Katie Britt lauds legislative victories in first seven months of 119th Congress

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August 12, 2025

U.S. Senator Katie Britt is highlighting major legislative wins during her first seven months in the 119th Congress, pointing to progress in border security, infrastructure, family support, and economic development. Soon to be the ranking senator from Alabama, Britt serves on the Senate Judiciary, Appropriations, Banking, and Rules committees.

“Each and every day in the Senate, I am fighting diligently for Alabamians. When I began this Congress, I was committed to securing our southern border, growing opportunity and prosperity for hardworking Americans, unleashing American energy dominance, restoring peace through strength, and putting our families back in the driver’s seat,” Britt (R-Montgomery) said.

“While there is certainly more I hope to accomplish in our nation’s capital, I’m proud to have already delivered significant wins from moving the needle on child care accessibility and affordability, to strengthening interior immigration enforcement and supporting our law enforcement officers, to addressing our nation’s housing crisis and slashing bureaucratic red tape to help Alabamians achieve their American Dream.”

Border security leadership

As Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Britt has made securing the southern border and enhancing interior enforcement a top priority.

Her Laken Riley Act, signed into law just nine days into President Trump’s second term, requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal immigrants convicted of certain crimes, including theft, burglary, assault of law enforcement officers, or any offense causing serious injury or death. It also grants states legal standing to challenge federal officials who fail to enforce immigration laws.

Protecting Alabama’s history and institutions

Britt intervened when the Tuskegee Airmen were removed from the U.S. Air Force’s basic training curriculum, leading to their immediate reinstatement.

She also worked to protect the Montgomery Bus Station and Freedom Rides Museum from being listed as non-essential federal properties and secured $60 million for the 1890 Scholars Program, which supports students at historically black land-grant universities, including several in Alabama.

Boosting research and education

Britt pushed for the release of federal NIH research funds and more than $50 million in delayed formula funding for education programs, benefiting Alabama schools and universities.

Investing in Alabama

In recent appropriations bills, Britt secured funding for military installations, farmers, rural communities, and educational institutions, including:

$55 million for Redstone Arsenal
$32 million for Anniston Army Depot
$28.4 million for Fort Rucker
$4 million for Maxwell Air Force Base
$150 million for 1890 institutions

Addressing the housing crisis

On the Senate Banking Committee, Britt advanced bipartisan housing measures, including the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act, the Housing Supply Expansion Act, and the Helping More Families Save Act.

She also introduced the Homeless Children and Youth Act, which would expand the federal definition of homelessness to ensure more youth and families can access support.

Supporting Alabama families

Britt championed updates to child care tax credits in President Trump’s Working Family Tax Cuts legislation, modernizing provisions that had not been adjusted in decades.

To address the mental health impact of social media, she reintroduced the bipartisan Stop the Scroll Act and Kids Off Social Media Act, with the latter advancing from the Senate Commerce Committee.

She also led Senate passage of Lulu’s Law, named for Alabama teen Lulu Gribbin, to include shark attacks among events eligible for wireless emergency alerts.

Infrastructure and waterways

Britt co-authored the bipartisan Water Research Optimization Act of 2025, strengthening Tuscaloosa’s National Water Center. She also secured funding for the Mobile Harbor deepening and widening project, the Selma Bank Stabilization Project, and other inland waterway improvements.

Sherri Blevins is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You may contact her at [email protected].