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Baird leads Indiana delegation in promoting Hoosier Farm Bill priorities

By West Indy News Report | Jun 17, 2023

On June 13, 2023, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Biotechnology, and Research Chairman Jim Baird led his Hoosier House colleagues in highlighting several bipartisan Hoosier priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill.

Baird Votes to Stop Biden Administration Gun Confiscation and Registration Scheme

By West Indy News Report | Jun 16, 2023

On June 13, 2023, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) voted to overturn a Biden Administration rule put forward by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that would reclassify firearms with a stabilizing brace as short-barreled rifles to require special registration or else be surrendered, destroyed, or confiscated with severe criminal penalties for otherwise law-abiding Americans.

Baird votes to avoid default on national debt

By West Indy News Report | Jun 5, 2023

On May 31, 2023, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) released the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan debt ceiling solution:

Baird Leads Effort to Address TSP Shortages and Roadblocks

By West Indy News Report | May 5, 2023

On May 3, 2023 , Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Chairman, Jim Baird (IN-04), Ranking Member Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), and Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Michael Bennet (D- CO) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Increased TSP Access Act of 2023 to address Technical Service Provider (TSP) shortages.