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Congressman Ben McAdams welcomed the announcement that the U.S. Mexico Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) will come to the House floor for a vote. McAdams has been urging that it receive a vote since August conversations with Vice President Pence in Utah. McAdams said he’s glad that negotiations have resulted in stronger enforcement provisions while keeping to his preferred timeline of completion this... Read more »

Congressman Ben McAdams welcomed the endorsement by the fiscally-responsible Blue Dog Coalition for his bipartisan bill to bolster endangered federal trust funds, including Social Security and Medicare. McAdams and Utah Senator Mitt Romney have introduced the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act (H.R. 4907) in the House and Senate. Without legislative action, the government’s vital tru... Read more »

Congressman Ben McAdams voted for a measure to put an end to illegal robocalls and to hold violators responsible by imposing fines and streamlining enforcement action. The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, (S. 151) is an agreement between similar Senate and House bills designed to put Americans back in charge of their phones. McAdams signed on to H.R. 3375 ... Read more »

To help keep our economic engine humming, I recently voted to renew the U.S. export credit agency to ensure ongoing support for exports and Utah small businesses’ connections with global customers. Read more »

“They need the tools to ensure that when they prevail that innocent victims of that scam have some chance to get back at least some of their hard earned money,” McAdams said. Read more »

Congressman Ben McAdams introduced a resolution designed to empower parents to protect their children from dangerous and exploitative content on digital apps. McAdams joined Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) on a House resolution (H. Res. 721) to resolve barriers that prevent adults from effectively protecting their children. The resolution calls on technology and app development companies to establ... Read more »

I went to the House floor to stand up against the dysfunction in Washington that is threatening Utah jobs. The U.S. – Mexico – Canada trade agreement (USMCA) will bring NAFTA, the previous trade deal approved in 1994, up to date. It is past time to modernize that agreement. Washington politicians must stop dragging their feet and act to move USMCA forward. The USMCA trade agreement represents prog... Read more »

Congressman Ben McAdams’ bill to improve the likelihood that investors who are defrauded by white collar criminals recover their hard-earned money, passed the House today with strong bipartisan support. The legislation gives more tools to federal securities investigators who work on some of the most notorious and complicated investment fraud cases, such as the Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford sche... Read more »

Congressman Ben McAdams’ bipartisan legislation to enhance STEM education in rural schools has been advanced by a House committee. The Rural STEM Education Act (H.R. 4979) was approved unanimously in the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, a step towards consideration by the full House. Congressman Frank Lucas, (R-OK) is the lead Republican on the bill. Nearly half of all public schools... Read more »

Congressman Ben McAdams voted with Republicans and Democrats to reauthorize America’s export credit agency—the Export-Import Bank—which both business and labor agree has been an engine of economic development and job creation. McAdams supported the U.S. Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 (H.R. 4863), which renews the credit agency through 2029 and improves the agency’s ability to support exports an... Read more »