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U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-1st, has announced the inclusion of his Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Community Project Funding requests for Indiana’s First Congressional District for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 in the final House-approved appropriations measure.
The measure is now expected to be approved by the Senate and signed into law by the President in the coming days.
Mrvan stated that he believes the federal government has a responsibility to stand with all communities across Northwest Indiana.
Congressman Mrvan speaks to members of the Agriculture Advisory Council.
Crown Point, IN – Yesterday, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan convened the first meeting of his Agriculture Advisory Council for Indiana’s First Congressional District.
Two Gary projects, including the demolition of an elementary school that’s been closed for 17 years, were included in U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan’s Transportation and Housing Community Project Funding requests approved Thursday by the U.S. House.
The measure moves next to the U.S. Senate for consideration and then to President Trump’s desk, if it’s passed.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on Thursday, announced that it has agreed to commit more than $200 million to clean up two sites in the Grand Calumet River area of concern.
The EPA will be joined by Atlantic Richfield Company, BP Products North America and the East Chicago Waterway Management District, according to a news release. The organizations will clean up contaminated sediments at Lake George Canal and Junction Reaches project areas in Northwest Indiana.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced the inclusion of his Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Community Project Funding requests for Indiana’s First Congressional District for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 in the final House-approved appropriations measure. The measure is now expected to be approved by the Senate and signed into law by the President in the coming days.
Congressmen, steel company CEOs, union leaders and others in the steel industry outlined threats they believe the steel industry continues to face at the Congressional Steel Caucus's State of the Steel Industry hearing in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
Industry leaders and politicians from both parties discussed the importance of maintaining tariffs and other trade protections amid a global glut of steelmaking overcapacity.
In northwest Indiana, Indiana U.S. Representative Frank J. Mrvan on Friday January 9, 2026, announced the inclusion of his law enforcement Community Project Funding requests for Indiana’s First Congressional District for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 in the final House-approved appropriations measure. They include police departments across Lake, Porter, and La Porte counties.
Federal spending legislation overwhelmingly approved by the U.S. House on Thursday includes more than $4.5 million to help police departments in Lake, Porter and northwest LaPorte counties upgrade their radios or make other needed technology improvements.
The federal funds, which must still be authorized by the Senate and the president, are the full amount requested by U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, through the Community Project Funding program, more commonly known as earmarks.
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, including representatives from the United Steelworkers, Cleveland Cliffs, and U.S. Steel.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, was one of just two Indiana congressmen to vote in favor of reinstating expired health insurance subsidies for Hoosiers who purchase health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.
An unusual coalition of 213 House Democrats and 17 Republicans, none from Indiana, advanced the measure through the U.S. House on Thursday — notwithstanding the opposition of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana.