Senate

Senate Hearing Must Focus on Avoiding Duplicative Middle Mile Broadband Funding
Senate hearing should focus on a review of current broadband spending programs, particularly spending for middle-mile deployments.

USMCA a Win for North American Trade and Economic Growth
USMCA heads to President Trump's desk, after Senate passes the bill 89-10.

Congress Should not Specify Advanced Technology for Aviation Safety and Efficiency
Congress should not pick winners and losers in FAA's bid to improve safety and efficiency.

Senate DOD Appropriations Bill Lacks House JEDI Guardrails
In the ongoing saga of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud services contract, the bill and report language for S.

Congress Fails Farmers and Taxpayers with its Farm Bill
President Nixon’s secretary of agriculture, Earl Butz, once said in 1973, “get big or get out.” He enthusiastically urged farmers to buy up their neighbors’ land. Since then, American agriculture policy has enabled big industrialized farm businesses...

Congress is Tricking Taxpayers to Pay More for Treats
As people eat their leftover Halloween candy, they may want to think about how much they paid for all those treats.

Senate Farm Bill helps largest 10% of farm operations
Despite the election year rhetoric about fiscal discipline and deficits, as well as advancing free-markets and trade, many lawmakers have sided with the influential farm lobby to continue doling out multi-millions of dollars to corporate...