GREENCASTLE, Indiana, March 4 -- Rep. James Baird, R-Indiana, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Baird sent a letter to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) requesting further deliveries of hazardous materials from the East Palestine train derailment to the Heritage Environmental Services in Roachdale, IN, be halted immediately. "Last week, our state was blindsided by the announcement that the EPA would be relocating hazardous materials from the East  more

BRUNSWICK, Maine, March 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), and Mike Braun (R-Indiana) have introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the opioid epidemic by preventing the approval of new, dangerous medications. The FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act would strengthen oversight throughout the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opioid approval process, hold FDA leadership accountable for final a  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to help police, fire, emergency medical and 911 personnel cope with the stresses of responding to crisis situations passed the Senate unanimously. The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Act of 2023 is bipartisan legislation that would establish mental health programs for America's first responders who  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Uplifting Families, Workers, and Older Adults: Supporting Communities of Care" at 10:30 a.m. on March 9, 2023, at 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Dr. Kezia Scales, PhD, Vice President of Research & Evaluation, Paraprofessional Health Institute (PHI), Durham, NC * Dr. Hannah Maxey, Phd, MPH, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Director of the Bowen Center  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined his Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance and Banking Committees to reintroduce the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, which will block future progressive political attempts to make the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) snoop on the private information of American taxpayers. In 2021, the Biden Administration proposed new requirements that would have directed  more