WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced a federal grant award for the City of La Porte Fire Department under the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the City of La Porte Fire Department will receive $128,315 to purchase diesel exhaust removal systems for all three fire stations to minimize exposure t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: This week, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough pressing him on the nearly $15 billion budget shortfall the VA is facing through the end of fiscal year 2024. In the letter, Yakym expresses his deep concern that this shortfall could lead to a lapse in benefits or a disruption in healthcare for veterans who honorably served   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) voted for the Kids Online Safety Act, bipartisan legislation that will protect children online and hold social media companies accountable. The legislation passed the Senate 91-3 and now heads to the House of Representatives Young joined Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) as an original cosponsor of the legislation. "Hoosier parents a  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.), along with a group of 30 Republican lawmakers, sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach following the vulgar depiction of the Last Supper that took place during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. "We write in response to the vulgar mockery of the Christian faith on display at the Opening Ceremony of  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Fully Funding Our National Security Priorities Act to empower the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) by requiring the State Department and USAID to submit an annual unfunded priorities list (UPL) to Congress. The legislation recognizes the  more