Her vote passed the $9.4 billion cuts package 214–212. Indiana public media lost $1.3 million a year and cut 18 jobs. DOGE's charter quietly expired on July 4, 2026 without a final report.
Jim Baird has a doctorate, two Purdue degrees, a seat on the Science Committee and a co-chairmanship of the R&D Caucus. Purdue is in his district. When Washington started cancelling research grants, he called it long overdue — and in April 2026 he celebrated the shutdown of the USDA's flagship research center because Purdue picked up a piece of it.
In 2020 the Virginia Senate capped payday and title loan rates at 36%, saving borrowers over $100 million a year. Kiggans was one of 16 no votes — while a fellow Hampton Roads Republican voted yes. Her campaign had taken $17,500 from a group funded by payday lenders.
Her evidence was one bicycle factory in Seymour. A new University of Illinois study says 2025's tariffs cost the average Hoosier household $2,600, cut $2.65 billion from Indiana's economy, and wiped out 9,148 manufacturing jobs.
She chairs the Veterans' Affairs oversight subcommittee. She cheered DOGE from its first meeting and told laid-off federal workers to 'go out and get' other jobs. Only after Politico counted the damage in Virginia Beach did she say she was working to reverse it.
H.R. 5629 would wipe out the 2024 rule letting methadone patients take doses home and start treatment by telehealth. It has zero cosponsors. Addiction medicine groups say it would mean more overdose deaths.
On live radio in May 2026, Kiggans answered a slur rooted in slavery with 'That's right. Ditto. Yes, yes to that.' The NAACP asked for a real apology. She has never given one — only an explanation of what she meant.
The PACT Act gave VA health care to veterans poisoned by burn pits. It passed the House 342–88 with most Republicans in favor. Bentz was one of the 88 — and he'd already voted against a GI Bill fix for the National Guard.
Three days after a Pentagon letter named Camp Atterbury as an immigration detention site, Shreve announced his support. One of Indiana's Republican senators asked the administration for details instead. When 200 constituents came to Shreve's office, they found it closed and put his face on a milk carton.