To address the nation’s lack of new drug development, U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Mike Carey (R-OH) on Feb. 4 proposed a bipartisan bill to develop better antibiotics that would counter resistant infections and help doctors ensure these drugs Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) on Feb. 2 proposed legislation that would authorize the President of the United States to impose numerous sanctions on any foreign person or entity that hinders, obstructs, or delays Lebanon’s electoral process. The congressman cosponsored Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) on Feb. 5 sponsored legislation to help farmers seeking to transition to organic agriculture by establishing a voluntary test-out option for the organic three-year transition period. “Farmers looking to move to organic production are often Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Feb. 5 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would recognize accounting as a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) profession to help bolster workforce development in accounting and auditing, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics Read more…
United States military veterans would have expanded access to lifesaving breast cancer screenings through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under a bipartisan bill offered on Feb. 5 by U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA). Read more…
Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests has been signed into law by the president as part of a larger legislative package. The Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Read more…
A bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) to allow disabled individuals who are working to buy into Medicaid became law on Feb. 3 as part of a larger appropriations package enacted by the president. “House passage of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) applauded enactment Feb. 3 of a bipartisan bill he sponsored to expand Medicare coverage and remove barriers that prevent senior citizens from receiving life-saving infusion therapy at home. The Joe Fiandra Access to Home Infusion Read more…
A bipartisan bill recently introduced by U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) would require a federal study on the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) technology on the security of America’s telecommunications networks. The AI for Secure Networks Act, H.R. 7294, which Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 4 voted 224-195 to advance legislation led by U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) to establish the United States as the top global producer of critical and rare earth minerals and reduce the nation’s Read more…