WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. James Baird, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Baird, Congresswoman McCollum Introduce Legislation to Reduce Catalytic Converter Thefts * Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) introduced the Preventing Auto Recycling Thefts (PART) Act to reduce catalytic converter thefts by marking identifying information on catalytic converters, addressing how the parts are purchased, and strengthening enforcement of catalytic converter theft for loca more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Condemns President Trump's Vile, Fearmongering Social Post About Mass Deportations In Chicago * September 08, 2025 As the Trump Administration launches "Operation Midway Blitz," Durbin pushes back against the deeply political mission sowing fear in Chicago rather than addressing crime WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSFR) -- The Office of Personnel Management is abolishing the Hennepin, Minnesota, nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System wage area. The final rule will redefine most of the counties within that area to the nearest nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System wage areas. Counties that do not have nonappropriated fund Federal Wage System employment will no longer be part of a wage area. The changes were recommended by the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee due to a de more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * PHOTOS: Young, Secretary Duffy, Officials Participate in I-69 Bridge Project Tour and Briefing * WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and officials from Indiana and Kentucky welcomed U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy to southwest Indiana to discuss progress on the I-69 Ohio River Crossing bridge project and participate in an aerial tour of the project's a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Houchin Introduces Larry Barrett Veterans' Memory Care Act in Honor of Late Constituent * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Erin Houchin (IN-09) has introduced the Larry Barrett Veterans' Memory Care Act (link is external), legislation dedicated to improving access to memory and long-term care for the men and women who have honorably served our country. In many rural and underserved areas, vet more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McCollum Joins with Rep. Baird in Reintroducing the Bicarmeral and Bipartisan Part Act * Today, Congressman Jim Baird (R-IN), Chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conversation, Research, and Biotechnology, and Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Dean of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, re-introduced the Preventing Auto Recycling Thefts (PART) Act to curb the theft of catalyt more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Big, Beautiful Success Story: Taxpayers Getting A Tax Cut Is Making News President Trump's working class tax cuts are making news. Media reports - including from local outlets around the country - are showing how the tax cuts deliver for workers, families, small businesses, and farmers in all 50 states, according to a recent study. "Taxpayers in ever more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois Indiana Missouri Kansas is expressing strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) recent public comment letter regarding proposed rulemaking that threatens to eliminate federal minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of home care workers. The union, which represents over 2 million workers in North America, asserts that the proposed rule, if enacted, would reverse decades of progress for  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Yakym: "Every American Deserves the Opportunity to Work" * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) highlighted the importance of removing barriers so that all disabled people have the option to work if they want during a Ways and Means Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Untapped Talent in America. "America should always be the land of opportunity," Rep. Yakym said. "Government has a resp more PR