"NO" on Swalwell's Rare Earth Mineral Bill (H.R. 1022)
Washington -- Earlier today, the House Border Crisis Working Group unveiled its recommendations to address the growing number of unaccompanied children and other unlawful immigrants crossing America's southwestern border. Heritage Action released the following statement from communications director Dan Holler: "We are currently reviewing the recommendations and will wait until legislative text is available before commenting further, but it is difficult to overlook the glaring absence of anything related to...
"YES" on Lee Amendment (S. 1702, Transportation Empowerment Act)
"NO" on Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (H.R. 5021)
The debate over the future of the Export-Import Bank can be difficult to follow, in part because proponents of the Bank are often in conflict with one another. Here are the latest examples: Does Export-Import Bank provide cheap loans? Tony Fratto, Hamilton Place Strategies: All of you that have been writing that Ex-Im makes cheap loans -- they actually make expensive loans. (AEI Debate, July 24, 2014) Former Sen. Judd...
Washington -- Today, eight members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly sent a letter to Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA) and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) to express their support for the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA), introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: As the Senate prepares...
As a veteran myself, I consider care for our nation's heroes a top priority. The Department of Veterans' Affairs has been in disarray for too long, leading to unconscionable standards of care, wait times, and mass inefficiency. To try to fix this system, the House and Senate VA committees have released a conference report full of new provisions. The most troubling of these is a new program that will permit...
"NO" on Miller-Sanders Veterans Bill (H.R. 3230)
"NO" on Miller-Sanders Veterans Bill (H.R. 3230)
Washington - Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Over the past couple days, the President's unlawful executive order, DACA, has become a major piece of the debate over how to address the crisis along our southern border. We encourage House GOP leaders to address the cause of the crisis by bringing one bill to the floor that includes the original Blackburn language."
The amendment, introduced by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5272, would essentially freeze President Obama’s unlawful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by denying the use of any additional federal funds or resources.
The Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (H.R. 3230) would increase direct spending by $15 billion over 10 years. Of that cost, $10 billion in emergency mandatory funding would go towards an external care option for vets who face wait times of longer than 30 days or live more than 40 miles from a VA facility. The remaining $5 billion would expand existing VA operations and other miscellaneous...
"YES" on Strong DACA Language (H.R. 5272)
Washington - Tonight, the House of Representatives voted to freeze President Obama's unlawful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by passing H.R. 5727. Heritage Action, which key voted in favor of the bill introduced by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Tonight was a good night for the Republican-controlled House. Not only did they demonstrate an ability to achieve Republican...
The culture in Washington must change. And if we do the right things in the coming months conservatives have a real opportunity to start calling the shots. It's time to go on offense. That is why we created a road map called the Conservative Policy Agenda. Policy experts at The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action's team have designed a new Conservative Policy Agenda that focuses on building three core ideas...
Washington - Yesterday, Michigan's Republican Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land announced her support for a plan similar to the Transportation Empowerment Act, which would empower states to fund and prioritize their own infrastructure projects without costly and unnecessary federal intervention. "It's time to get D.C. out of the way and put Michigan First so we can finally fix our roads," Land said. Heritage Action released the following statement from chief...
The Continuing Appropriations Resolution (H.J. Res. 124) would fund the federal government through December 11, reauthorize the Export-Import Bank until June 30, 2015 and served as a vehicle for a key component of President Obama’s Syria strategy.
The Continuing Appropriations Resolution (H.J. Res. 124) would fund the federal government through December 11, reauthorize the Export-Import Bank until June 30, 2015 and served as a vehicle for a key component of President Obama’s Syria strategy.
"NO" on Reauthorization or Extension of the Export-Import Bank
Washington -- Earlier today, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, warned that even an across-the-board reauthorization of programs could be problematic, telling CQ "We need to look at that. It's not totally clean." Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, was less clear, but emphasized the need to keep the CR "as clean as we can, because the object here is...