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The Hill: Congress Blog

Improving Access to Nutrition Act Supports low-wage workers facing employment challenges
Food is necessary to live, remain healthy, and work. The Improving Access to Nutrition Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) May 16, would keep food on the tables of people struggling to find quality...
Delaying approval of new trade deal hurts American workers, families and the economy
The U.S. will be losing out on more jobs, more customers for Made-in-America goods and a stronger economy unless the U.S. House of Representatives takes up the updated trade agreement with Mexico and Canada.Last fall the three countries came...
The CARD Act turns 10: Changes have kept money in consumers' pockets
Ten years ago, on May 22, 2009, credit card customers got some needed relief when the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act) became law. Since then, the law has saved consumers an estimated $12 billion a year,...
Congress: Support legislation to defend Medicare home health
Since the start of the 116th Congress, reducing prescription drug-pricing has been a focal point for many lawmakers on Capitol Hill–and rightfully so. Legislative initiatives that strive to lower the cost of care should be applauded.Yet as many...
Ocasio-Cortez: College students shouldn't need donation from billionaire to afford college
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is applauding billionaire philanthropist Robert F. Smith's surprise decision to pay the tuition and board of Morehouse College's class of 2019, but she warns being liberated from college debt shouldn't depend...
Let Texas be Texas: A solution for our polarized nation
Texas and Massachusetts are very different states. For starters, one of them could fit inside the other 25 times (not that we’re counting). Ideologically, Massachusetts residents have tended to support much higher levels of government control,...
Lawmakers should consider experience, diversity in choosing the next Architect of the Capitol
Anyone who witnessed the devastating fire that ripped through Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris last month should appreciate the need to maintain and preserve historic structures. In the United States, few buildings are more historic and treasured than...
Advice to new graduates and summer interns: You have obligation to be an ethical advocate
Dear 2019 graduates and interns heading to DC,If you are reading this, you are probably thinking about a career in Washington. As someone who has spent more than 25 years working on the politics of public policy, I applaud you. Our democracy needs...
Take it from a kidney transplant recipient: Extending immunosuppressive drug coverage saves lives, money
Today in the United States some 726,000 of our neighbors are suffering from the effects of irreversible kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD).A majority of this population will receive dialysis treatment at least three times a...
Pacific defense pact renewal vital to the US amid rising tension with China
Ngerulmud, Palau—Talk of the trade conflict between the United States and China has captured international headlines for the better part of the past two weeks. But it is in the Western Pacific, where China has been constructing military bases and...

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