Today, the House and Senate released the new bipartisan, bicameral agreement on the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, sponsored in the House by Congressman Mike Bishop, to help prevent the shipment of synthetic opioids into the United States through the international mail system. Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI), Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Sen. Rob […]
5/24/2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) delivered remarks on the Senate floor today discussing the opioid epidemic gripping Ohio—and our country—and his bipartisan bill that will give law enforcement the tools they need to help identify and stop synthetic opioids from being shipped into the U.S. The Synthetics Trafficking & Overdose Prevention (STOP) […]
3/22/18 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced The Postal Service Reform Act of 2018: Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency to stabilize, preserve and improve the Postal Service – an essential part of our nation’s infrastructure and economy. The financial condition of the […]
The Save Vanishing Species stamp, or “Tiger Stamp” as it is commonly known, is named for the tiger cub depicted on the stamp. Though the price of the Tiger Stamp has not yet been announced, it is expected to cost 6 to 11 cents more than a standard 49-cent first class postage stamp. The extra […]
Portman requested USPS not to destroy the 74 million unsold stamps. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) announced that his endangered species semipostal stamp bill, the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2013, has passed both chambers of Congress and is now headed to the President for signature. “I’m pleased […]
(U.S. SENATE) – In 1977, when 20-year-old Jon Tester was about to take over his family’s farm outside Big Sandy, Montana, the federal government took 61 days to process federal workers’ retirement papers by hand. Thirty-seven years later, Tester is now the senior U.S. Senator for Montana, but the federal government – despite the nation’s […]