This Week in Congress
On Monday, President-elect Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. This week, the House voted on legislation that would require the detention of any alien charged in the U.S. with theft (S. 5), measures related to forest management activities on public lands (H.R. 471) and abortion (H.R. 21), along with bills related to shark depredation, the tracking of vegetation management activities on federal lands, the establishment of a new monument in D.C., and the digitization and online publication of federal restrictions on waterways and fishing. Meanwhile, the Senate held confirmation votes, along with voting on an abortion bill