WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) and Senator Tom Cotton introduced a Congressional Review Act to overturn the Biden administration's Designated Placement rule. You can read the full bill text here (https://banks.house.gov/UploadedFiles/CRA_on_HHS_ACF_Designated_Placement_Requirements.pdf). On April 30, 2024, President Biden's Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children an  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz was honored by National Taxpayers Union (NTU) for having one of the strongest voting records in Washington, D.C. for supporting limited government, economic freedom, and low taxes. Rep. Spartz is one of only 38 House members to have earned the "Taxpayers' Friend Award" and an "A" rating. "Our unsustainable fiscal path is a national security crisis wit  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced legislation requiring the Department of Education (DeptEd) to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form available to students each year on October 1. Representative Erin Houchin (R-IN) introduced the companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representa  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) testified in support of his legislation, H.R. 8854, the Ensuring Veterans' Final Resting Place Act of 2024, at a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee hearing. This legislation makes a commonsense change to existing law to allow families to inter their veteran loved one's in a VA National Cemetery, even if they previously opted for an urn or plaque, ensurin  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Brain Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) in urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to take steps to rectify Hawaii's exclusion from the North Atlantic Treaty as military threats in the Indo-Pacific grow. In a letter to Secretary Blinken, the senators raised concerns about the omission of Hawaii under Arti  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) introduced a bill to establish a nonprofit foundation that would leverage private funding and bolster public-private collaboration to promote U.S. technological innovation and industrial competitiveness in support of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The Expanding Partnerships for  more