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May 15, 2026

Washington, DC – Earlier this week, Congressional Steel Caucus Chairman Rick Crawford (AR-01) and Vice Chairman Frank J. Mrvan (IN-01) sent a letter in light of President Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in support of U.S. automotive manufacturing.


May 11, 2026

Washington, DC – Last week, Congressman Frank J. Mrvan (IN-01), along with Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and 42 other Members of Congress, led a letter to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner in support of certain housing counseling programs.


April 29, 2026

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick for help in ending the United Steelworkers Local 7-1 lockout at the BP Whiting refinery.


April 29, 2026

An attempt by Northwest Indiana Congressman Frank J. Mrvan to hold President Donald Trump to his "America First" principles was thwarted Wednesday by Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee.

The Highland Democrat proposed inserting language in a pending appropriations measure to direct the Republican president to use only U.S.-made steel in Trump's White House ballroom and any future construction at the Executive Mansion.


April 23, 2026

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan offered an amendment to the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act that would have required all steel used in construction projects at the White House to be produced in the United States, regardless of whether that steel is procured through federal funds or private donations.  


April 20, 2026

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, pressed the U.S. secretary of energy this week on high utility costs and an order that NIPSCO keep coal-fired electric generation going past its retirement date at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield, which will cost an estimated $100 million and be borne by ratepayers.

Mrvan urged Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to reconsider the order during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development hearing, urging him to consider the effect on ratepayers.


April 15, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan discussed high utility costs with Secretary of Energy Chris Wright during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development hearing. 


April 14, 2026

Congressman Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, is calling on the top executive at BP to end the lockout at its Whiting Refinery, which has kept some 800 union workers from their jobs for more than two weeks.

In a letter to BP CEO Meg O'Neill, Mrvan said he's concerned that the lockout instigated by BP is endangering public health and safety in and around the refinery, the Region's economic stability, as well as the nation’s energy security.


April 14, 2026

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, sent a joint letter with Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, to BP CEO Meg O’Neill, urging the company to end the lockout at the Whiting refinery.