I’m writing to ask for your support and assistance in improving access to banking services and affordable credit in low-income and traditionally-underserved communities.
Category: Economy
Help Millions of Americans Access Financial Services (v. 3)
Please join me as an original co-sponsor of the Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions and Lending Act (POSTAL Act) of 2016.
Help Create Middle-Class Jobs (v. 3)
Recreational boating is a multi-billion dollar per year business in the United States that supports hundreds of thousands of middle-class jobs.
Revamping the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) for More Prosperous Communities (v. 2)
I’m writing to ask for your support and assistance in improving access to banking services and affordable credit in low-income and traditionally-underserved communities.
Cosponsor HR 4792: Efforts to Modernize the SEC Industry Guides for Oil, Gas, and Mining Companies (v. 2)
The SEC needs to do more when it comes to critically reviewing the disclosures being filed by publicly traded companies. To help do this, the SEC should update its industry guides for mining companies and for oil, and gas companies to reflect the growing risk climate change presents to these companies.
REDUCE RECIDIVISM BY INCREASING THE WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT
Please join me as a cosponsor of H.R. 4840 the Hire for a Second Chance Act of 2016. This bill would help ease employer tax burdens by increasing the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for hiring ex-offenders and returning citizens to $5,600. It also makes the WOTC permanent for ex-offenders and indexes the tax credit to inflation.
Closing today: Sustain our aviation manufacturers’ technological edge and support NASA Aeronautics
We invite you to join us in requesting the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science provide full funding for NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) for Fiscal Year 2017.
Help Create Middle-Class Jobs
Recreational boating is a multi-billion dollar per year business in the United States that supports hundreds of thousands of middle-class jobs. Yachts are the floating economic engines at the center of this industry. At least thirteen percent of the value of every yacht sold in the U.S. immediately goes towards upgrades that boost the local economy where the sale takes place. And, an additional ten percent of the boat’s value goes to maintenance every year. This means jobs for carpenters, painters, mechanics, welders, and others involved in boat maintenance and retrofitting. Plus, each yacht docked in the U.S. requires the support of crew members who spend their dollars in the local economy.
Stop Another OSHA Regulatory Overreach: Silica Dust
OSHA proposed a rule to limit exposure levels for silica dust in 2013. Three years later, the proposed rule is still threatening many industries in our districts and will be finalized imminently. In the meantime, the rulemaking is creating significant uncertainty for a number of industries around the country including construction, oil and natural gas, foundries, aggregates, brick manufacturers, maritime, and many more.
Fund the Secure our Schools Program
Because of the increasing threat of violence, school officials are seeking to enhance safety and security measures. Many schools’ tight budget constraints do not allow the flexibility to include much needed improvements to campus security and emergency response capabilities.