View as Webpage Fellow Members,  I hope you had a restful, happy and healthy holiday, and start to the new year.  After my final communication in December, the 117th Congress passed a year-end funding bill backed by nearly every Democrat and several Republicans. It includes provisions to help educators, students and families, as well as the NEA-supported Pregnant […]

View as Webpage Congressional leadership has agreed on a “framework” for final FY2023 funding bills and passed a stopgap measure to continue current funding levels through Dec. 23. We’ll provide an update on the end of the 117th Congress and the beginning of the 118th Congress in January.  In this, my final email of the […]

  Fellow Members, The Respect for Marriage Act passed in the House last week, ensuring that, in the words of outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, “the federal government will never again stand in the way of marrying the person you love.” President Biden has said he will promptly sign the measure.  Meanwhile, jockeying over must-pass […]