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As of April 1, representatives of veterans organizations can order headstones or markers as long as efforts have been made to consult the next of kin. The rule was changed in large part because of a bill introduced in 2013 by Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Upper Arlington. Stivers’ bill — co-sponsored by Reps. Pat Tiberi, R-Genoa Township, and Joyce Beatty, D-Jefferson Township — sought to change the regulation if the VA failed to act.

Reps. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) launched a new Congressional Voting Rights Caucus on May 25 to address what they described as an immediate need to overcome the barriers that minority communities face when exercising their right to vote.

The nation will mark its 45th official Memorial Day on Monday; the day was established as a federal holiday in 1971. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives paused to reflect on Memorial Day before heading off for a week-long recess.

Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX-02), along with Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY-12), Ann Wagner (R-MO-02), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03), held a joint press conference May 25 to call on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fully implement the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (JVTA) of 2015.

Beatty co-hosted, with Congressman Steve Stivers (OH-15) and Congressman Pat Tiberi (OH-12), the annual Congressional Art Competition at the Columbus Museum of Art. The event was featured in May on WOSU's Broad & High.