When Congress passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in 1993 with overwhelming bipartisan support, the intent was not to undermine civil rights, but to protect
them, especially for religious minorities. Religion is a protected class under the Civil Rights Act, and the freedom to exercise religious beliefs is constitutionally protected as a fundamental American value.
Please join Congressmen John Garamendi (CA-03) and Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) in supporting H.R. 4710, the bipartisan Pharmaceutical Independence Long Term Readiness Reform Act.
The roots of the House Page Program stretch back to the early 19th century. For over one hundred years, pages assisted the House of Representatives in a variety of ways, including streamlining correspondence. That is, until the
program was cancelled in 2011. It was said that the program was too expensive to operate and made obsolete by improvements in communication technology.
Under current federal law, the U.S. Postal Service cannot ship beer, wine, or distilled spirits. In contrast, UPS and FedEx are allowed to ship alcohol, putting USPS at a competitive disadvantage and limiting shipping options for manufacturers and customers
alike. Direct-to-consumer shipments of alcohol have been increasing and totaled over $3 billion last year. USPS is missing out on participating in this growing industry, and it will take an act of Congress to level the playing field and open the Post Office
door to this new source of revenue.
I invite you to cosponsor
H.R. 4022, the Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2019.
As co-chairs of the Congressional Peace Corps Caucus, we invite you to cosponsor the “Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2019” (H.R. 3456). Our bipartisan legislation would provide
additional federal resources to advance the Peace Corps’ mission around the world and better support former, current, future, and returning Peace Corps volunteers by:
We invite you to join as a cosponsor of
H.R. 1266, the Ghost Guns Are Guns Act, a bill to ensure that individuals who would otherwise be barred from purchasing firearms would not be able to purchase a gun assembly kit online under this current loophole.
Please become an original cosponsor of the Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act, which would authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia commemorating the efforts of the 18 million American
women who kept the home front running during World War II. Women are dramatically underrepresented in our memorials.
In 2006, Congress passed legislation requiring the United States Postal Service (USPS) to prefund decades’ worth of health benefits for its future retirees. Reps. DeFazio (D-OR), Reed (R-NY), Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Torres Small (D-NM) introduced H.R. 2382,
the USPS Fairness Act, to finally repeal this unfair government mandate.
Please join Rep. Richard Hudson (NC-R-8) and I and become a cosponsor of the
Rare diseases Advancement, Research, and Education (RARE) Act (H.R. 4228) in the 116th Congress. This bipartisan bill will expand the ability of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC)
to study rare diseases by improving treatment, research, and diagnostics of rare diseases through new and existing programs. This legislation has been endorsed by 140 patient groups.