hard-working farmers should not have to fight through mountains of federal red tape just to feed and fuel our country," said Rep. Fischbach. "Rigid and outdated H-2A program requirements have ignored the realities of modern farming, leaving o
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the Federal Responsibility and Accountability for Unchecked Dereliction (FRAUD) Act to strengthen accountability when state officials become aware of significant fraud involving federal funds. This legislation comes on the heels of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s bombshell report finding that high-level Minnesota state officials – including Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison – knew of widespread fraud in Minnesota since 2019 and repeatedly failed to act. “Billions of taxpayer do
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) in introducing the Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education (IGNITE) for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Excellence Act. The bipartisan legislation would help rebuild and modernize aging campus infrastructure at HBCUs across the country by establishing a competitive federal grant program within the Department of Education. “Arkansas is the proud home to four HBCUs that provide quality, unique educational opportunities to thousands of students. I
Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joins CNN News Central to share her hopes for U.S. foreign relations ahead of the NATO Summit in Turkey.
Widespread damage in Northwest CT after the July 4th storm. Today we toured the area and met with local leaders in Torrington, Harwinton and Salisbury. In an emergency like this, we all come together to brainstorm federal, state and local solutions to keeping people safe and making communities whole again. Not the time for partisan politics, we have so much work to do.
Widespread damage in Northwest CT after the July 4th storm. Today we toured the area and met with local leaders in Torrington, Harwinton and Salisbury. In an emergency like this, we all come together to brainstorm federal, state and local solutions to keeping people safe and making communities whole again. Not the time for partisan politics, we have so much work to do.