The new authority granted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement government price controls over prescription drugs will lead to less cures, higher drug launch prices, and expanded reliance on China’s drug development and manufacturing Read more…
U.S. Reps. David Valadao (R-CA) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) have expressed concerns about a federal moratorium on energy development made between the State of California and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). “This poor decision comes at a time when Read more…
Federal funding of $25 million authorized by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will allow West Virginia to remedy 160 orphaned oil and gas wells, said U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Aug. 26. “When we crafted Read more…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) last week welcomed news from the U.S. State Department that it is establishing an Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic Region to advance United States policy. The Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic Region also will engage with counterparts Read more…
U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) on Aug. 26 signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries who need intensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation may receive the right therapies in the right setting. The Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) recently proposed legislation to create a new U.S. Department of Justice grant program that would reallocate $500 million in funding over five years to states, which would provide subgrants to local K-12 schools and school Read more…
Washington State Republicans U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse continue to rail against a plan by Democrats to breach the four Lower Snake River dams. The lawmakers last week issued separate statements responding to recommendations from Washington State Read more…
U.S. Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), and Ken Calvert (R-CA) earlier this week denounced President Joe Biden’s nearly $300 billion student loan forgiveness plan as unfair to everyday Americans and inflationary. “President Biden’s federal student loan cancellation plan Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who co-wrote the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), on Aug. 24 met with leaders in the construction industry and related trades on the opportunities for Louisiana provided by the new law. “The Read more…
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) on Aug. 24 marked the arrival of all 20 Global Hawk Block 30 aircraft at Grand Sky, the nation’s first unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-specific business and aviation park located at Grand Forks Air Force Base Read more…