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…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the cost of chronic diseases overwhelming family budgets and federal health care spending, Americans need better…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, Representative John James’ (MI-10) ‘TELEMH Act’, co-sponsored by Reps. David Schweikert (AZ-01) and Don Davis…
A new law, H.R. 3269, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, has passed the House Committee on Ways & Means and…
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.
Arizona Congressman David Schweikert is introducing legislation on Friday that would loosen regulations on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Nonprofit…
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…
Congressman David Schweikert (R), representing Arizona’s 1st District, on what he was doing on September 11, 2001, and his recent…
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…
Former Congressman Peter Roskam, who leads BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team, provides listeners with a front-row seat to the most important…