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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (7th District of Washington)

Full video of the hearing can be viewed HERE.

ST. PAUL, MN — U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, and Ilhan Omar (MN-05) today hosted a shadow hearing titled Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Deadly Assault on Minnesota. Twenty-seven Members of Congress attended from across the country to conduct oversight.

“Today, I hosted the the sixth hearing in my series Kidnapped and Disappeared, to continue my congressional fact-finding duties at a time of intense trauma and terror for Minnesotans who are being subjected to the lawlessness and violence of ICE and Border Patrol agents,” said Jayapal. “We heard from incredibly powerful witnesses — members of the community who are standing up for their neighbors, and even who have been detained and had their rights violated for no reason. Instead of making us safer, Trump is deliberately escalating tensions in a city where crime rates have been declining. And the tactics are only accelerating. Let me be clear: this pattern of reckless, even lethal, use of force cannot continue, and we will do everything in our power to hold this Administration accountable and stop this lawlessness.”

“I was honored to host this crucial hearing with Rep. Jayapal,” said Omar. “The Twin Cities is under attack from the Trump administration. There is no modern precedent for this level of federal overreach, violence, and lawlessness carried out in the name of immigration enforcement. I’m grateful to my congressional colleagues from all across the country who joined us to raise the alarm and learn what has been happening on the ground.”

“Every Minnesotan has the right to feel safe and welcome. The actions of the Trump administration and Kristi Noem’s DHS are an attack on our state that is making our community more dangerous. ICE and DHS agents have threatened and assaulted workers in their workplaces, families on the way to day care, and students outside their schools. These actions must end,” said Representative Betty McCollum (MN-04). “At our hearing today, we heard from Minnesotans whose lives have been impacted by the Trump administration’s actions. I thank every one of our witnesses for sharing their testimony. I also want to thank my House Democratic colleagues for traveling to Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District to stand in solidarity against Trump and Kristi Noem’s assault on our state. The appalling conduct at ICE and DHS starts with its leadership. Kristi Noem needs to go, and ICE must cease operations in Minnesota.”

This hearing featured testimony from a slate of local elected leaders, including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, followed by a panel of witnesses including Executive Director of the ACLU of Minnesota Deepinder Mayell, Executive Director of Unidos MN Emilia González Avalos, Executive Director of Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) Jaylani Hussein, Chief of Police of Mendota Heights Police Department Kelly McCarthy, and community members Patty and Mubashir. 

“Our work aims to vindicate the rights of Minnesotans who have been victimized by their own government simply for exercising their First Amendment rights, to end the false sense of impunity that fuels the worst of federal agents’ misconduct, and to ensure that Minnesotans can assemble, observe, document and criticize – without fear of retaliation,” said Deepinder Mayell, Executive Director of the ACLU of Minnesota.

“I was made to feel scared and humiliated throughout the arrest process, and at the detention center, I was made to feel intimidated and as though my constitutional rights and biological needs didn’t matter,” said Patty, a community member. “After all that, I was released without charges, which makes it clear to me that this is more of a campaign to spread fear and terror than it is to enforce the law. My neighbors and I are collateral damage to the Trump administration’s political theater — a campaign to paint Black and brown people, and ‘liberals,’ as villains to distract from an unprecedented reign of corruption and criminality at the federal level, while at the same time making it clear to all of us — even U.S. citizens — that this administration does not and will not honor the basic constitutional rights to which we are all entitled.”

“At no time did any officer ask me whether I was a citizen or if I had any immigration status,” said Mubashir, a community member. “They did not ask for any identifying information, nor did they ask about my ties to the community, how long I had lived in the Twin Cities, my family in Minnesota, or anything else about my circumstances.”

“We have to acknowledge that the tactics being used by some ICE agents during Operation Metro Surge are reducing the public’s trust in local police, making the jobs of our cops harder, and making us all less safe,” said Chief of Police of Mendota Heights Police Department Kelly McCarthy.

This was the sixth shadow hearing in this series, each of which has focused on a different aspect of immigration oversight. The others have focused on detention abuses, Trump’s assault on Chicago, families that have been torn apart, unlawful third-country deportations, and efforts to undermine due process.

Jayapal and Omar were joined by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) and Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Becca Balint (VT-At Large), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Angie Craig (MN-02), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL-04), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (GA-04), Ted Lieu (CA-36), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Rob Menendez (NJ-08), Dave Min (CA-47), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Chellie Pingree (ME-01),  Emily Randall (WA-06), Luz Rivas (CA-29), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and James Walkinshaw (VA-11).

Issues: Immigration

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative for Western Samoa Congresswoman Aumua Amata

Headline: Amata Highlights Appropriations, COFA Implementation, and Veterans’ Disability Hearing

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming House passage of the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026, H.R. 7006, with a bipartisan vote of 341 to 79. 

This bill, which requires final Senate passage before it can be signed into law, is the funding bill for Executive and Judicial branches of the U.S. government, the State Department, and more. It follows the prior week’s House passage of a bill that would fund several departments and agencies, including the Department of the Interior. The yearly appropriations work has a few bills remaining in the 12-bill total, including funding for Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, which require further negotiations.

COFA Implementation Oversight

On Wednesday, Congresswoman Amata took part in an oversight hearing of the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs focusing on the implementation of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024. Congresswoman Amata served as Chairman of the Task Force examining and completing that legislation in the 118^th Congress.

The United States renewed its 20-year Compacts with the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, collectively known as the Freely Associated States (FAS), in March 2024. The COFA agreements ensure strategic advantages for the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, as the U.S. provides services and defense guarantees.

“These agreements, and their thorough implementation, are important parts of U.S. commitment to the Pacific region, signaling strength and reliability throughout the Pacific Islands,” said Congresswoman Amata. “It’s essential to keep our commitment to our many U.S. veterans from these three Freely Associated States, services guaranteed by COFA, and I’m also happy to be an original cosponsor of H.R. 6652, the U.S. Vets of the FAS Act.”

Veterans’ Affairs Committee Hearings

On Wednesday, Congresswoman Amata took part in an oversight hearing of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s (HVAC) Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, which examined the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VARSD). Members discussed how to best modernize the outdated system to effectively serve veterans based on current medical evidence. The rating schedule was created in 1945, and testimony centered on difficulties for veterans to be evaluated for disabilities based on current medical evidence.

“We have a lifelong commitment to our veterans, especially for service-connected disabilities,” said Congresswoman Amata. “The VA must complete their updates of this essential process so these important evaluations can best serve our veterans.”

Video clips of Congresswoman Amata and the witnesses in this hearing are available HERE and HERE. 

Notices of Funding Opportunities

On Wednesday, the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance announced the following Notices of Funding Opportunities.

FY25 Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative

Eligible Applicants: Government entities, educational organizations, nonprofit organizations, and public housing organizations. Application Deadlines: February 5, 11:59PM EST for submission to Grants.Gov and February 12, 8:59PM EST for submission to JustGrants.

FY25 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities

Eligible Applicants: Government entities, educational organizations, nonprofit organizations, and public housing organizations. Application Deadlines: February 20, 11:59PM EST for submission to Grants.Gov and February 27, 8:59PM EST for submission to JustGrants.

The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is pleased to announce the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) below:

BJS FY25 Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement Program

Eligible Applicants for NCHIP, NARIP, NCHIPSF-BSCA

• State governments
• Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
• The state central administrative office or similar entity designated by
  statute or regulation to administer federal grant funds on behalf of the
  jurisdiction’s court system.

State Government Entities: For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Application Deadlines: February 24, 2026, 5:00 pm Eastern for submission to Grants.Gov and March 3, 2026, 5:00 pm Eastern for submission to JustGrants.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative for Western Samoa Congresswoman Aumua Amata

Headline: Amata Highlights Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2026

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:

“Martin Luther King Jr. gave our nation a lasting example of moral courage rooted in faith, love of neighbor, and respect for human dignity. His leadership demonstrated that meaningful change is achieved not through division or force, but through persuasion, perseverance, and peaceful action.

“Dr. King’s speeches and writings continue to speak clearly across generations because they appeal to our highest ideals — equality under the law, opportunity for all, and unity grounded in mutual respect. His life reminds us that standing for what is right requires both conviction and compassion.

“As we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., we are reminded that the work of building a stronger nation is never finished. His example calls each of us to act with integrity, to treat one another with kindness, and to pursue justice in a way that brings people together, not apart.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative for Western Samoa Congresswoman Aumua Amata

Headline: Amata Announces Nominees to the Service Academies for 2026

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to announce the nominations of six excellent students from American Samoa for consideration by the prestigious military service academies this year, following the applications of 16 interested students to Congresswoman Aumua Amata. Some students applied to more than one academy, so there are nine nominations in all. 

Congressional nominations are only possible if the student’s completed application is on file at the Service Academy. 

This year, the U.S. Air Force Academy has the most nominees with five applicants, the U.S. Naval Academy has two nominees, the U.S. Military Academy (Army) has one, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy has one nominee. 

“Congratulations to each of our nominees to the Service Academies!” said Congresswoman Amata. “Each student has reached this point with commitment throughout high school. They’ve put time and effort into their studies and achieved excellent grades. The academies will also consider their community involvement, volunteer work, activities, interests, and good reputations. It’s important to remind future applicants that a completed application on file with the academy is an absolute requirement for a nomination.”

Nominations each year are based on the quality of the students’ combined academic records; essays; letters of recommendation from their teachers, church leaders, and local community leaders; and verification that they have already applied separately to the academy or academies of their choice. 

The service academies are fully funded federal colleges whose mission is to train future officers and leaders that will serve in each respective armed service. The admissions process is extremely competitive, as the academies seek candidates with high potential to become leaders as commissioned officers in the United States Armed Forces. The outcome depends on the upcoming decisions of the academies. Any students who are offered an appointment for the class would then be able to enter that academy in the summer.

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy does not require a congressional nomination as part of its competitive application process, however, if known, Congresswoman Amata is always pleased to include any accepted applicants from American Samoa in announcements each year, as well as highlight any presidential academy nominees if they were to occur from American Samoa.

“It’s a thrill to announce those who are accepted into Service Academies, and all of these students have outstanding educational opportunities due to their high grades and test scores,” concluded Amata. “Thank you to the families of these students. Parents and educators are rightly proud of these students.”

Congresswoman Amata has submitted the following nominations:

NAME	HIGH SCHOOL	NOMINATED TO:
Arianna Ta’atasi	ASCC		US Air Force Academy
Alek West	Samoana HS		US Air Force Academy	US Naval Academy	US Merchant Marine Academy
Fa’aeteete Molesi	Leone HS		US Air Force Academy
Isaac Porter	James O’Neill HS, West Point, NY	US Military Academy
Lisa Pedro	Pacific Horizon		US Air Force Academy
Micah Lanki	Samoana HS		US Air Force Academy	US Naval Academy

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03)

WASHINGTON, DC –  Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, and Congressman David Valadao (R-CA-22) reintroduced the Reinforcing Essential Health Systems for Communities Act, bipartisan legislation to formally recognize “essential health systems” in federal law and unlock new pathways for federal funding and support for safety net hospitals that care for large numbers of uninsured and low-income patients.
 
“The hospitals that care for our most vulnerable neighbors are doing more with less every single day,” said Congresswoman Trahan. “By reintroducing the Reinforcing Essential Health Systems for Communities Act, we’re reaffirming our commitment to ensuring these hospitals are better positioned to receive the resources they need to keep their doors open and their communities healthy. This bill gives Congress a smarter, fairer way to direct support to the health systems that serve as lifelines in cities and towns across the country.”

“Central Valley hospitals play a vital role in caring for our communities, but they can’t do that without the resources they need,” said Congressman Valadao. “The bipartisan Reinforcing Essential Health Systems for Communities Act helps better identify rural and underserved hospitals that require critical investments, making it easier to direct federal resources where they’re needed most. Ensuring Central Valley families have access to affordable, quality healthcare is my top priority, and I’ll continue working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to advance commonsense solutions to meet that goal.”

Essential health systems are foundational to local health care infrastructure, particularly in communities where access to care depends on hospitals that shoulder a disproportionate share of Medicaid, low-income Medicare, and uninsured patients. Despite providing, on average, five times more uncompensated care than other hospitals, these facilities remain chronically underfunded and face ongoing challenges maintaining services and meeting community needs.

To better support these hospitals, the Reinforcing Essential Health Systems for Communities Act would establish a new “essential health systems” designation in federal law. This designation would allow policymakers to more effectively target federal funding, health equity initiatives, and public health resources to nonprofit hospitals that serve historically under-resourced communities.

Hospitals would qualify as “essential health systems” by meeting one of the following criteria for at least two out the past three years:

The hospital’s patients are at least 35% low-income, based on Medicaid use and low-income Medicare patients.

The hospital provides at least 0.05% of all unpaid hospital care in the entire country, making it one of the hospitals delivering the most uncompensated care nationwide.

The hospital is in the top 16% of providers in their state that serve low-income and/or unpaid care.

Under this definition, 17 hospitals in Massachusetts would qualify as essential health systems and become eligible for additional federal support, including Lowell General Hospital, Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, and UMass Memorial Medical Center.

“We applaud Congresswoman Trahan’s leadership in advancing a federal ‘essential hospital’ designation to recognize hospitals that anchor our health care safety net,” said Amy Hoey, RN, President of Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital. “Safety net hospitals operate on razor-thin margins while serving our most vulnerable neighbors, including patients that are low-income and uninsured, and sustaining critical community programs. This designation rightly acknowledges their indispensable role in public health.”

“As a regional community health system and a vital safety-net provider in the Merrimack Valley, we strongly support the proposed legislation to establish an Essential Health Systems designation,” said Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital President & CEO Diana L. Richardson. “By recognizing essential providers through this legislation, Congress can ensure that Essential Health Systems like Merrimack Health remain open, resilient, and able to meet growing patient needs now and in the future. We are grateful to Congresswoman Trahan for leading this important effort in our region and the nation.

“UMass Memorial Health is proud to serve all patients across Central Massachusetts, regardless of their insurance status, income level, or ability to pay. As an Essential MassHealth Hospital, our dedicated caregivers work every day to address systemic barriers to care and provide the high-quality health services our communities deserve,” said UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson. “Creating a federal essential health systems designation would help protect access to care for our communities’ most vulnerable residents and ensure that systems like UMass Memorial Health have the resources to continue providing life-saving services long into the future.” 

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (12th District of Michigan)

Today, 86 Congressional Democrats demanded the Trump administration withdraw four proposed rules that would blow massive holes in the Endangered Species Act — the law that has saved 99 percent of listed species from extinction. 

In a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, ESA Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-CA) warned the changes would gut environmental review, strip protections from hundreds of vulnerable species, and let politics override science in listing decisions—all while the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service face unprecedented staffing and budget shortfalls thanks to the Trump administration.

“These sweeping changes would fundamentally weaken our nation’s most important wildlife conservation law at a time when one million species face extinction globally,” wrote the lawmakers. “We urge the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service to withdraw these proposed rulemakings and instead work to implement the ESA as Congress intended: any regulatory changes should further the objectives of the ESA to conserve species and prevent extinction.”

The ESA has prevented more than 99 percent of listed species from going extinct and has helped hundreds move toward recovery. Section 7 consultations typically take just two weeks for informal review and two months for formal review—contrary to conventional wisdom, the ESA does not stop projects from moving forward. According to one peer-reviewed study, the ESA did not halt a single project between 2008 and 2015. 

The lawmakers highlighted how the proposed rules would:

• Gut Section 7 consultation requirements by letting agencies claim project impacts “would occur regardless of whether the proposed action goes forward” — a loophole that could exempt highways, pipelines, and development projects from meaningful scrutiny;
• Strip protections from threatened species — by rescinding the “blanket 4(d) rule” that extends baseline protections to all threatened species, creating dangerous years-long protection gaps that resource-agencies can’t fill. The blanket 4(d) rule provides automatic protections to species such as the piping plover and the West Indian Manatee, species listed as threatened in the future would not receive those same baseline protections; and

• Let politics override science by injecting cherry-picked ‘economic’ considerations into listing decisions. Congress explicitly required that listing decisions be based solely on the best available science, not on arbitrary evaluations of certain impacts or political pressures.

“With reduced staff and resources, the Services should prioritize addressing the backlog of species awaiting protection and advancing recovery efforts for those already listed, rather than redirecting attention to rewriting long-standing and effective regulations,” continued the lawmakers. “Habitat destruction and climate change are accelerating species extinction to alarming rates, and we should be working to uphold and strengthen the ESA, not weaken it.”

The letter notes that roughly 90 percent of listed species are threatened by habitat loss, making the proposed restrictions on critical habitat designation particularly damaging to recovery efforts.

Full text of the letter is available here.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Jesús Chuy García (IL-04)

“Our communities are stronger and braver than the sadistic criminals that they have unleashed on us.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Randy Weber (14th District of Texas)

League City, TX – Today, Congressman Randy Weber (TX-14) announced Aarush Sinha, a student at Clear Creek High School, as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Texas’ 14th Congressional District. Aarush earned first place for his app, Vision Warrior, a web-based application designed to assist individuals with visual impairments through accessible, real-world technology.

Vision Warrior combines text-to-speech technology with color detection to help users better interact with their surroundings. The app can analyze text from PDFs, Word documents, text files, and images, read that content aloud, and identify colors within both text and images. It also features a webcam function that allows users to point their camera at an object and hear both the detected color and any readable text in real time.

“The talent we see from students here in Southeast Texas continues to impress me year after year,” said Rep. Weber. “Aarush identified a real need and used his technical skills to build something that can genuinely improve people’s lives. That’s exactly what the Congressional App Challenge is all about, and he should be incredibly proud of this achievement.”

This year’s competition was highly competitive, with students across TX-14 submitting innovative and thoughtful applications. Congressman Weber congratulated all participants for their creativity, technical skill, and willingness to take on real-world challenges through technology.

Established by Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014, the Congressional App Challenge is a nationwide competition designed to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. The program allows students to compete within their congressional district by creating and showcasing original software applications for mobile, tablet, or computer platforms.

“The Congressional App Challenge continues to showcase the innovation and potential of students right here in Southeast Texas and around the nation,” Weber added. “I look forward to seeing what these young developers accomplish next.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In opening remarks at a House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee hearing this week, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology, pressed the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to prioritize Michigan manufacturing and stop the Trump Administration’s reckless cuts to federal research.

Ranking Member Haley Stevens (D-MI)

Subcommittee on Research and Technology

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

“Advancing America’s AI Action Plan” | January 14, 2026

 

A transcription of Ranking Member Stevens’ remarks is below:

Thank you so much, Mr. Chair, for holding today’s hearing, and of course, thank you to Director Kratsios for joining us today as well. OSTP has always held a very special place in my heart, and is an agency or a division of the White House that we are grateful to have a connection to on this committee. And it is also very important that our thoughtful discussion today will be around implementing the administration’s AI plan while protecting American workers. 

We all know that you can’t talk about AI innovation and American competitiveness without talking about Michigan manufacturing, and you can’t talk about the future of manufacturing without talking about the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST. NIST is the “little agency that could” and is at the forefront of our efforts in artificial intelligence, quantum, robotics, and advanced manufacturing. 

Thanks to the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 that many of us in this room helped write and pass, NIST is bringing semiconductor manufacturing back to America to develop the next generation of AI chips right here at home. NIST’s semiconductor work is also critical to the administration’s AI plan, and we don’t want to see the agency being undermined, something that has long been supported by Democrats and Republicans alike. 

Just to shine a light here, and this is the work of our committee, this is what we do, we have authorizing ability, and it’s important to just shine a light: The budget for the Fiscal Year 26, it slashed NIST funding by $325 million, and we’re eliminating 500 jobs from the agency’s lab program. We know, so many of us, how sacred this work is and how important it is, even when you just have just a handful of researchers working on these matters. The cuts hinder NIST’s AI-related efforts; they’re going to weaken cyber security and privacy standards, something I have legislation on, and limit advanced manufacturing, physical infrastructure, and resilience innovation.

And given the shared goal of supporting the growth of advanced manufacturing—our next generation, this is something we see alive and well in Michigan, continuing to grow through our supply chain, the design of not only products, but also our factory floors using AI applications—I’m really alarmed that the administration is trying to eliminate NIST’s manufacturing extension program. They repeatedly tried to do that last year. The MEP program is designed to support, well, not just Michigan, but all of the nation’s small and mid-sized manufacturers, to see them adopt advanced technology and compete on the global stage. And so in 2024 alone, just the MEP center in Michigan created or saved 5,000 jobs. Yet, like every other MEP center, it was on the chopping block. 

What makes even less sense is that the administration’s constant attacks on domestic chip manufacturing and the CHIPS and Science Act, which we should be all singing loud and proudly, the uncertainty that the manufacturers are facing, despite clear congressional desire to bring chip manufacturing back to America has been really frustrating. I was surprised to learn that we’re seeing the arbitrarily-cancelled, semiconductor-focused Manufacturing USA Institute in December that happened, and that’s stalling a lot of progress. 

I could go on, but we’re losing talent and institutional knowledge. We’re shrinking, and frankly, we’re destroying our research capacity and undermining global competitiveness, all while we’re supposed to be touting how we can lead on AI. So I’m going to do everything I can in this subcommittee, Mr. Chair, for accountability, to stand up for science, the science that Michiganders and our manufacturers rely on every day, so we can continue to innovate and build. And I just want to thank every NIST public servant, the people in this room, and the people in the department. And with that, thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ll yield back.

 

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Earl L Buddy Carter (GA-01)

Headline: Carter successfully pushes for investigation into woke California community colleges

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) last November authored a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Education (DOE) successfully urging them to investigate the California Community College Athletic Association’s (CCCAA) Transgender Participation Policy, which allows biological males to compete in women’s sports.

“As a grandfather to six granddaughters, it is unacceptable to allow biological males to compete against girls or share their locker rooms. The radical left’s decision to politicize this issue tears at the very fabric of women’s rights and everything previous generations fought to secure, said Rep. Carter.

Rep. Carter continues, “This anti-competitive agenda puts girls and women in harm’s way, both physically and mentally, robbing them of fair opportunities. Women deserve the right to compete on a level playing field against their biological peers, not to have that right sacrificed by politicians pandering to those with mental illnesses. I look forward to following this investigation to ultimately restore women’s sports to the way they should be: women against women.”

Read the full letter here.

BACKGROUND

On February 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order (EO), Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, clearly stating that programs receiving federal funds must ensure that participation in women’s sports is limited to biological females.

The CCCAA’s Transgender Participation Policy directly conflicts with the EO, allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports.

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