Press Releases

CARMEL, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and the Region 5 Workforce Board, in partnership with the office of Congresswoman Victoria Spartz, will host a virtual job fair highlighting job openings in Hamilton and Madison counties. The virtual job fair will take place on Wednesday, October 6^th from 11:00am – 12:00pm.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, while co-leading a joint hearing of Civil Rights and Health Subcommittees of Education and Labor Committee on successful models for protecting communities from COVID-19, Rep. Victoria Spartz (IN-5) delivered the following opening statement:

“It’s an important discussion to have: how do we manage and mitigate pandemic risks, look at them comprehensively, and stop politicizing serious government decisions to play politics with people’s lives and advance a party agenda.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House passed the EQUAL Act, a bill that reduces the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine from 18:1 to 1:1, co-sponsored by Congresswoman Spartz.

“Today, we fixed a disparity in sentencing which led to the disproportionate incarceration of lower-income individuals for longer terms,” said Rep. Spartz. “Equality of justice and rights is the cornerstone of our Constitutional Republic, and I am proud to co-sponsor this bill as a member of the Judiciary Committee." 

Background:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consider Teachers Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Senator Kyrsten Sinema(D-Arizona), and in the House by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton(D-D.C.) and Congresswoman Victoria Spartz(R-Indiana) aimed at fixing a broken system burdening teachers with unfair loans, passed the U.S. House of Representatives today by a vote of 406 to 16. This legislation was passed in the Senate in April and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.

ANDERSON, Ind. – U.S. Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) held listening sessions in Greentown and Marion last weekend, providing an update on what is happening in Washington D.C. and across the fifth district.

The crisis at the southern border, Afghanistan debacle, federal government overreach, spending, health care, and juvenile justice were among some of the issues discussed.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) continues to host listening sessions across Indiana’s fifth congressional district with the next two taking place in Greentown and Marion on Saturday, September 25.

CARMEL, Ind. – Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (IN-05), Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-1) and Rep. Rick Allen (GA-12) hosted a Healthy Futures Task Force, Affordability Subcommittee Hearing this week on empowering consumers and reducing the cost of healthcare.

CARMEL, Ind. – U.S. Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) held listening sessions in Cicero and Tipton today, providing an update on what is happening in Washington D.C. and across the district. She addressed the multi-trillion dollar spending packages that have advanced in the House of Representatives, the Biden Administration's calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the humanitarian and immigration crisis at our southern border, and her legislative work to address monopoly powers, rising health care costs, and criminal justice issues.