WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Robert B. Aderholt, R-Ala., has introduced a resolution (H.Res. 1152) "expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children." The resolution was introduced on Nov. 16 and has 27 co-sponsors. C  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7144) to amend title 38, U.S. Code, "to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recover overpayments made by the Department and other amounts owed by veterans to the United States, to improve the due process accorded veterans with respect to such recovery." The bill was introduced on Nov. 16 and has nine co-sp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7140) to improve the anti-corruption and public integrity laws. The bill was introduced on Nov. 16 and has eight co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. John Sarbanes, D-Md., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Karen Bass, D-Calif., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Mark Pocan, D-Wis., and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C. The legislation was jointly referred to the House Judiciary, Over  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7142) to "help train individuals in effective and evidence-based de-escalation techniques to ensure that individuals at diverse levels of society have and retain greater skills to resolve conflicts, manage anger, and control implicit bias without the use of physical or other force." The bill was introduced on Nov. 16 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Andre Carson, D-Ind., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Bonni  more