Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) was presented with the American PATRIOT Award by the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC).
"It is an honor to receive AMAC's American PATRIOT Award," said Rep Spartz. "I look forward to continuing to work with AMAC on issues important to seniors in Indiana’s fifth district, including Medicare, Social Security, rising healthcare and prescription drug costs, rising inflation, out of control federal spending, and border security."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights of the House Education and Labor Committee held a joint hearing on President Biden's vaccine mandate on employers with 100 or more employees. This directive is included in President Biden's "Pathway out of the Pandemic" plan and directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to implement the mandate.
ANDERSON, Ind. – U.S. Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) held listening sessions in Pendleton and Anderson this weekend to hear directly from her constituents and provide an update on what is happening in Washington D.C. and the fifth district.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland during a Judiciary Committee hearing conducting oversight of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Rep. Spartz voiced her concerns about the politicization of the Department of Justice, the Biden Administration’s failure to secure the southern border, and the reported widespread abuse of the FISA statute.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) continues to host listening sessions across Indiana’s fifth congressional district with the next two taking place in Pendleton and Anderson on Saturday, October 23.
Pendleton Community Public Library
595 East Water St.
11:00 AM
Anderson Public Library
111 East 12th St.
1:00 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Spartz and her House colleagues submitted comment on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed rule on asylum. The proposed rule would make it easier for illegal immigrants to be released into the U.S. through categorical parole, disregard mandatory bars for asylum, and remove adversarial proceedings before an immigration judge from the adjudication of asylum applications.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-IN) introduced the Fresh Start Act alongside her colleagues Reps. David Trone (D-MD), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consider Teachers Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate by Senators Mike Braun (R-Indiana), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona), and in the House by Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Indiana) aimed at fixing an unintended and burdensome provision in the Higher Education Act, was signed into law by President Biden this week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Spartz (R-Ind) and Rep. Sherman (D-CA), announced the official reconvening of the CPAs and Accountants Caucus. Originally formed in 2011, the CPAs Caucus focuses its efforts on reforming and revitalizing the American financial system through common-sense fiscal policy and sound budgetary practices.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) sent a third letter to President Biden requesting assistance from the Administration with efforts to evacuate a couple in contact with her office. The Congresswoman has yet to receive a response to her first two inquiries.
Read the text of the third letter below:
"President Biden,