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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green Ohio)

Latta’s Bills to Unleash American Energy & Power AI Advanced By House Energy Subcommittee

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Rick Allen (R-GA-12)

Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) announced his office is seeking applicants for the 2025 Fall Internship Program, to be offered in his Washington, D.C. office.

This program is open to college students and young professionals interested in learning about the legislative process and assisting with the responsibilities of a congressional office. Interns will perform a range of tasks including constituent outreach, legislative writing, and more, with the possibility of earning school credit. Fall internships will be offered from August to December 2025, with specific dates to be discussed during the interview process. All applications must be submitted via Congressman Allen’s website by Monday, July 7th, 2025. 

Upon the announcement, Congressman Allen issued the following statement:

“Working in a congressional office provides a unique opportunity to gain firsthand experience into how our government operates and network with individuals from all walks of life. In our office, we employ a bottom-up approach to empower others to be the best they can be. Many of our past interns have used the skills gained during their internships to transition into a variety of successful career paths. My staff and I look forward to welcoming these talented young professionals in the coming months.”

Those interested in a fall internship can apply on Congressman Allen’s website. 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)

Lawmakers Demand FDA Halt “Operation Stork Speed” Until HHS Employees Are Rehired and Proper Guardrails in Place

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WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Reproductive Health Care Task Force, alongside DWC member Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Mamas’ Caucus Chair Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Dads Caucus Chair Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) led 21 Democratic Caucus members in sounding the alarm over the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) launch of Operation Stork Speed — an initiative the agency claims will evaluate the safety of nutrients and ingredients found in infant formula.

In their letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, the lawmakers raise concerns over the safety and feasibility of Operation Stork Speed while laying off tens of thousands of HHS employees — including 3,500 at the FDA, many of whom oversee infant formula and nutrition. They also demand the FDA halt this initiative until HHS employees are rehired and until there are proper guardrails to conduct a comprehensive, evidence-based review.  

“The infant formula supply chain is fragile, and even a small disruption can have devastating consequences. No parent or guardian should struggle to feed their child due to failed safety standards, corporate greed or supply chain failures. Ensuring safe, affordable, and accessible formula is a matter of public health, economic justice, and basic dignity for families—especially women who are often primary caregivers,” wrote the lawmakers.

“From gutting staff responsible for scientific research to perpetuating anti-vaccine theories, you have repeatedly undermined scientific research. This, coupled with President Trump’s arbitrary mandate for federal agencies to repeal 10 regulations for every new rule, serves to further jeopardize the health and safety of families,” continued the lawmakers.

The Members also call on the agency to ensure infant formula is safe, accessible and affordable for all women and babies who need it in the face of ongoing regulatory reversals and staff reduction. 

“Ensuring safe, affordable, and accessible formula is a matter of public health, economic justice, and basic dignity for families—especially women who are often primary caregivers. We ask for your swift response to our questions regarding how you will ensure infant formula is safe, accessible and affordable for all women and babies who need it in the face of ongoing regulatory reversals and staff reduction,” concluded the lawmakers.

In addition to letter leads Ayanna Pressley, Brittany Pettersen, Rashida Tlaib, and Jimmy Gomez, the letter was signed by Reps. Teresa Leger Fernandez, Deborah Ross, Nikema Williams, Jasmine Crockett, Andrea Salinas, LaMonica McIver, Pramila Jayapal, Nydia Velázquez, Julie Johnson, Kelly Morrison, Summer Lee, Dan Goldman, Eric Swalwell, April McClain Delaney, Betty McCollum, Delia Ramirez, Suzanne Bonamici, Laura Friedman, Veronica Escobar, Yvette Clarke, and Jan Schakowsky.

Text of the letter can be found here.

Rep. Pressley has long advocated for safe, accessible, and affordable baby formula.

In May 2022, Rep. Pressley, along with Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (NY-16) and Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Grace Meng (NY-06), urged President Biden to use all applicable executive authorities to end the baby formula shortage.

Through her efforts on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, the Committee had previously requested information from the nation’s largest formula manufacturers on their efforts to address the shortage of infant formula that is impacting families across the United States.

In May 2022, Rep. Pressley, along with Rep. Lori Trahan (MA-03), Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-05) and the Massachusetts delegation, sent a letter to Abbott Laboratories Chairman and CEO Robert Ford requesting urgent information on the company’s plans to replenish its Similac baby formula in Massachusetts.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (10th District of New York)

Rep. Nadler Statement on the Incident at my District Office

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-1)

This week, Rep. Jack Bergman sent a letter to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) admonishing them for their decision to disqualify the National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum in Ishpeming from receiving critical grant funding from the state of Michigan.

The National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum has been a cornerstone of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula tourism economy and a guardian of winter sports history for nearly three-quarters of a century.

In the letter, Rep. Bergman emphasized the cultural and economic importance of the institution, stating, “Located in Ishpeming – the birthplace of organized skiing in America – the Museum has, for nearly 75 years, contributed to the cultural and economic vitality of Michigan through its preservation of our state’s rich snowsports heritage and its promotion of tourism to the Upper Peninsula.”

“The Museum’s 2025–2026 grant application to MACC was recently disqualified due to what appears to have been a minor, unexplainable discrepancy in its Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). Although the Museum’s UEI was copied directly from SAM.gov into the Michigan SmartSimple portal utilized by MACC for this grant, a single character variation occurred in which the letter ‘Z’ was recorded as a ‘2’ – resulting in the UEI being submitted as ‘W1KCYK2JBAH6’ instead of ‘W1KCYKZJBAH6.’ Unfortunately, this discrepancy was not flagged at the time of submission, ultimately leading to the application’s disqualification.”

Rep. Bergman urged both MACC and MEDC to reconsider the application, adding, “Given the unique and irreplaceable role the Museum plays in preserving and promoting Michigan’s snowsports heritage — and the fact that other entities with similar clerical discrepancies reportedly received successful appeals — I urge both MACC and MEDC to reassess the Museum’s application and explore every possible option to provide support. Whether through grant reconsideration, administrative flexibility, or alternate funding sources, a solution must be found.”
You can read the full letter here.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Reps. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and his colleagues are demanding answers from the Trump administration over a disturbing shift in immigration policy that’s leaving abused and abandoned immigrant youth without basic protections. At the same time, Representatives Gomez, Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and 35 other lawmakers are working to pass their bipartisan Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act, a bill that would exempt Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) recipients from green card backlogs and ensure faster, permanent protection for eligible children. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is leading the companion effort in the Senate.

In a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and USCIS Acting Director Kika Scott, the lawmakers raised concerns that USCIS has stopped granting deferred action to youth approved for SIJS — a humanitarian program for children who have survived abuse, abandonment, or neglect. “Without deferred action, youth who have survived abuse, abandonment, or neglect are being forced again to confront years of legal limbo during which they will be unable to support themselves, and will remain at higher risk of exploitation, abuse, and deportation,” wrote the lawmakers.

Despite being a protection for vulnerable children, SIJS recipients are placed in the employment-based visa system, where they face years-long delays before becoming eligible for permanent residency. The bipartisan Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act would remove SIJS recipients from these arbitrary caps and allow them to move forward with their lives.

“I’m raising a toddler right now, and I can’t just watch while kids who’ve already been through hell get stuck in limbo,” said Rep. Gomez. “These young people deserve safety and a shot at a better life — not to be left hanging because of red tape. Let’s fix this and do right by them.”

“At a time when our immigration system is plagued with uncertainty and turmoil, it is imperative we act to provide immigrant children who have suffered abuse or neglect the certainty they deserve and an opportunity to start their lives in the United States. It makes no sense to place vulnerable immigrant youth in employment-based visa backlogs and subject them to arbitrary per-country caps. I’m proud to join my colleagues, once again, in introducing the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act to ensure abused or abandoned youth can remain safely in the country they call home,” said Rep. Lofgren, a senior member of the House Immigration Subcommittee and a former immigration lawyer.

Advocates have also reported a rise in detentions and deportations of SIJS recipients, with some losing deferred action protections once taken into ICE custody — despite being eligible for relief. The lawmakers are calling on DHS and USCIS to immediately resume deferred action for all approved SIJS recipients and are urging Congress to pass their bill to deliver a permanent fix to keep these young people out of legal limbo.

The following Members of Congress signed onto the letter to DHS: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NM), Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), as well as Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Nydia Velazquez (NY-07), Danny Davis (IL-07), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), James McGovern (MA-02), Juan Vargas (CA-52), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Luz Rivas (CA-29), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Paul Tonko (NY-20).

In addition to Rep. Gomez, Lofgren, and Espaillat, the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act is cosponsored by Reps. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Becca Balint (VT-At Large) André Carson (IN-07), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Judy Chu (CA-28), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Hank Johnson (GA-04), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Jim McGovern (MA-02), LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-At Large), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Luz Rivas (CA-29), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Linda Sanchez (CA-38), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Juan Vargas (CA-52), Nydia Velázquez (NY-7), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), and Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09).

78 organizations endorse these efforts, including: End SIJS Backlog Coalition, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), American Immigration Lawyers Association, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Law and Social Policy, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, United We Dream Network, and more.

You can read the full letter here and the bill text here.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)

“The Executive Branch advances an interpretation of the TPS statute that, in essence, rewrites the statute to claim a power that Congress did not delegate,” said the Members in the brief’s introduction and summary. “Further, the Executive Branch asserts an interpretation of the TPS statute that leaves no role for the judiciary.”

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

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s newly announced travel ban:

“There are a myriad of reasons that people come to the United States, from travel and tourism to fleeing violent and dangerous situations. This ban, expanded from Trump’s Muslim ban in his first term, will only further isolate us on the world stage.

“This discriminatory policy, which limits legal immigration, not only flies in the face of what our country is supposed to stand for, it will be harmful to our economy and our communities that rely on the contributions of people who come to America from this wide range of countries. Banning a whole group of people because you disagree with the structure or function of their government not only lays blame in the wrong place, it creates a dangerous precedent. Further, banning people fleeing dangerous countries like Afghanistan — a country where many people are in danger due to their work assisting the U.S. military — the Congo, Haiti, and Sudan will only further destabilize global security.

“Trump is indiscriminately taking a chainsaw to our government — destroying federal agencies that keep us safe, indiscriminately cutting jobs, and hindering our progress across research fields. This will only further hurt our country and cannot be allowed to stand.”

This travel ban fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.

The Travel Ban partially restricts entry of people from seven countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

Jayapal is a cosponsor of the NO BAN Act, legislation to prevent this exact type of discriminatory travel ban, as well as the lead sponsor of the Access to Counsel Act, to ensure that U.S. citizens, green card holders, and other individuals with legal status can consult with an attorney, relative, or other interested parties to seek assistance if they are detained for over an hour by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). She originally wrote this legislation following the first Muslim Ban in 2017, as legal residents were held at points of entry. 

Issues: Immigration

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA)

Griffith Delivers Remarks on House Floor to Commemorate 81st Anniversary of D-Day, National D-Day Memorial and Bob Slaughter

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Don Bacon (2nd District of Nebraska)

Bacon Speaks Out Against Diversion of Military Housing Funds

Washington – Yesterday, Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) raised serious concerns regarding the reported diversion of $1 billion from critical military housing improvements to border security operations. During a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing titled “Department of the Army Fiscal Year 2026 Posture,” Rep. Bacon highlighted how this reallocation would impact service members’ living conditions, particularly following Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports on substandard facilities. 

As Chairman of the HASC Quality of Life Panel, Rep. Bacon worked alongside Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) to improve service members’ living conditions, including securing the largest junior enlisted pay raise in 40 years. Last year, their bipartisan panel report revealed the deterioration of military housing facilities and recommended funding in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for extensive barracks renovations and essential infrastructure upgrades to ensure safe, healthy living conditions for service members.

View Rep. Bacon’s Remarks here, and written as delivered below: 

“I want to echo some of the concerns that we’ve heard today, the bipartisan concerns on the news reports that the Secretary of Defense has moved over $1 billion out of barracks and dorms for the border. We need a strong border. I get that. But I spent the last year chairing a subcommittee or a temporary subcommittee looking at quality of life, and in the midst of that, the GAO came out and gave our dorms and our barracks a failing grade an F, to include the Army. 

“We saw pictures of raw sewage in dorms, rodents, mold, dorms and barracks that had no air conditioner or heat working, and on and on. We spent the year trying to build a plan to help the services fix this. And what we did learn is over a decade, the services were moving money out of their dorms and barracks towards weapon systems. I get that we had finite resources, but we built a 10-year hole for our dorms and barracks. 

“Now, if the news reports are true, it’s very troubling. We were trying to help for the quality of life and feel like a decision was made that undermined this whole effort that we spent the last year doing.”