WASHINGTON — More than 40 House members have signed a letter asking for a significant increase in NASA’s science budget for 2025, a request that will be challenging to fulfill given spending caps. The May 1 letter to the chair and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee’s commerce, justice and science (CJS) subcommittee, signed by 44 members, asked appropriators to provide at… Read more »

President Joe Biden’s CNN interview threatening to cut off offensive weapons transfers to Israel if Israel invades Rafah drew quick criticism from Israel-backing Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill, and from mainstream Jewish and pro-Israel organizations across the country. https://jewishinsider.com/2024/05/bidens-israel-threat-slammed-by-pro-israel-lawmakers-mainstream-jewish-groups/ Read more »

Bacon Issues Statement on Campus Protests Washington - Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) today issued the following statement on violent protests at campuses across our nation, that are directed toward Jewish Americans: "Our founding fathers believed the freedom of speech and to peaceably assemble was so paramount to our freedoms, that it was included in the First Amendment. Sadly, what is being… Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) will serve as the new chairman of the House Armed Services cyber, information technologies and innovation subcommittee, according to an announcement yesterday from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL). The subcommittee chairmanship has been left open since Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) resigned from the House effective April 19, a move… Read more »

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is again facing censure in the House after referring to some Jewish students at Columbia University as pro-genocide. Omar, who is of Somali heritage and a member of the “Squad,” a faction of extreme left-wing Democrats, made the comments Thursday during a visit to the tent encampment set up by pro-Palestinian protesters at the university. Omar’s daughter, Isra… Read more »

Bacon Selected as Chair of CITI Subcommittee Washington, D.C.  —Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) announced that Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), has selected him to serve as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Information… Read more »

A bipartisan House Armed Services Committee panel issued a report Thursday containing 31 recommendations to improve the lives of military families, with a view to strengthening America’s fighting forces. The Quality of Life Panel’s proposals seek to address what its members consider to be five key problem areas for military personnel: pay, child care, housing, health care and spousal… Read more »

Congress is considering an important bill not only to stop malicious cruelty, but to make our communities safer. The FIGHT Act, S. 1529, by Senator John Kennedy, R-La., and H.R. 2742, by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., would bolster federal enforcement efforts to crack down on the scourges of illegal dogfighting and… Read more »

Congressional panel makes push for better military pay, healthcare, housing A congressional panel tasked with reviewing quality of life for United States service members released a report Thursday making an array of recommendations to improve pay, child care, housing, access to medical care and spouse… Read more »

‘A game-changer’: House panel outlines quality-of-life improvements for troops for 2025 defense bill Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-12/house-lawmakers-ndaa-military-pay-child-care-barracks-13539152.html A 15% pay raise for junior enlisted service members. No more referrals for physical therapy, optometry, women’s health and other specialties. A basic… Read more »