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A group of mostly Republican lawmakers is pushing a proposal in the House that could dramatically reduce the cost of federal student loans by capping interest rates at 2 percent. This would save borrowers thousands of dollars over the life of their loans. But despite backing from both Republicans and one Democrat, the effort is facing resistance from an unexpected source: Democrats who say their own competing plan would provide even greater relief. The debate comes as millions of borrowers adjust to a rapidly changing student loan landscape after the end of the Biden-era SAVE repayment plan an

On the morning of March 19, three police officers knocked on a door in Yorktown Heights and delivered the worst news any parent can receive. Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Yorktown High School graduate and a freshman at Loyola University Chicago, was shot and killed while walking with friends. The man charged with her murder was an illegal immigrant who was detained at the border and then released. He was then arrested in Chicago and released again. Then he failed to appear in court. Sheridan’s mother, Jessica, put it plainly: a 10-second phone call from local police to ICE could have saved h

Bacon, McCaul, Hoyer, Colleagues Introduce Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (NE-02), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Emeritus Michael McCaul (TX-10) and Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05) introduced the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 alongside 15 of their colleagues. This legislation — which honors the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who worked on the bill for more than a year and secured the White House’s support — will hold major purchasers of Russian oil and gas account

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to an anti-Israel resolution proposed by Senate Democrats. Watch his full remarks HERE. Daines’ remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. President, with this misguided resolution, the Democrats are trying to distort reality for political gain. Make no mistake, the sole objective here […] The post Daines Urges Support for Israel on Senate Floor: “Democrats are Distorting Reality for Political Gain” appeared first on Senator Steve Daines.

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) penned an op-ed in the Washington Post in response to OpenAI’s recklessness in causing the Hugging Face hack. The op-ed probes the danger AI cyberattacks pose to Americans and how Big Tech companies should be held accountable for them. Read the full op-ed here or below. AI companies shouldn’t get a free pass to break […] The post Hawley Op Ed: AI companies shouldn’t get a free pass to break things appeared first on Josh Hawley.

FEMA approved public assistance for 16 additional Indiana counties and individual assistance for three additional counties on September 24th WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) led members of the Indiana congressional delegation in thanking President Donald Trump and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Cameron Hamilton for approving additional federal disaster assistance for Hoosier communities recovering from the […]

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that he has secured $5.5 million for Project ULTRA to set up a testbed at Grand Sky to develop and expand […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) delivered remarks on the Senate Floor urging his colleagues to support his resolution designating September as Dystonia Awareness Month.  Banks shared his family’s personal experience with the neurological movement disorder, which his mother has been battling for the past 40 years, and called for greater awareness, research, and improved treatments […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined twelve of his colleagues in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to protect homeschooling parents’ right to choose faith-based curriculum for their children. The brief asks the court to reverse a lower-court decision that wrongly stopped parents participating in California’s homeschool independent study programs from using religious curriculum. It argues that California violated […]

“Whether it is lowering energy costs, cutting taxes or fighting fraud and corruption, there is the core difference between commonsense Republicans and crazy Democrats. Republicans want every American to keep more of what they earn. Democrats want every American to have less money in their pocket.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) ... Read more The post Barrasso: Republicans are Putting More Money in Your Pockets appeared first on John Barrasso.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), cofounders of the Senate Central Asia Caucus, announced that their resolution commemorating 35 years of independence for the five Central Asian nations (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) passed the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support. Senators Curtis (R-Utah) and Dave McCormick (R-Penn.) joined Daines and […] The post Daines, Peters Resolution Commemorating 35 Years of Independence for Central Asian Nations passes U.S. Senate appeared first on Senator Steve Daines.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2026 Sheehy’s Protect America’s Game Act Passes Senate with Protect College Sports Act U.S. SENATE – Yesterday, Senator Sheehy’s Protect America’s Game Act advanced through the Senate as part of a larger package of legislation surrounding college athletics, the Protect College Sports Act. The legislation, co-led by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), creates a protected […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Representatives Dave Joyce (OH-14), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Tom Barrett (R-MI), and Hillary Scholten (D-MI) introduced the Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill to expand access to federal support for Great Lakes research and conservation. This legislation designates […] The post Joyce, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Bolster Great Lakes Conservation Efforts appeared first on Dave Joyce.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reverse the lower court’s decision, which wrongly ruled that homeschool independent-study programs are public school programs. The brief defends homeschooling parents’ rights by reinforcing a common-sense principle: parents are not state actors. It also makes clear that neutral government programs […]

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded Wise County, Virginia, a $529,133 grant. This funding will support a water line replacement project along Ramsey Road and U.S. Route 58. In response to this grant notice, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “This ARC grant for more than $529,000 helps Wise County modernize local water line infrastructure to better serve residents with potable water.” BACKGROUND According to ARC, this project will replace and realign 1,700 linear feet of water line. The existing line has developed repeated leaks and is dif

WASHINGTON — Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) will join President Donald J. Trump in highlighting the resurgence of American manufacturing during a visit to Peterbilt Motors’ factory in Denton, Texas on Thursday. The visit comes as the Trump administration and House Republicans’ successful pro-growth policies have spurred new investment, lowered taxes, and helped reshore critical supply chains. Peterbilt parent company Paccar has added more than 1,000 jobs at its Denton facility and more than 2,000 jobs across the United States. The company’s Peterbilt and Kenworth brands move approximatel

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, today welcomed the long-awaited release of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, an imprisoned Azerbaijani economist, anti-corruption advocate, and former New Jersey resident. Dr. Ibadoghlu has safely arrived in Berlin for urgently needed medical treatment. “I am overjoyed that Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu is finally free and safe in Germany, where he can receive the medical care he so urgently needs,” said Smith, who has consistently advocated for Dr. Ibadoghlu’s release and access to medical care since his arrest in 2023. “This is a wonde

Bacon, Slotkin, Britt, DeLauro Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Modernize Ovarian Cancer Prevention and Care WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) along with Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Katie Britt (R-AL) introduced the Ovarian Cancer Improving and Modernizing Prevention, Access, Care, and Testing (IMPACT) Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand access to genetic testing, hereditary cancer risk assessment, and specialty care for patients and families affected by ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is the fifth-leading cause of

WASHINGTON — This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Squawk Box on CNBC with Becky Quick, Joe Kernen, and Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss striking the responsible balance between AI innovation and safety, the Democrat Party’s ongoing leftward shift towards socialism, and Republicans setting the conditions for a strong America and thriving economy. “What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already, and that is putting the conditions in place for a strong America again,” Speaker Johnson said. “We’ve restored not just American energy dominance and peace through strengt

U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, led members of the Texas congressional delegation in a letter to the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy endorsing Texas’s forthcoming proposal to host the U.S. Space Academy. “Texas has been at the center of America’s space story for more than six decades, and we are leading the way into its next chapter. From NASA’s Johnson Space Center in my district, home to Mission Control and our nation’s astronaut corps, to the cutting-edge commercial space companies developing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, chaired by Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), through the work of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), released a Majority Staff Report detailing how fraud has continued to undermine the integrity of critical taxpayer-funded health care programs. The report also details the disparities in the oversight and enforcement of fraud within state Medicaid programs. The report outlines 13 investigative findings and 37 recommendations to strengthen prog

Today, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce unveiled a package of policies that help combat fraudulent activities and protect public health programs that serve vital health care resources to patients. One of these policies, H.R. 10621 – the Medicaid Fraud Fighting and Taxpayer Protection Act, is sponsored by U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Chairman of the Committee’s Subcommittee on Health. Chairman Griffith’s bill targets Medicaid fraud by incentivizing States to take steps, such as implementing program integrity tools, that investigate fraud and protect federal health car

Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) issued the following statement applauding the Department of War’s announcement that the contract to build the F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter jet to Boeing—meaning it will be built by Missouri workers in the Show Me State. “Today’s announcement that the sixth generation F/A-XX fighter jet will be built by Boeing is a huge win for Missouri workers and economic growth in our state,” said Congressman Alford. “We have been vocal advocates of this from the start and worked tirelessly with the Trump Administration to make it a reality. The Show Me State will be

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today announced that the Senate approved the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA), bipartisan legislation he cosponsored to improve fairness and stability in college athletics. The […]

Trump Administration Announces $51 Million for Rural Texas Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention Programs Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services September 28th, 2026 based chronic disease prevention, wellness, and nutrition programs through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). This investment will help rural healthcare providers implement solutions to improve outcomes for rural Texans with […] The post Trump Administration Announces $51 Million for Rural Texas Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention Programs appeared first on Cloud.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) chaired a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime hearing on Flock cameras and the threat they pose to national security and the privacy of everyday Americans. This hearing follows Senator Hawley’s investigation into major automated license plate reader (ALPR) companies and the nationwide AI surveillance network they have created. Hawley invited the […] The post ICYMI: Hawley Chairs Subcommittee Hearing Exposing Flock Cameras, Calls for Accountability appeared first on Josh Hawley.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) has completed his second official 100-County Tour during his time serving in the Senate, traveling to all 100 counties across North Carolina. Senator Budd has completed a total of three 100-County Tours, spanning from Murphy to Manteo, the first of which he completed during his 2022 U.S. Senate […]

WILMINGTON, NC - Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) applauded a $3 million Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant to expand the aircraft apron at Wilmington International Airport (ILM). The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding will support ILM’s apron expansion, the first phase of a broader terminal expansion project that will ultimately add additional gates, improve aircraft parking and maneuvering, and position the airport to accommodate continued passenger and airline growth. "Southeastern North Carolina relies on Wilmington International Airport to connect our community and support

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Representative Troy Downing announced that their bill to reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act was signed by President Trump and is officially law. “This is a major win for the Treasure State. Montanans should never have to worry about whether or not their water is safe […] The post Daines, Downing Bill Protecting Rural Water Infrastructure Signed by President Trump, Officially Law appeared first on Senator Steve Daines.

Click here to read the full story or read below. Bunker Hill, Ind. ­­— Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., wants a site in north central Indiana to become the new home of the U.S. Space Academy. In a letter sent Thursday to Jared Isaacman, chairman of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy, Banks urged the commission […]

Banks warns aggressive executive enforcement today won’t survive a future administration without new legislation Click here to read the full story or read below. EXCLUSIVE: A massive five- day ICE operation that netted 426 arrests across Indiana is fueling Hoosier Sen. Jim Banks’ push for Congress to cement President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown into law before a future […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve access to high-cost prescription drugs for veterans living in state veterans’ homes. TheProviding Veterans Essential Medications Act would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse state veterans’ homes for high-cost medications or provide the drugs directly. Currently, VA only provides […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Trump Administration announced that it will be investing $51 million through the Rural Health Transformation Program, created by House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington’s One Big Beautiful Bill, into Texas’s Make Rural Texans Healthy Again initiative. The funding will support 68 rural hospital districts and authorities as they develop and expand community-based prevention, wellness, and nutrition programs to improve health outcomes and prevent and manage chronic conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, and obesity. In Dece

FINCASTLE, VA – On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it did not grant Verizon’s initial application to discontinue copper-based landline services across much of Virginia. Congressman Cline previously sent a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr demanding answers about the changes and urging the Chairman to review the application. “I applaud the FCC for their decision to pause any changes to Virginia’s copper-based landline service, following my letter to Chairman Carr,” said Rep. Cline. “The Sixth District is home to many mountainous and rural communities where r

WASHINGTON — This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Mornings with Fox Business with Cheryl Casone in-studio to discuss President Trump convening AI leaders, striking a responsible balance between AI progress and the concerns of everyday Americans, and Republicans defying history in the midterms. “Our candidates are right there every day, and they're talking to their constituents in common sense. This is a contrast election between common sense and crazy. Common sense is on our side…” Speaker Johnson said. Watch the full interview here. On convening AI leaders: Well, let me put it simply. This me

Washington, DC -Today, Congressman Van Drew welcomed the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to prevent Verizon's application to discontinue copper-based telephone service in portions of New Jersey from being automatically approved while the Commission conducts further review. Earlier this month, Congressman Van Drew sent a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr urging the Commission to reject Verizon's proposal. "This is a good first step, and I appreciate Chairman Carr and the FCC for taking these concerns seriously," said Congressman Van Drew. "People across South Jersey reached

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) led 86 of his Congressional colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought encouraging the Trump administration to continue prioritizing and advancing the MV-75 Cheyenne program as a critical component of America’s military modernization efforts. The MV-75 Cheyenne, the U.S. Army’s next-generation Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, is designed to combine the vertical agility of a helicopter with the speed and range of an airplane. The Army has described the aircra