WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Chairman Arrington Taps Rep. Blake Moore to Chair the Budget Committee Health Care Task Force WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) today appointed Budget Committee Member Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) to chair the Committee's Health Care Task Force. The Task Force will build on its work from the 118th Cong  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Congressman Blake Moore Appointed Chair of the Budget Committee Health Care Task Force WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Blake Moore was appointed by House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington to serve as Chair of the Committee's Health Care Task Force. The Task Force will build on its work from the 118th Congress by examining opportunities to modernize and personalize the health car  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * HEARING RECAP: Owens Questions Experts on Innovation in K-12 Schools WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Education and the Workforce Committee Vice Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) participated in a Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing titled "From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education." Owens welcomed a bipartisan discussion on the opportunities and risks of in  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Daily Caller Highlights Grassley's Oversight of Wasteful DEI Spending at DOJ EXCLUSIVE: GOP Sens Seek Answers For Taxpayers Who Picked Up Tab For Biden's DEI Initiatives Adam Pack March 31, 2025 Senate Judiciary Republicans are seeking accountability for taxpayers who footed the bill for the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives under for  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Introduces SHIELD-U and Drone Integration and Zoning Acts for 119th Congress Legislation will empower state and local law enforcement to protect Americans from drone threats WASHINGTON - Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced the Stopping Harmful Incidents to Enforce Lawful Drone Use (SHIELD-U) Act and the Drone Integration and Zoning Act to equip state and local law enforcement with the authority need  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Introduces SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act for 119th Congress Legislation establishes work requirements for able-bodied SNAP beneficiaries WASHINGTON - Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act, a bold piece of legislation aimed at strengthening work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and closing loopholes that have contributed t  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Introduces the Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act for 119th Congress Legislation defunds federal efforts to interfere in local zoning through Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and other means WASHINGTON - Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced the Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act, a bill which denies all federal funding for implementing the Department of Housing and Urban Development's "Af  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Owens Advances Effort to Honor Frederick Douglass WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Burgess Owens (R-UT) successfully advanced an amendment out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to rename the U.S. House of Representatives Press Gallery in honor of abolitionist, journalist, and statesman Frederick Douglass. Owens co-led a bipartisan resolution in the House alongside Representatives   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * Owens Codifies Trump Agenda, Cracks Down on K-12 Indoctrination WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Education and Workforce Committee Vice Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) introduced the Say No to Indoctrination Act to block federal funding for discriminatory and divisive agendas in America's K-12 classrooms. The bill, codifying President Trump's Executive Order from January 20, 2025, stipulates that   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Owens Empowers States to Tackle Worker Shortage WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Education and Workforce Committee Vice Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) introduced the One Door to Work Act to establish a state innovation demonstration authority in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This legislation gives states and local workforce boards the flexibility to implement innovative reforms aimed at improving  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * Owens, Walberg Fight Antisemitism WASHINGTON D.C. -- Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) demanded answers from five colleges following disturbing reports of antisemitic activity and administrative inaction on campus. "America's colleges and universities have a responsibility   more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kennedy Introduces Bill to Protect Children's Health in Schools WAHSINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2025 - Today, Representative Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act, aimed at enhancing the nutritional quality of meals served to students under the National School Lunch Program. This legislation seeks to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Coalition to Reintroduce the Taiwan Allies Fund Act to Support Taiwan's International Space, Counter CCP Economic Coercion Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Curtis (R-Utah), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) joined U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the Un  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch's LOCAL Foods Act Reintroduced with Bipartisan Support WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the bipartisan Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local (LOCAL) Foods Act, legislation to update the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906's (FMIA) ' Personal-Use Exemption' to better support small-scale me  more