In the News

MIL-OSI USA: Womack Calls for Level Playing Field for U.S. Poultry Producers in U.K. Trade Negotiations Foreign Affairs 3/10/2020 Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) Washington, DC – March 10, 2020….Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), Co-Chair of the Congressional Chicken Caucus, today led a bipartisan letter with 46 of his colleagues… Read more »

Congress: House, Senate passes Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Act Telegraph Forum 03/09/2020 WASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted Feb. 28 to March 5. Along with this week's roll call votes, the Senate also passed: the Secure Federal Leases from Espionage and Suspicious Entanglements Act (S. 1869), to require the disclosure of ownership of… Read more »

Congress: House, Senate passes Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Act Mansfield News Journal 03/09/2020 WASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted Feb. 28 to March 5. Along with this week's roll call votes, the Senate also passed: the Secure Federal Leases from Espionage and Suspicious Entanglements Act (S. 1869), to require the disclosure of ownership… Read more »

Securing The Border : It Is About National Security! Freedoms Free Fall 03/09/2020 I wonder what is so bad about being proactive on the border? If something works and works well, why not proceed as fast as possible especially when our national security is at stake! But of course, the progressive socialist liberal democrats see this is an impediment to their agenda for bringing… Read more »

How Maine’s members of Congress voted over the past week 3/8/2020 BDN Politics WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how Maine’s members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with roll call votes, the Senate also passed: the Secure Federal Leases from Espionage and Suspicious Entanglements Act (S. 1869) to require the disclosure of ownership of high-security space leased to… Read more »

After years of losing suburban support, Republicans try to stop the bleeding 3/7/2020 The Hour Norwalk WASHINGTON - A growing number of Republicans are working to fix the party's most fundamental electoral problem, its rapidly diminishing support in suburbs that once were GOP strongholds. The talks and proposals are happening outside the bounds of formal leadership circles and… Read more »

Republicans try to reverse the GOP’s downward spiral of support in the suburbs 3/7/2020 The Washington Post A growing number of Republicans are working to fix the party’s most fundamental electoral problem, its rapidly diminishing support in suburbs that once were GOP strongholds. The talks and proposals are happening outside the bounds of formal leadership circles and beyond… Read more »

House subcommittee leads initiative to combat transnational trafficking 3/6/2020 Homeland Preparedness News A bipartisan coalition of Congress members recently launched an effort to combat transnational trafficking. The Counter-Trafficking Initiative is designed to explore and expose the breadth and reach of transnational trafficking networks and their illicit… Read more »

Hill addresses forms of trafficking during House committee hearing 3/6/2020 The Ripon Advance U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on March 4 helped lead the first in a series of hearings by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s Counter-Trafficking Initiative aimed at exploring and exposing the impacts of transnational trafficking networks. “Trafficking is a major concern in the… Read more »

Lawmakers say banks need guidance on virus-related workarounds 3/6/2020 American Banker U.S. lawmakers are pushing regulators to provide room for banks to work out loans with businesses and consumers who may be affected by the coronavirus. Banks may need some "ability to work with the regulators so that if people look like they're becoming more credit risky because of the… Read more »