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• South Shore’s Double Track finally arrives | Representative Frank Mrvan
  https://mrvan.house.gov/media/in-the-news/south-shores-double-track-finally-arrives
  ... that featured Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb. “Double tracking the South Shore Line is one of the largest infrastructure investments in the railroad’s history. With the additional track, high-speed crossovers and high-level boarding platforms now in place, we can...
• Tolleston Opportunity Campus breaks ground in Gary | Representative Frank Mrvan
  https://mrvan.house.gov/media/in-the-news/tolleston-opportunity-campus-breaks-ground-gary
  ... on a new chapter in Gary’s story—one where our community stands at the center of everything we do,” said Mayor Eddie Melton during the ceremony. “For generations, Gary‘s greatest strength has always been the spirit and determination of its people...
• U.S. Sen. Jim Banks and Rep. Frank Mrvan ask Treasury Department to consider national security in st
  https://mrvan.house.gov/media/in-the-news/us-sen-jim-banks-and-rep-frank-mrvan-ask-treasury-department-consider-national
  ... to Secretary Scott Bessent. “If American steel production does not remain robust in peacetime, we risk unreliable supplies of critical steel products to the military in wartime.” The legislators’ letter comes about one month after President Donald Trump ordered...
• Mrvan Announces 2024 Congressional App Challenge Winners from Lowell High School | Representative Fr
  https://mrvan.house.gov/media/press-releases/mrvan-announces-2024-congressional-app-challenge-winners-lowell-high-school
  ... design, so I guess the pieces just fell into place.  This is something I've always dreamed of." Logan Haskins stated, “One group member pitched the idea and we all jumped on board.  My family adopted our pets from animal shelters and it is important...
• Reps. Obernolte and DelBene Celebrate Full Committee Passage of the HOLD Act | Representative Jay Ob
  https://obernolte.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-obernolte-and-delbene-celebrate-full-committee-passage-hold-act
  ... will allow more living donors to qualify for wage, travel, and caregiver reimbursement when donating organs. “One of the most powerful acts of generosity is the donation of a life-saving organ to another person,” said Rep. Obernolte. "Donating an organ...
• ICYMI: Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out CVS Health’s Corporate Strategy to Monopolize Patient Care | Represen
  https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-ocasio-cortez-calls-out-cvs-healths-corporate-strategy-monopolize
  ...% of all prescriptions in a given year. And so in other words, CVS Caremark helps determine the prices that patients pay for a third of all prescriptions in the U.S. In fact, I was following one of CVS’ recent- one of CVS’s investor calls where they really laid out quite...
• Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Malliotakis Bill to Reauthorize Healthy Start Passes Out of Commit
  https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/representatives-ocasio-cortez-and-malliotakis-bill-reauthorize-healthy-start
  ....  I'm really, genuinely concerned. Healthy Start helps working moms in all 50 states. Every single one of us represents or knows families that benefit from it, that would not know how to, you know, put their baby to sleep properly if it wasn't for the federally...
• Rep. Ilhan Omar: Trump is Weaponizing Fear Against Me and Other Immigrants | Representative Ilhan Om
  https://omar.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-ilhan-omar-trump-weaponizing-fear-against-me-and-other-immigrants
  ..., are being brutalized as well. One 55-year-old white Minnesotan stepped outside to see why armed agents had swarmed her block. She was shoved to the ground, arrested, shackled and held for four hours before being released without charge. The message...
• Rep. Omar Joins 13 House Members to Demand Release of Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil after Arre
  https://omar.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-omar-joins-13-house-members-demand-release-palestinian-activist-mahmoud
  ... Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. "Mahmoud Khalil was an individual who was given the privilege of coming to this country to study at one of our nation's finest universities and colleges and he took advantage of that opportunity, of that privilege, by siding...
• Rep. Omar leading attempt to create federal office for missing and murdered Black women and girls |
  https://omar.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-omar-leading-attempt-create-federal-office-missing-and-murdered-black-women
  ..., one of the recommendations of a  task force that dug into  why they experience violence at much higher rates than other groups. Black women make up only 7% of the population in Minnesota, but they represent 40% of domestic violence victims in the state...