A bipartisan bill sponsored this week by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) would increase Americans’ access to treatment for opioid use disorder. “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, substance abuse and overdoses have been on the rise,” Rep. Bucshon said, “making getting Read more…
In an effort to help communities fight the nation’s ongoing substance use disorder epidemic, U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide more than $900 million in federal funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Read more…
U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Young Kim (R-CA) on March 28 offered a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention programs that are set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2022. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that aims to address the mental health care crisis facing American children by reauthorizing federal funds for children’s mental and behavioral health programs. “Over the last two years, schools across the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), ranking member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, wants to know if Russia is using digital assets to circumvent sanctions imposed by the United States. “I am concerned with any extent Russia could use Read more…
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues in requesting details from the Biden administration on America’s mission in Ukraine, including what provisions, risk assessments and strategy the United States has provided Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) joined a bipartisan contingent of his colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to support a coalition working to bring hundreds of Ukrainian orphans and their caretakers to the United States. “We must uphold our commitment Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on March 24 signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill that would establish the Mental Health Excellence in Schools Program to increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services Read more…
The bipartisan, bicameral Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, first introduced in November 2021 by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), recently received updates to address a significant challenge facing the cattle industry around the declining number of participants in the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on March 28 cosponsored legislation that would permit National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to retain existing premium rates until the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) implements its new NFIP premium rate structure. The Homeowner Read more…