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A bipartisan group of senators will include the Pacific Defense Initiative in a defense policy bill that “will enhance budgetary transparency and oversight, and focus resources on key military capabilities to deter China.”

A bill to hold China accountable for coronavirus by letting Americans sue the Chinese Communist Party has been introduced by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri.

Temporary emergency procedures to ensure the House can continue fully working by allowing remote voting is part of a measure introduced in the House of Representatives, according to House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern.

Representative Doug Collins believes leadership at the FBI abused its power in dealing with the investigation of Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn.

“One-sixth of our healthcare workforce is foreign born,” Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois said, as he looks to authorize the extension of immigrant visas for healthcare workers.

Representative Jodey Arrington said he agreed on the need for some oversight of the relief funds going out due to the coronavirus pandemic, but does not believe another commission is warranted.

The two U.S. Senators from Texas are among others calling for the quick reopening of parts of the economy shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic, but warning that it won’t be an instantaneous return to normal.

House Majority Whip and the congressman tapped to head the select oversight committee on coronavirus relief, Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, called the coronavirus an opportunity to “restructure government.”

“We need to have a national health preparedness strategy,” Indiana Representative Susan Brooks said in a recent interview.

Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland critiqued the chamber in a floor speech that the District of Columbia has been underfunded in the large stimulus package.