Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) introduced legislation on Friday that would allow individuals to use health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts to pay for storage of blood from umbilical cords, which contains a high concentration of rich stem cells. Stem Read more…

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) introduced a bill on Monday that would prohibit in-flight telephone calls on commercial flights. Shuster’s legislation, the Prohibiting In-Flight Voice Communications on Mobile Wireless Devices Act of 2013, comes on Read more…

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) introduced the Kilah Davenport Child Protection act of 2013 on Monday, which would require the Department of Justice to issue a report on penalties handed down in child abuse cases in each state. The bill, named Read more…

Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) was recently chosen to lead a congressional delegation to South Africa to celebrate the life of former President Nelson Mandela and attend his funeral. “I have always had great respect for former president Mandela,” Schock said. Read more…

Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into a recent FDA cyber breach and requested a review of cyber security at Department of Health and Human Services agencies on Monday. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Read more…

House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Member Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) introduced a bipartisan bill on Friday to reduce “spoofing,” a scam in which fraudulent phone calls and text messages appear on caller ID screens under fake names and numbers. “Increasingly, Read more…

House Judiciary Committee Member Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) applauded the House of Representative’s passage of the bipartisan Innovation Act on Thursday and said the measure would curb harmful patent litigation filed by “patent trolls” and promote innovation. The Innovation Act Read more…

House Science, Space and Technology Committee members raised concerns on Friday that the EPA’s public outreach on new greenhouse gas regulations for existing power plants lacked transparency. The committee members said in a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy that Read more…

Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) announced on Friday that he would introduce legislation that prohibits bonuses and wage increases for executives of state healthcare exchanges amid reports that one CEO received a raise despite low enrollment numbers. “While hundreds of thousands Read more…

Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) called for the Department of Veteran Affairs to extend the Access Received Closer to Home pilot program for veterans who live in rural areas on Friday. Collins coauthored a Read more…