WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2023: U.S. Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.-08) participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Energy and Commerce Committee on addressing high energy costs. Dr. Bucshon, a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, was joined by other Republican Committee members as well as four panelists whose livelihoods have been negatively impacted by the high energy costs perpetrat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2023: U.S. Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.-08) voted to advance the creation of two select committees: one tasked with conducting oversight on the Biden Administration's actions, and another exploring Strategic China Competitiveness initiatives. Dr. Bucshon issued the following statement on H. Res. 11 - establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2023: U.S. Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.-08) released the following statement after voting to block the Biden Administration from adding 87,000 new agents to the IRS, by rescinding over $71 billion in funding for the agency. The Family and Small Business Protection Act is the first bill that House Republicans have advanced since taking the majority in the 118th Congress. "Today, I jo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a longtime member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today introduced the Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act. The legislation would institute commonsense reforms aimed at mitigating losses and promoting fiscal responsibility by ensuring that recipients of payments under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Livestock Indemnit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2023: Rep. Jim Banks introduced his first piece of legislation in the 118th Congress - the Qualified Immunity Act of 2023. This bill would codify clearly established Supreme Court precedent in favor of qualified immunity and the protections it provides for law enforcement agents into statutory law. Rep. Banks previously introduced this legislation in the 116th Congress during the deadly riots and unp  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2023: Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) spoke on the House floor in support of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Transcript of Rep. Spartz's remarks below: "Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Select Committee on China. In February of last year, President Xi of China and President Putin of Russia issued a joint statement   more