Press Releases

May 7, 2012

Rokita, Donnelly Fight for Fair Treatment for Indiana in Highway Bill

Issues: Transportation

Congressman Todd Rokita (IN-04) and Congressman Joe Donnelly (IN-02) today sent a letter to House members of the House-Senate conference committee negotiating the surface transportation bill, commonly referred to as the “Highway Bill,” to urge fair treatment for Indiana under the final bill’s funding provisions.

Apr 27, 2012

Rokita Comments on Obama Administration’s Reversal on Youth Farming Regulations

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (IN-4) today issued the following statement after the Obama administration announced that it would withdraw proposed Department of Labor regulations that would have restricted that ability of children younger than 16 to work on farms. Rokita and fellow House members had previously called on Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to reverse the proposed rules because of the harm the rules would cause to Hoosier farmers.

Apr 27, 2012

Rokita Comments on Vote to Keep Student Loan Interest Rates at 3.4 Percent

Issues: Education

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita today (IN-4) made the following statement after the House passed the Interest Rate Reduction Act, which would keep the interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans at 3.4 percent through June 30, 2013.

Apr 26, 2012

Release: Rokita Applauds Rubio's Introduction of Senate Version of RAISE Act

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (IN-4) today applauded U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) introduction of the Senate version of the RAISE Act, which Rokita introduced in the House last week.

Apr 24, 2012

ICYMI: Roll Call Highlights Rokita's Volunteer Work, Passion for Flying

Roll Call Congressman in the Cockpit By Ivan V. Natividad, Roll Call Staff Monday, April 23, 2012 While most teenagers in Munster, Ind., could be found cruising around town in their dad’s old Chevy pickup, now-Rep. Todd Rokita was “wheels up” in the sky, flying a high-wing, two-seat Cessna 152 aircraft.

Apr 23, 2012

ICYMI: Rokita Op-Ed, National Coverage of Rokita's RAISE Act

Last Wednesday, Representative Rokita introduced the Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees (RAISE) Act, H.R. 4385. The RAISE Act would amend the National Labor Relations Act to reform the collective bargaining process and allow employers to give merit-based bonuses, raises, or other increases to individual employees above the levels set by future union contracts. The bill has gained national coverage and has so far drawn 30 cosponsors in the House.

Apr 19, 2012

Rokita Introduces RAISE Act to Allow Performance-Based Pay for Individual Employees

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (IN-4) yesterday introduced H.R. 4385, the Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees (RAISE) Act, which would amend the National Labor Relations Act to reform the collective bargaining process and allow employers to give merit-based bonuses, raises, or other increases to an individual employee above the level set by the employee’s union contract.

Apr 6, 2012

Release: Rokita Announces 2012 Congressional Art Competition

Representative Todd Rokita announced his office will be accepting entrants for the annual Congressional Artwork Competition.

Apr 3, 2012

Release: Rokita Blasts President’s ‘Distortions’ of Medicaid Proposals

Representative Todd Rokita (IN-4) today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s remarks on Medicaid reforms in the recently-passed House budget plan. Rokita, a member of the House Budget Committee, authored key Medicaid provisions included in the budget that would save taxpayers more than $120 billion.

Apr 2, 2012

ICYMI: Forbes Op-Ed Says Rokita Bill “Would Fundamentally Improve Medicaid”

Washington, DC – Representative Todd Rokita’s State Health Flexibility Act, H.R. 4160, continues to gain national and local support, including an op-ed today by Forbes contributor Sally Pipes.

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