Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks

Representing the 5th District of Indiana
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May 21, 2013 News Releases

 

Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN) managed debate on the House Floor today for House Resolution 1334 – the Helping Heroes Fly Act – which requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to ensure expedited screening for our nation’s wounded warriors. The Congresswoman is a cosponsor of the bill and member of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

May 17, 2013 News Releases

 

Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks offered the following statement today after voting for a full repeal of Obamacare:

May 15, 2013 News Releases

 

Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN) spoke on the House Floor today in favor of repealing Obamacare: 

“Mr. Speaker: I rise today in strong support of HR 45, the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare is bad for the young and for the elderly.

May 13, 2013 News Releases

 

Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN) celebrated the accomplishments of 5th District educators and students during visits to three local schools on Monday. The Congresswoman held a question and answer session with students, toured classrooms and presented two Congressional Records honoring recent academic success stories.

May 10, 2013 News Releases

 

Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks issued the following statement today after being notified of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) decision to issue disaster assistance to flood victims in several Indiana counties:

May 10, 2013 News Releases

 

Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN) led a bipartisan letter from Indiana’s Congressional Delegation in support of Governor Mike Pence’s request for Small Business Administration disaster assistance. The funds aim to help communities damaged by last month’s severe storms and flooding.

May 2, 2013 News Releases

 

Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks joined Senator Dan Coats, Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann and Major General R. Martin Umbarger at a Military Commanders Roundtable on Wednesday, May 1. This was the first meeting between members of Indiana’s congressional delegation and all of Indiana’s military commanders in the last decade.

May 2, 2013 News Releases

 

Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks spent the day in Anderson on Tuesday, April 29 meeting with local residents and touring one of the city’s largest employers.

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May 23, 2017 In The News
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ANDERSON – U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks has made her first trip to visit American troops deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Brooks, R-5th District, joined a group of bipartisan congresswomen on the trip, which focused on meeting U.S. female service members, thanking them for their service, particularly during Mother’s Day, and learning about their experiences in the military.

May 21, 2017 In The News
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ANDERSON — Three Indiana members of Congress have signed on as sponsors of legislation that will require amateur athletic governing bodies to report allegations of abuse to law enforcement agencies.

Rep. Susan Brooks, R-5th District, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., have all sponsored legislation to protect young athletes from sexual abuse.

May 17, 2017 In The News
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A proposal from Indiana's senators to improve mental-health care for police has passed the chamber unanimously.

May 16, 2017 In The News
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Congresswoman Val Demings was part of a bipartisan group of Representatives who visited Iraq and Afghanistan over the weekend, including Mother’s Day where they delivered Mother’s Day cards to the female soldiers. The cards were made by students here in the Orlando area 10th district she represents.

May 16, 2017 In The News
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Orlando’s U.S. Rep. Val Demings and Miami’s U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen made a week-long visit to visit troops in Afghanistan and Iraq this week, including a Mother’s Day visit at which Demings was able to deliver cards from students in her Florida’s 10th Congressional District.

May 16, 2017 In The News

On May 3, policymakers, industry leaders and key influencers attended CTA’s New American Jobs Summit to look at the future of U.S. jobs.

May 12, 2017 In The News
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to approved a bill that would require Olympic sports organizations to immediately report child and sexual abuse allegations to local or federal law enforcement, or a child welfare agency designated by the U.S. Justice Department.

May 7, 2017 In The News
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ANDERSON – Rep. Susan Brooks has co-authored a resolution in the U.S. House to postpone for two years a recommendation that could limit a women’s access to mammograms.

May 5, 2017 In The News
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The nation’s career and technical education (CTE) programs would be modernized under bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Steve Stivers (R-OH) on Wednesday, with a goal of teaching students the skills they need to compete for tomorrow’s innovative new jobs.

May 4, 2017 In The News
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ANDERSON — Delivering on a long-standing campaign promise, the entire Republican delegation from Indiana in the U.S. House voted to start the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

They helped get a 217-213 approval of the legislation, which now faces an uncertain future in the U.S. Senate.