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Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) introduced the No ICE Ads Act, legislation that would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from obligating or expending funds to produce, purchase, distribute, or broadcast television advertisements intended to promote U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), recruit ICE personnel, or enhance ICE’s public image or branding.

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representatives Wesley Bell (D-Mo.), Deborah Ross (D-N.C.), Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), and Mark Messmer (R-Ind.) introduced the bipartisan Defense Technology Hubs Act of 2026, directing the Department of Defense to create a nationwide network of regional hubs focused on accelerating emerging defense technologies. 

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) introduced the Home Energy Relief Act, legislation aimed at lowering home energy costs for St. Louis families. The bill makes targeted, common-sense improvements to existing federal home energy rebate programs so working families, renters, and owners of older homes can actually use them.

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright urging the agency to take a leadership role in resolving the decades-long cleanup of radioactive contamination at the West Lake Landfill.

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) led four of his colleagues in sending a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging the administration to present a real plan to address the rising cost of living facing families across the country. The lawmakers warned that working people are being forced into impossible choices while the administration continues to pursue policies that worsen household expenses. 

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) voted YES on the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. The bipartisan legislation specifies the annual budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense and included critical investment in the St. Louis defense workforce, a 3.8% raise for servicemembers, support for our allies abroad, and much needed oversight to hold Secretary of Defense Hegseth accountable.

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representatives Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) and Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.) introduced the Food Assurance and Security Act, legislation that reinstates and protects the federal government’s annual reporting on hunger and food insecurity in the United States. The bill requires the U.S.

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representatives Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) and Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) along with U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J) introduced the Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act, legislation that gives workers and consumers the ability to take race discrimination claims to court rather than being pushed into private arbitration proceedings.