Sen. Braun leads bipartisan coalition to safeguard American food exports

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Mike Braun, Tina Smith, Roger Wicker, and Chris Coons introduced The Safe American Food Exports (SAFE) Act. This first-time introduced bipartisan legislation is aimed to provide clear authority to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), FSIS, and Foreign Agricultural Service to preemptively negotiate regionalization agreements for known animal disease threats, ultimately protecting unsafe agriculture exports from getting shipped around the globe.
 
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Sens. Braun, Tester, Rubio and Tuberville introduce bipartisan bill to stop foreign adversaries from buying U.S. farmland

WASHINGTON—Today, Senators Braun, Tester, Rubio and Tuberville introduced legislation to prohibit the purchase of U.S. farmland by those associated with the governments of our foreign adversaries (Iran, North Korea, China and Russia). 
 
“Chinese ownership of American farmland increased more than 20-fold in the past decade. We cannot allow our top foreign adversaries to buy up American farmland and compromise our agricultural supply chains. I’m proud to lead this bipartisan effort with Senator...
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Braun to Biden: Don’t wait, release COVID origin intel now

WASHINGTON – Following the COVID Origin Act being signed into law, Senator Mike Braun released a video calling on President Biden to declassify the material and release it now.
 
Senator Braun introduced the bill with Senator Josh Hawley. It passed the Senate and House on unanimous votes.
 
The law requires the Director of National Intelligence to declassify all intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the virus that causes COVID within 90 days of the bill being...

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Senator Braun ranked most effective first-term Republican Senator, top ten most effective Republican in Senate by nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking

WASHINGTON – The nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking has released their 117th Congress (2021-2022) rankings today with high rankings for Senator Mike Braun. 

  • Senator Braun made the Top Ten List for Most Effective Senate Republicans at number 6. The Senators’ above him on the list have all served over 12 years in Congress; Senator Braun has served 4.
  • Senator Braun was the highest ranked Republican on the “Freshman Senators Exceeding Expectations” list.  
  • In individual policy areas,...
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Sen. Braun: Biden’s veto is prioritizing a progressive agenda over Americans’ retirements and the will of Congress

WASHINGTON — Senator Mike Braun released the following statement after President Biden’s first veto on the bipartisan Braun-led bill to protect Americans’ retirement savings. 
 
"Today, President Biden used his first veto to reject a bipartisan majority consensus in the House and Senate that Americans' retirement savings should be invested to get the best return, not to support a political agenda. Americans’ 401(k)s have taken a beating from the Biden inflation crisis, and now as one of the most...
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COVID ORIGIN ACT IS LAW: Hawley/Braun bill to declassify Wuhan lab leak intel signed

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 from U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), a bill requiring the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and the origins of the COVID pandemic.

Senators Hawley and Braun’s COVID-19 Origin Act of 2021 passed the Senate unanimously in May 2021.

It passed the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives unanimously...

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Sen. Braun and Rep. Womack introduce bill to protect tipped workers

WASHINGTON—Senator Mike Braun has introduced legislation to clarify the definition of tipped employee and relieve reporting burdens that are harming the restaurant community. Representative Steve Womack (R-Ark.) introduced the companion legislation in the House.

“The Biden administration’s confusing compliance rule creates an unnecessary reporting burden for restaurants and servers that are already going through a difficult time due to inflation and rising food costs. This legislation will help...

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Braun, Klobuchar introduce bipartisan legislation to help Americans save and pay for skills training and credentialing programs

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Mike Braun and Amy Klobuchar reintroduced the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation to allow Americans to use ‘529’ education savings accounts for skills training, credentialing, and certification programs.  Current law only permits workers and families to use ‘529’ accounts to pay for college, university, and vocational school expenses. 
 
“Every high school student in America needs to know that you don’t necessarily have to go to...
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Sens. Braun & Blumenthal lead bipartisan effort to raise awareness about keeping roadway work zones safe

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Braun and Blumenthal introduced a resolution to recognize April 17 – April 21, 2023 as National Work Zone Awareness Week. This resolution comes at a time where roadside work zone fatalities have been gradually increasing since the year 2006 – an epidemic that devastates Americans and their families from every state. With Congressional recognition of National Work Zone Awareness week, people from all over the country can learn how to move through and operate in work...
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Braun and Hawley introduce new bill to protect consumers and community banks from big bank failures

WASHINGTON -- Following recent news of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) bailout of two failed banks, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced the Protecting Consumers from Bailouts Act to protect consumers from new fees and to force the big banks to face up to their mistakes. The Biden administration announced that they will impose “special assessment” fees on banks across the country to pay for the Silicon Valley Bank bailout.
 
“Consumers and...
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