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Washington, DC – Rep. Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-01) and Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) recently reintroduced H.R.3359, the Veterans’ Security and Pay Transparency Act.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Frank J. Mrvan announced the rescheduled Community Conversations that will be held throughout Indiana’s First Congressional District on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
As the future of the Northwest Indiana hydrogen hub project hangs in the balance, U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, questioned the energy secretary about its next steps.
Mrvan asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright Wednesday in a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development hearing about the criteria for review and status of the Northwest hydrogen hub project.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, and U.S. Sen Jim Banks, R-Indiana, are lobbying for a massive hydrogen hub that is expected to be one of the largest construction projects in Region history if it goes forward, bringing billions of dollars in investment and employing more than 16,000 construction workers for years.
U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, and Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, have sent a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury, asking for the nation’s owned and operated steel industry to be preserved.
“We write to express our belief that a strong, domestically owned and operated American steel industry is vital to our national security,” said the letter to Secretary Scott Bessent. “If American steel production does not remain robust in peacetime, we risk unreliable supplies of critical steel products to the military in wartime.”
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is now taking a second look at Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. It has been a protracted saga that has resulted in big promises, barbed threats, extensive litigation and bipartisan political opposition.
Washington, DC – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Representative Frank Mrvan (IN-01) sent a bipartisan letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging the Department to consider national security when reviewing foreign takeovers of U.S. steel companies. They warned that foreign control puts our defense and supply chains at risk and stressed the need to keep American steel strong. They also backed President Trump’s push to rebuild the U.S. steel industry and stop unfair trade practices.
Washington, D.C – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Representative Frank Mrvan (IN-01) sent a bipartisan letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright urging the Trump administration to prioritize Northwest Indiana as a regional Hydrogen Hub. They highlighted the region’s unmatched manufacturing strength, existing energy infrastructure, and readiness to lead in blue hydrogen production using natural gas and carbon capture. The lawmakers argued that investing in Indiana’s hydrogen project would support President Trump’s push for American energy dominance,
United Steelworkers Local 1010, which represents steelworkers at the Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor Works in East Chicago, lost 10 members since President James Thomas was hired on in 1999.
"Those were 10 members who walked through those gates just like all of us do," Thomas said at a Workers Memorial Day ceremony at USW Local 1010 in Hammond's Hessville neighborhood Monday. "Those were 10 people who had families and goals, dreams and plans for the weekend who tragically were never able to walk back out."
Lake Station and federal officials marked the completion of a $1.8 million sewage lift station replacement on Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along with city officials joined together to celebrate the completion of the Crossroads Lift Station, at 1398 Ripley St., that will add pumping capacity to the Lake Station Sanitary District during heavy rain events.