WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: PHOTOS: Senator Braun visits 19 counties in one week on annual 92 County Tour The National Fossil Act has now passed the Senate. This bill names the mastodon as the U.S. national fossil, and was introduced by Senator Mike Braun and Senator Gary Peters and cosponsored by Senator Eric Schmitt and Senator Maggie Hassan. This is Senator Braun's 5th standalone bill to pass the Senate just this year, and if signed  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Today, Congressman Jim Banks led 22 of his House colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding Director Haines' July 9th statement confirming that the Iranian regime, a state sponsor of terrorism (SSOT), provided financial support to pro-Palestinian protests in the United   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) applauded the passage of several of his artificial intelligence (AI) priorities by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. "I am pleased by the support from many of my colleagues on the Commerce Committee of these incredibly important AI policy ideas that will strike the right balance on targeted voluntary standards, international coordination, access to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), along with a bipartisan group of colleagues, called on the Biden Administration to block taxpayer money from being used to subsidize biofuels produced using imported foreign feedstocks such as Chinese used cooking oil and Brazilian ethanol. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the senators called   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 46 of his Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Biden-Harris Administration, protesting its partial arms embargo against Israel. The senators urged the White House to cease accommodating Iran and to deliver the necessary weapons systems to Israel. "When Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly raised the weapons hold in J  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) applauded unanimous Senate passage of their Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024. The bipartisan legislation will now head to the House of Representatives for consideration. The JUDGES Act of 2024 would address judicial emergencies and shortages across the country by increasing the number of federal distr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) released the following statement following the tax vote in the Senate: "For months, I have spoken with colleagues on both sides of the aisle about how to advance the House tax package in the Senate. In particular, encouraging R&D activities here in the United States is critical to outcompeting the Chinese Communist Party, and I am generally supportive of this bill's goal  more