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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Braun is announcing the next week of stops on his Summer of Solutions Tour, visiting cities such as Liberty, Richmond, Spiceland, Batesville and more. Further events will be announced Monday. 

All information is subject to change and any member of the press looking to RSVP for an individual event must do so to Mary Owens at Mary_Owens@braun.senate.gov.

BACKGROUND

Below are a few of Senator Mike Braun’s solutions he will be discussing on the Summer of Solutions...

JASPER, IN – U.S. Senator Mike Braun released the following statement regarding the shootings this weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. 

“Maureen and I are deeply troubled by the recent shootings in El Paso and Dayton — there is no place for hate in our great country, our prayers are with the victims of this horrific event, and I commend the swift action from law enforcement and first responders.

“Mass shootings and gun violence across our country is a complex situation; watching...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Mike Braun announced his staff mobile office hours in August to better assist Hoosiers.

“In August, I will embark on my Summer of Solutions Tour, where I will visit 50 cities to meet with Hoosiers to discuss solutions to the opioid crisis, lowering drug prices, fixing our broken immigration system, and other issues important to Hoosiers,” said Senator Mike Braun. “While I’m traveling the state, my staff will be holding mobile office hours in August to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 1, 2019
Contact: Mary_Owens@braun.senate.gov

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Senator Braun Announces 50 City 'Summer of Solutions' Tour for August & September

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After spending his first seven months in office working on lowering the cost of prescription drugs, offering ideas to combat the opioid crisis, lowering the cost of higher education and advancing pro-growth economic policies, today U.S. Senator Mike Braun is announcing details on the first two weeks...

Legislation Provides Predictability and Certainty for American Farmers 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced the “Define WOTUS Act,” which reasserts Congressional responsibility to define the term Waters of the United States (WOTUS). 

“President Trump and his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working hard to fix this atrocious Obama-era rule.  But as the Administration has repeatedly noted,  it’s Congress job to write...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mike Braun offered an amendment to America’s Highway Infrastructure Act which strengthens the Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements to use “made-in-America” products in taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects. 

 “President Trump has done a tremendous job of bringing jobs back to our country, and my Buy America provision for the National Highway bill reinforces his America First priorities,” said U.S. Senator Mike Braun.  “As a logistics...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Joe Manchin (D-WV), along with U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (D-IL), David McKinley (R-WV), Aumua Amata (R-AS-At Large), and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), today introduced the bipartisan Clean Industrial Technology Act (CITA) to unleash innovation that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources and make American companies more competitive in the global economy.

“I...

Braun, Young, Brady Introduce Bill to Cap, Cut, & Balance the Budget
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week Senator Mike Braun, Senator Todd Young, and Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced the Maximizing America’s Prosperity (MAP) Act:

“As a Main Street businessman, I believe we need to reduce runaway federal spending and address our national debt and the MAP Act provides Congress with the tools to accomplish this goal," said Senator Braun. "This commonsense bill will cap federal spending, then cut...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Braun released the following statement regarding former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before the U.S. House Committees on the Judiciary and Intelligence:

“Unsurprisingly, today’s audiobook of the Mueller report provided no new information from when Attorney General Barr released it with unprecedented transparency: the Trump campaign still did not collude with Russia, President Trump still did not obstruct justice, and Democrats in Congress...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Mike Braun, Senator Todd Young, Representative Pete Visclosky (IN01), Representative Jackie Walorski (IN-02), Representative Jim Banks (IN-03), Representative Jim Baird (IN-04), Representative Susan Brooks (IN-05), Representative Greg Pence (IN-06), Representative André Carson (IN-07), Representative Larry Bucshon (IN-08), and Representative Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09) introduced legislation honoring the 50th Anniversary of the return of the Indiana Rangers.

“T...