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The U.S. House Biofuels Caucus is introducing legislation to make it clear the EPA has the authority to allow year-round sales of E15 and higher blends of ethanol. The bill would overturn a recent federal circuit court ruling that the EPA didn’t have the power to take that step.
“We’re going to get the language changed and codified,” said Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne of West Des Moines, co-chair of the House Biofuels Caucus, “so that we don’t see any more of these court decisions based, really, off of old information.”
Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa is pushing to ensure a current benefit for military veterans and the families of soldiers who died while on duty is a permanent policy.
The National Park Service issues free park passes to veterans and Gold Star families and Miller-Meeks is sponsoring a bill to make that policy law, to ensure it’s never revoked.
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa testified Tuesday before the House Natural Resources Committee hearing in support of bipartisan legislation that would give veterans and Gold Star families free lifetime access to national parks and public federal lands.
“No one is more worthy of experiencing open access to the incredible places that these men and women have fought to keep us free and their families who have also made the ultimate sacrifice along with them,” the Iowa Republican said.
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives could allow veterans and Gold Star families free lifetime access to national parks and public lands – and free annual passes to active-duty members of the military.
The bipartisan bill, brought to the floor by Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), creates the “America the Beautiful Pass” providing these service members and their families free access to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, ranging from Acadia National Park to Redwood National Forest.
These days, it is tough to get members of Congress united behind a common goal. The House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats, have different visions and agendas to push.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, July 9th, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) introduced the Flag Standardization Act. This legislation would specify the types of flags that may be flown on federal property.
Maria Theresa Louis was born in Kerala, India, in 2003. She and her older brother moved to the Triangle with her parents in 2009 when her father was hired to work in the area through an H-1B visa, a non-immigrant status granted to workers in a specialty occupation.
Louis was one of three young adults who spoke at the virtual introduction of the America's Cultivation of Hope and Inclusion for Long-term Dependents Raised and Educated Natively (America's CHILDREN) Act.
