WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Dems to GOP: Investigate mining companies, not greens Lawmakers also introduced critical minerals legislation in recent days. May 21, 2024 House Democrats are trying to flip the script on the GOP's investigations into whether environmental groups are illegally representing foreign interests. Natural Resources ranking member Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Reps. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico and Jared Hu  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) introduced bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) to support education in rural communities by allowing teachers on a J-1 visa to waive their two-year return home requirement and work up to five years in the U.S., if they enter into a contract with their employing school. Foreign exchange teachers on three-year J-1 teaching visas fill important gap  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and over 130 lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel, applauding the successful pilot of the Direct File program, and urging them to make it permanent and expand its functionality and scope. The letter follows the conclusion of the 2024 tax season   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) introduced bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) to support education in rural communities by allowing teachers on a J-1 visa to waive their two-year return home requirement and work up to five years in the U.S., if they enter into a contract with their employing school. Foreign exchange teachers on three-year J-1 teaching visas fill important gaps   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced bipartisan legislation that would streamline access to prescription drugs that require a health plan's approval. Known as prior authorization, physicians and other clinicians must go through time-wasting administrative hurdles to get their patients the p  more