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• Reps. Kelly, Doggett Introduce Bipartisan Tax-Free Pell Grants Act to Strengthen Access to Higher Ed
  https://kelly.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-kelly-doggett-introduce-bipartisan-tax-free-pell-grants-act-strengthen
  ...Additionally, more than one in five undergraduate college students are parents – with over 40% of student parents being single mothers – and childcare is often essential to completing higher education. This bill also adds childcare and computer costs as qualifying expenses for the AOTC. ...
• Reps. Neguse, Pettersen Renew Call on RMMA, FAA to Take Immediate Action on Significant Noise Pollut
  https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-neguse-pettersen-renew-call-rmma-faa-take-immediate-action-significant
  ...Our communities are suffering due to continued inaction on the part of the FAA and RMMA. In just the last two years, flight operations at RMMA have increased by 40 percent. It is long past time for the FAA to take our communities’ concerns seriously and pursue substantive action. Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to continuing to work with you to address these challenges. ...
• Congress Must Mandate Release of Coronavirus Demographic Data—Including Race and Ethnicity | Congres
  https://robinkelly.house.gov/media-center/editorials/congress-must-mandate-release-coronavirus-demographic-data-including-race
  ...Partial data from Boston shows that among people whose race was reported, more than 40 percent of people infected were black, compared with being only 25 percent of the population. In Chelsea, Mass., a community largely made up of Latinx families, we've seen a hot spot emerge with 400 cases newly reported. ...
• Kane County Chronicle: Volunteers in St. Charles continue Fox River’s resurgence from ecological dis
  https://foster.house.gov/media/in-the-news/kane-county-chronicle-volunteers-st-charles-continue-fox-rivers-resurgence
  ...Bill Foster, D-Naperville, said it’s tremendous seeing how the community’s hard work over the years has helped restore the river’s natural beauty.   “When I moved here more than 40 years ago, people warned me don’t buy property down by the Fox River because it stinks from untreated sewage being dumped in and leaky septic tanks,” Foster said. “Over the last 40 years, that’s changed dramatically. ...
• Rep. Young Kim for Fox News: This July 4th, let’s commit to restoring the American Dream - Congressw
  https://youngkim.house.gov/2022/07/03/rep-young-kim-fox-news-july-4th-lets-commit-restoring-american-dream/
  ...According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the cost of an average 4th of July cookout will be 17% higher compared to one year ago due to supply chain disruptions and ongoing inflation.  While Americans face the highest inflation in 40 years, and over half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, officials in the Biden administration have called inflation transitory and upper class problems.  At this time last year, the White House boasted about potential $0.16 savings on a cookout. ...
• Rep. Young Kim: Xi Jinping is Watching, and He’s Waiting for the Chance to Fill any U.S. Vacuum - Co
  https://youngkim.house.gov/2025/02/13/rep-young-kim-xi-jinping-is-watching-and-hes-waiting-for-the-chance-to-fill-any-u-s-vacuum/
  ...Vacuum Feb 13, 2025 | National Security & Foreign Affairs , Press Releases Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) questioned witnesses at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the future of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).   Watch her full questioning HERE or read highlights below.   ...
• Reps. Kim, Castor Lead Bipartisan SHINE for Autumn Act to Prevent Stillbirth and Support Healthy Pre
  https://youngkim.house.gov/2025/09/18/reps-kim-castor-lead-bipartisan-shine-for-autumn-act-to-prevent-stillbirth-and-support-healthy-pregnancies/
  ...Kim, Castor Lead Bipartisan SHINE for Autumn Act to Prevent Stillbirth and Support Healthy Pregnancies Sep 18, 2025 | Press Releases Today, U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Kathy Castor (FL-14) introduced the bipartisan SHINE for Autumn Act to improve stillbirth research and data collection and help prevent stillbirth in the United States.  ...
• Emmer Joined By 96 Colleagues on Letter to Biden Demanding Action on Fertilizer Prices | Congressman
  https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-joined-by-96-colleagues-on-letter-to-biden-demanding-action-on-fertilizer-prices
  ...We urge the Administration to take every action necessary to lower the cost of fertilizer and provide relief to our outstanding agriculture industry that works so hard to feed, clothe, and fuel our nation.” “Fertilizer prices have risen 40% in just one month and are up 300% since this time last year. Between surging input costs, the highest inflation in 40 years, and unending regulatory whiplash, President Biden is failing our agriculture producers, accelerating a looming global food crisis, and jeopardizing our own food security and independence,”  said Arrington.  ...
• With Build Back Better on back burner, Dems fire up environmental justice | U.S. Congressman Jared H
  https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/with-build-back-better-on-back-burner-dems-fire-up-environmental-justice
  ...Environmental justice has been a pillar of President Joe Biden's agenda and driver of his  Justice40 Initiative , a series of environmental policies that promise disadvantaged communities access to at least 40% of federal investments in climate and clean energy. But the doomed fate of the Build Back Better Act is now a problem for Democrats' push to pass environmental justice legislation in the face of widespread Republican opposition. ...
• Study of female veterans suicide would be required, under new legislation - Congresswoman Julia Brow
  https://juliabrownley.house.gov/study-of-female-veterans-suicide-would-be-required-under-new-legislation/
  ...The report, which drew data from the VA’s Suicide Repository as well as death information from 23 states, also found that female veterans die by suicide at higher rates than civilian women because they often choose more lethal means — about 40 percent of women veterans who died between 2000 and 2010 used a gun. More than 170,000 veterans died by suicide during the study period, with suicides among female veterans rising by 40 percent during the decade. ...