The Fraternal Order of Police and the police chiefs' association both oppose H.R. 38 — they say it cancels qualified immunity for officers and leaves permits unverifiable. Evans cosponsored it on January 9, 2025. In Colorado he also pushed to arm teachers.
On July 29 he stood on the Senate floor demanding the House-passed Stop Insider Trading Act pass by unanimous consent. The bill bans buying stock. It requires no one to divest. The senator whose portfolio gained an estimated $8.6 million in a single month would not have to sell anything.
The Big Horn detention center in Hudson would nearly double Colorado's immigrant detention capacity. Evans said he had 'a lot of heartburn' about ICE entering homes without a warrant — then used 23 seconds of his hearing time on it.
His OUTPACE in Space Act tells the FAA to issue a 'blanket waiver' of the reentry rule that protects people on the ground — and to rewrite the rules so rockets can come down over land. He sits on the subcommittee that oversees it. Asked about the timing, his office called the donations 'a separate issue.'
Kansas lost more than 500 USDA employees — about 32% of its workforce, the biggest drop in the region. Schmidt called DOGE's approach 'maturing,' voted to lock in $9.4 billion of its cuts, and is now cosponsoring a bill to stop the offices from closing.
The IGO Anti-Boycott Act extends a law carrying up to 20 years in prison and $1 million in fines to Americans who take part in boycotts called for by bodies like the UN. The ACLU said it plainly reaches protected speech. Republicans killed the vote. AIPAC endorsed it, and pro-Israel PACs led by AIPAC have given Lawler $1.18 million.
Fong's amendment to the House highway bill says rideshare companies 'shall not be liable' for harm caused by their drivers — even if the company ignored red flags in a background check. It passed 35-30 in the middle of the night. Uber's PAC gave him its first-ever donation seven days later.
H.R. 9298 says any pending lawsuit over the criminal misuse of a gun 'shall be immediately dismissed.' It wipes out the accountability laws 11 states passed. And it makes families who sue and lose pay the gun company's lawyers.
Orangetown's planning board unanimously halted a data center expansion near the Lake Tappan reservoir. New York then paused permits statewide. Lawler's response was a Fox Business hit about innovation and China — and he had already voted for a bill that would have banned states from writing AI rules at all.