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• Ranking Member Omar Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on Reforming Worker Compensation | Repre
  https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-omar-opening-remarks-subcommittee-hearing-reforming-worker
  ... behind at their moment of greatest need.  FECA stands as one of the last strongholds of a worker-first compensation model, and we have a responsibility to preserve and strengthen it, not dismantle it in the name of cost savings or efficiency...
• What I've Been Working on in Congress | Congressman Mike Quigley
  https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/e-newsletters/what-ive-been-working-congress
  ... a letter to ATF demanding that they crack down on bad actor gun dealers. And last month, the House passed an Assault Weapons Ban. Assault weapons are weapons of war designed for one purpose and one purpose only: efficiently killing human beings...
• It’s time to accelerate modernizing America’s infrastructure | Congressman Mike Quigley
  https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/editorials/its-time-accelerate-modernizing-americas-infrastructure
  ... was built in one year and 45 days. One year later, construction started on the Hoover Dam. It took five years to construct and was completed two years ahead of schedule. After WWII, thanks in part to the GI Bill, America built millions of new homes...
• Quigley Calls for Protection of National Parks; Highlights Threats They Face | Congressman Mike Quig
  https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/quigley-calls-protection-national-parks-highlights-threats-they-face
  ..., we also spent time visiting with nearby towns that were hit by Hurricane Helene, where we discussed the importance of federal services to rebuilding and fighting severe weather. The Great Smoky Mountains are ultimately just one of the many national...
• Quigley Re-Introduces the Reducing Waste in National Parks Act | Congressman Mike Quigley
  https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/quigley-re-introduces-reducing-waste-national-parks-act
  ... and selling affordable reusable bottles in their concession stands. "No one wants to see single-use plastic pollution in our national parks, and there's no reason we should when sustainable alternatives exist. Single-use plastic products only mar these special...
• It's time to invest in maternal health | Congresswoman Robin Kelly
  https://robinkelly.house.gov/media/editorial/its-time-invest-maternal-health
  ... March 15, 2022 Editorial In 2017, my friend Toni Brown was expecting her family’s first grandchild. What should have been one of the happiest days of their lives quickly turned into one of the worst, as Toni and her family were informed that delivery...
• As Summer Begins, Ross & Skin Cancer Caucus Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Streamline FDA Revie
  https://ross.house.gov/2025/6/as-summer-begins-ross-skin-cancer-caucus-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-streamline-fda-review-of-nonprescription-sunscreens
  ... then, the rest of the world has moved one or two generations of sunscreen ahead of the United States. The PASS Coalition applauds the introduction of this critical legislation, which takes a long-overdue step toward modernizing the FDA’s sunscreen approval...
• Congressional App Challenge | Representative Deborah Ross
  https://ross.house.gov/congressional-app-challenge
  ...? What does it need to accomplish? ABOUT I am excited to announce the 2025 Congressional App Challenge, the most prestigious competition in computer science. North Carolina’s Second District is one of hundreds of participating districts and thousands of students...
• KLAS: Public lands sale morphing as obstacles emerge; Utah senator vows revised plan | Representativ
  https://susielee.house.gov/media/in-the-news/klas-public-lands-sale-morphing-obstacles-emerge-utah-senator-vows-revised-plan
  ... way from over. Both sides of the issue were aired vigorously in social media posts that followed a Monday night ruling that eliminated Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s amendment to the “one big, beautiful bill.” A number of other proposals were also...
• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Your next iPhone could come from this mine. It also has billions in Pentag
  https://susielee.house.gov/media/in-the-news/las-vegas-review-journal-your-next-iphone-could-come-mine-it-also-has-billions
  ... its dependence on foreign adversaries. And it could be the birthplace of your next iPhone, too. At a time when the federal government is tightening its purse strings under the Trump administration, Pentagon agreements with one Las Vegas mining company are still...