FDA seeks public’s comments on menu labeling rules

A new menu labeling law that requires restaurant chains to post calories could extend to convenience stores, movie theaters and alcoholic beverages, if public comments are allowed to affect the law.

Transportation Committee Leaders Roll Out Reauthorization Proposal

Transportation Committee leaders today rolled out a new six-year transportation reauthorization proposal that streamlines and reforms federal programs, expedites the project approval process, maximizes leveraging of limited resources, provides flexibility for states, and ensures long-term funding stability for job-creating transportation programs.

Derailing debit card reform bad for consumers, economy

In a year when millions of Americans are out of work and businesses everywhere struggle to remain viable, it is simply counterintuitive for Congress to pave the way for higher costs to consumers and retailers.