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By: Chris Edwards (CATO Institute) I testified to a House subcommittee yesterday about affordable housing. In particular, I discussed the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC), which is a $14 billion a year subsidy program for apartment building developers. LIHTC has garnered bipartisan support over the years, and some members of both parties favor program… Read more »

By: Thérèse Boudreaux (The Center Square) (The Center Square) – With the federal government spending more than $67 billion in taxpayer-funded housing assistance in 2023, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee met with welfare policy experts Wednesday to discuss how Congress can improve public housing programs. The federal government annually spends $30 billion… Read more »

By: Congressman Tom Tiffany Press Release Today, Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Eric Sorensen (IL-17), and Glenn Grothman (WI-06) reintroduced legislation to expand broadband access in rural areas across the United States. The ACCESS Rural America Act would allow smaller, locally owned broadband providers to streamline U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)… Read more »

By: Ryan Foley (The Christian Post) Nearly three dozen House Republicans are slated to take to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss the importance of faith and prayer as the nation finds itself in the midst of “spiritual warfare.”  Rep. Rick Allen, R-Ga., and the House Republican Conference are hosting a special order hour on the floor of the U.S. House of… Read more »

By: Michael Ginsburg (Daily Caller) Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are calling on Democratic chairwoman Carolyn Maloney to schedule a hearing to collect testimony on the Biden administration’s use of taxpayer dollars to transport illegal immigrants around the U.S.   As illegal immigration at the southern border hit an all-time high… Read more »

By: Alisa Schafer (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter) MANITOWOC - It has been more than seven years since their son’s death, but Angel and George Mueller of Mishicot are still fighting for easier access to epinephrine, the very medication that could have saved their son’s life. On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Health will hold a public hearing on a bill that… Read more »

By: Keoni Everington (Taiwan News) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A bill introduced earlier this year calling on the U.S. to put an end to the "one-China" policy and restore diplomatic relations with Taiwan has quietly gained a total of 18 backers in Congress. On March 1, congressmen Tom Tiffany and Scott Perry introduced a bill that called for the U.S. to abandon the "one China policy,"… Read more »

By: Sue Hughes (Wis Politics) More than a year and a half on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus remains a massive concern for communities across Wisconsin. The most recent data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows that every single county in the state has at least a “high” case activity level, with the vast majority having either “very high” or… Read more »

By: Henry Rodgers (Daily Caller) A group of 33 House Republicans sent a letter Thursday to President Joe Biden demanding that the U.S. government utilize all available resources to locate and rescue the 17 American missionaries abducted in Haiti.   The letter, first obtained by the Daily Caller, was spearheaded by Republican Georgia Rep. Jody Hice and called on Biden to rescue… Read more »

By: Congressman Rick Allen Press Release Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) today led a letter signed by over 40 members of Congress to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to the recent announcement of its intention to issue a new memo terminating the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. As the letter states: “If the… Read more »