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Press Releases

August 26, 2026

Washington, DC – Rep. Frank J. Mrvan released the statement below following the approval from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the State of Indiana’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration from the storms of August 11, 2026.  

“FEMA has announced that the Major Disaster Declaration requested by Governor Braun for the State of Indiana has been approved.


August 21, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, the Indiana congressional delegation sent a letter to President Donald Trump in support of Governor Mike Braun’s August 20, 2026, request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that began on August 11.  


August 17, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan joined the Indiana delegation in Congress in sending a letter to President Trump in support of Governor Braun's request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms that impacted Indiana during the period of June 6-26, 2026.


August 17, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan released the statement below following the approval by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of Indiana’s emergency declaration request.


July 9, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced a federal grant award for the City of Whiting under the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant program.


July 2, 2026

Washington, DC – Rep. Frank J. Mrvan is pleased to announce the nominees who have accepted their appointments to the U.S. Military Service Academies from Indiana’s First Congressional District.  

Military Service Academy Nominations are recommended to Congressman Mrvan by his Military Service Academy Board, which includes veterans, community leaders, and active duty and retired servicemembers from across Indiana’s First Congressional District.


June 24, 2026

Washington, DC – Below, please find the opening statement as prepared for delivery from Congressman Frank J. Mrvan, Vice Chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus, during today’s hearing on the State of the Steel Industry.

A video of the hearing is available here, and below are the statements from the witnesses. 

Opening statement from Congressman Mrvan:


June 23, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank Mrvan (IN-01), alongside Congressional Labor Caucus Members, Roxanne Brown - International President of the United Steelworkers, and Eric Shultz - President of the USW Local 7-1, called on British Petroleum to end the lockout at the facility located in Whiting, Indiana. 

A video of the press conference is available here


June 22, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan released a letter he sent to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in opposition to the emergency order forcing the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) to maintain operations at two coal-fired generating units in Indiana and unnecessarily increase costs on ratepayers.


June 9, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced the House Appropriations Committee has included his economic development Community Project Funding requests for Indiana’s First Congressional District in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 House Appropriations measure.  The measure has been approved by the House Appropriations Committee, and an identical version of this measure must be approved by both the House and Senate and signed into law by the President in order for it to be enacted.