WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), John Hickenlooper (D-Coloado), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), John Kennedy (R-Louisana) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) introduced the Simplifying Subcontracting Act to reduce complexity in federal government contracting in order to help more small businesses and entrepreneurs pursue contracts.  "Small businesses and the American people miss out when government bureaucra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: Yesterday, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) participated in a Fox Business townhall with parents to talk about the state of education in America. Foxx spoke about the Committee's efforts to expand education freedom and reduce college costs. Excerpts from the interview are below: Putti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and North Carolina Senator Ted Budd's SOAR Act that ensures high-altitude balloons operating in United States airspace can be tracked and identified passed out of the Senate Commerce Committee--a key step towards becoming law. The bill was included and passed with small technical changes as part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act. Kelly and Budd   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced legislation that would create a criminal penalty of the death penalty or life imprisonment for the murder of a federal, state, and local enforcement officer. In addition, the Justice for Fallen Law Enforcement Act would create a criminal penalty of 20 years in prison for assault resulting in serious injury to a feder  more