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Congressman Schweikert Introduces Legislation That Would Save Taxpayers Almost $80 Billion Across a Decade

September 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman David Schweikert, alongside Congressmen Jared Golden (D-ME), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Glenn Grothman (R-WI), introduced the Employee Retention…

September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the cost of chronic diseases overwhelming family budgets and federal health care spending, Americans need better…

September 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, Representative John James’ (MI-10) ‘TELEMH Act’, co-sponsored by Reps. David Schweikert (AZ-01) and Don Davis…

September 16, 2024

A new law, H.R. 3269, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, has passed the House Committee on Ways & Means and…

September 12, 2024

The other bipartisan measure considered, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act (H.R. 3269), got a chillier reception. That bill would amend the Gun Control Act of 1968 by removing “less-than-lethal” equipment like TASER devices from the definition of a firearm — and consequentially, from the tax imposed under Code Sec. 4181.

The bill advanced out of Ways and Means 21-15 after a lively discussion on gun control. It is sponsored by Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ) and has 66 co-sponsors, as well as a bipartisan Senate companion bill (S. 4255) — but it was fellow Arizonian David Schweikert (R) who advocated for the bill before the committee.

According to Schweikert, the bill aims to help us toward a “law enforcement where no one dies” by taking care of “a small … definitional quirk” that requires purchasers of TASERs and other non-lethal devices to pay an excise tax. Many of these purchases are government entities that then must “turn around and collect” the tax back as a refund, he noted.

September 12, 2024

Arizona Congressman David Schweikert is introducing legislation on Friday that would loosen regulations on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Nonprofit…

September 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House Committee on Ways & Means passed H.R. 3269, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, legislation that modernizes Federal…

September 11, 2024

Congressman David Schweikert (R), representing Arizona’s 1st District, on what he was doing on September 11, 2001, and his recent…

September 10, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative David Schweikert (AZ-01) delivered a speech on the House Floor last night, where he focused on flawed estimates provided by…

September 10, 2024

Former Congressman Peter Roskam, who leads BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team, provides listeners with a front-row seat to the most important…