WASHINGTON – Representatives Steve Chabot (OH-01), Bobby Scott (VA-03), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX- 18), and Tom Emmer (MN-06) introduced the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act. The legislation would reauthorize for five years the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), a critically important grant program which allows states and localities to develop programm... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Steve Chabot (R-OH), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL), and Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, led a bipartisan group of 200 Members today in sending a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to express the Members support for Taiwan’s inclusion in the Biden Administration’s Indo-Pacific ... Read More »
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Representatives Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced H.R. 7203 the Wally Bunker Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Safety (HELPS) Retirees Improvement Act of 2022. This legislation allows retired public safety officers to receive relief on their annual tax returns for their health care insurance premiums even if they went through a third-par... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Andy Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member and Vice Chair of House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation, released the following statement in response to the U.S. State Department’s determination today that military forces in Burma committed atrocities that amount to genocide against the Rohingya peopl... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Freedom of the Press Caucus, issued the following statement on the deaths of at least four journalists in Ukraine: “As Russia's assault on Ukraine continues, an increasingly-frustrated Vladimir Putin is attempting to silence those who might expose the cruelty and extraord... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Rep. Chabot (R-OH) joined 116 Republicans on a letter led by Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) to President Biden urging the Administration to take immediate action to stem the fentanyl scourge coming from China and across the southern border, and support making fentanyl related substances Schedule 1 classification permanent. Drug overdoses have claimed more Americans lives each ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. -Today, Representatives Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO), co-chairs of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus, released the following statement on Amnesty International's report on Israel: “We are deeply concerned by Amnesty International’s biased report on Israel which inappropriately ignores history and context to smear the foremost democracy in the Middle East as an ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the one-year anniversary of the military coup in Burma, Reps. Steve Chabot (R-OH), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Ami Bera. M.D. (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI), and Claudia Tenney (R-NY) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the anniversary of the coup and condemning the Burmese military for perpetrating gross violations of human rights against the Bur... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Brad Sherman (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the House Caucus on India and Indian Americans, released the following statement on India’s decision to allow imports of U.S. pork: “As strong supporters of the U.S.-India bilateral relationship, we welcome India’s decision to allow market access for U.S. pork and pork products,” the Co-Chairs said. “Mu... Read More »
Washington, D.C. - Congressmembers Steve Chabot and Dina Titus, co-chairs of the Congressional Kazakhstan Caucus and senior members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the turmoil in Kazakhstan: “The Republic of Kazakhstan has been a valued partner of the United States since it declared its independence thirty years ago. We condemn the destruction of ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus, issued the following statement on the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Burma: “Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decision to visit Burma undermines ASEAN credibility and diminishes its leverage to bring an end to the ongoing crisis,” the Co-Chairs said. “This is especial... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH-01) Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation and House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Vice Chair Elaine Luria (D-VA-02), introduced legislation aiming to counter Chinese maritime militia fleets in the South China Sea. The Countering PRC Maritime Militia Fleet Act (H.R. 6158) r... Read More »
WASHINGTON D.C. - Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement on President Biden's debacle in Afghanistan: "President Biden's bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan is a national embarrassment. This is especially true of the inexplicable failure to evacuate many of our personnel, thousands of American citizens, and tens of thousands of our vulnerable Afghan partners before the Ta... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed the Cambodia Democracy Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Cambodia, to impose sanctions on Cambodian officials responsible for uprooting democracy in the country. “Prime Minister Hun Sen and his cronies must ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House passed Congressmen Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Brad Sherman’s (D-CA) Resolution H. Res. 402, recognizing the devastating impact of COVID-19 in India and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to urgently facilitate assistance. Congressmen Chabot and Sherman, respectively the Republican and Democratic Co-Chairs of the House Caucus on India and Indian Am... Read More »
