Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) applauded the recent DoD selection of Silicon Crossroads Microelectronics Commons Hub in Bloomington and its coordinating body, The Applied Research Institute, as one of eight Microelectronics Commons regional innovations hubs under the CHIPS Act.
“I’m incredibly excited to hear Hoosiers will be leading the microelectronics and… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Today, Jim Baird (IN-04) voted in favor of S. 112, a bill that will strengthen benefits for the children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida. The children of Vietnam veterans have an increased risk of spina bifida, a neural tube defect in the spine, as a result of their parent’s exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides during their service. S. 112 is the… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Chairman Joe Wilson (R-SC) to lead the introduction of legislation that will block the Biden administration from extending or reissuing Syria General License 23, which authorized direct transactions… Read more »
Washington, D.C.— Today, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Biotechnology, and Research Chairman Jim Baird led his Hoosier House colleagues in highlighting several bipartisan Hoosier priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill.
“Hoosier farmers makeup the backbone of America. With more than 55,000 farms across the state of Indiana agriculture supports over 946,000 jobs and more than… Read more »
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) voted to overturn a Biden Administration rule put forward by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that would reclassify firearms with a stabilizing brace as short-barreled rifles to require special registration or else be surrendered, destroyed, or confiscated with severe criminal penalties for otherwise… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) released the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan debt ceiling solution:
“Under President Biden, our deficit has grown by $6 trillion, and our debt has reached $31 trillion for the first time in U.S. history,” said Congressman Baird. “While Congressional Democrats engaged in unprecedented spending… Read more »
Washington, D.C.— Today, Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Chairman, Jim Baird (IN-04), Ranking Member Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), and Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Michael Bennet (D- CO) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Increased TSP Access Act of 2023 to address Technical Service Provider (TSP) shortages.
“In order for our farmers… Read more »
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) introduced a resolution emphasizing the need to invest in broadband expansion.
“As Congress continues to make legislative decisions and prepare for the 2023 Farm Bill, we must ensure that rural America does not get left behind by securing reliable broadband access for the millions of Americans who rely on the Internet to work and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) led the inaugural 118th Congress hearing of the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee as the subcommittee’s chairman. The hearing examined the implementation of key research programs within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), research program efficacy, and opportunities within these programs to… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) released the following statement after hearing firsthand accounts from witnesses on the Biden administration’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal before the House Foreign Affairs Committee:
“Today’s hearing was humbling and moving. Nearly two years ago, the world watched with horror the hasty and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan,… Read more »
