To improve fisheries management across the country, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) led a bipartisan, bicameral contingent of lawmakers in requesting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) modernize the data used by Read more…
U.S. Reps. August Pfluger (R-TX) and John Joyce (R-PA) on March 22 offered a bipartisan bill that aims to help address the growing mental health crisis among America’s youth. Rep. Pfluger sponsored the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth (EARLY) Read more…
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee during a March 6 markup voted 41-1 to approve a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Carol Miller (R-WV) that would provide access to critical care and affordable oral Read more…
A bipartisan bill offered on Jan. 11 by U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and John Joyce (R-PA) would reauthorize Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC), a federal program that helps seriously ill and injured children by ensuring that regardless of Read more…
Thanks to a law authored by U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Medicare Part B coverage is now available for doctor-prescribed compression garments to treat lymphedema, which is chronic swelling caused by a buildup of fluid that occurs when the lymphatic Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bob Latta (R-OH), Buddy Carter (R-GA), and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) recently led 22 of their Republican colleagues in raising “deep concerns” over the rise of terrorist and antisemitic content on TikTok following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist Read more…
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) on Oct. 26 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would help flood victims by extending the waiver of duplicate benefits limitation for certain payments to individuals in the event of a major disaster. “The federal government Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), chair of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, led 25 of her Republican committee colleagues in questioning the Ford Motor Company’s partnership with a Chinese company. Earlier this year, Ford announced it would Read more…
To prevent more Americans from losing their Medicaid coverage, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) has introduced legislation to help reduce staffing shortages at state Medicaid agencies. “I’ve heard from Georgians who are concerned that their family will lose access to Read more…
Federally proposed speed restrictions for boats ranging in length from 35 feet to 65 feet won’t help save North American right whales, say U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Nancy Mace (R-SC). “We all want to protect the right whale Read more…
U.S. Reps. Kay Granger (R-TX) and Mike Bost (R-IL) on Wednesday led the introduction of comprehensive GOP legislation that would federally fund military construction, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sept. Read more…
U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined 41 of their Republican colleagues in the Senate, in addition to almost 130 GOP members in the U.S. House of Representatives, in filing amicus briefs on Friday with the Supreme Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Jan. 24 joined nearly two dozen of their GOP colleagues to offer legislation that would combat the ongoing rise in overdose deaths across the nation caused by fentanyl and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) recently launched a legislative pushback against a controversial proposed rulemaking underway by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Rep. Bice on Jan. 12 sponsored the Stop Environmental Calculations Act of 2023, H.R. 317, with three Read more…
Executive Branch budget deadlines would be enforced under two new pieces of legislation introduced on Oct. 18 by U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Tom Emmer (R-MN). “Without an enforcement mechanism in place, budget deadlines are mere suggestions,” Rep. Carter Read more…
A bipartisan resolution recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) expresses support for recognizing October 2022 as National Dyslexia Awareness Month. “As a father of a child with dyslexia, I know just how imperative it is to detect and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) on Sept. 19 joined a bipartisan contingent of 50 lawmakers to unveil legislation that honors the late Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN) by reauthorizing a federal home visiting program for mothers and their children. “I’m proud Read more…
Dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients would gain access to non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) under a bipartisan bill sponsored on Sept. 15 by U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA). Currently, Medicare beneficiaries must obtain prior authorization before accessing ambulance rides to dialysis Read more…
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on July 13 approved a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) that would expand Medicare coverage to include compression treatment items for lymphedema, which the National Cancer Institute defines as Read more…
Democrats recently blocked an amendment offered on Sept. 15 by U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) to the U.S. House of Representatives’ $3.5 trillion budget package that aimed to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding gain-of-function research. “The available evidence suggests Read more…
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) on Oct. 1 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would establish an essential strategic stockpile for generic medicines. “This legislation ensures that Americans have a constant stockpile of essential medicines that can be deployed to any Read more…
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) on March 23 announced that he successfully worked with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to permit compounding pharmacies to produce over-the-counter hand sanitizers that will help meet increased demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more…
U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), and Ron Estes (R-KS) on Jan. 9 voted against the House Democrat’s non-binding war powers resolution, which they claim chastises the president for killing an Iranian terrorist. “President Trump acted within his Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) to establish a state grant program that would help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, including the installation of alarms. “I’m very glad that this Read more…
Following the shooting last week of six on-duty Philadelphia police officers, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) urged Congress to pass his bill bolstering penalties against the perpetrators. “Police officers and first responders put their lives on the line every single Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on May 14 introduced a bill to incentivize low-cost drug options and generic competition. Rep. Burgess is the sponsor of the Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and Other Public Health Priorities Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) last week led 10 of his colleagues in urging leaders in Congress to quickly approve supplemental appropriations and end inaction on nationwide disaster funding that’s adversely affecting local economies. “Americans impacted by last year’s natural Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) received U.S. Senate approval earlier this week to update policies on recreational fishing. “Passage of the ‘Modern Fish Act’ will boost our conservation efforts and benefit the local economies that Read more…
Recent congressional action advanced two related bipartisan, bicameral bills from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) that would ban gag clauses, which prohibit pharmacists from informing customers when the cash price for a prescription Read more…
U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), and Michael Burgess (R-TX) on Sept. 7 unveiled the bipartisan Know the Cost Act of 2018, which aims to prohibit gag clauses regarding prescription drug prices. H.R. 6733, lead sponsored by Read more…
U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) led all of the Georgia members serving in the U.S. House of Representatives in supporting Spaceport Camden Georgia being developed by a public-private partnership as the nation’s commercial space center. “We write in support Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) has been named chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “I’m humbled and honored my colleagues have placed their faith in me Read more…
Alarmed by a recent newspaper article, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) is going through federal congressional channels to determine if the Miami VA Medical Center is properly following HIV testing policy and complying with related procedures. “We are appalled by Read more…
After the Pentagon said it would waive efforts to recover bonus payments from enlisted soldiers, members of California’s congressional delegation are fighting for a permanent end to the collection efforts. Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently announced the Pentagon would suspend Read more…
U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Mark Kirk (R-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) welcomed news that the Pentagon would halt recovery of enlistment bonuses, and they pushed for long-term solutions to prevent the repayments from happening again. Defense Secretary Ash Carter Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) on Friday would take steps to promote collaborative efforts that set at-risk juveniles on a path toward long-term success. The Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act, H.R. 5963, would reauthorize Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, joined two other lawmakers on Monday in asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to examine the implementation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). Read more…
Alongside several fellow House Armed Services Committee members, U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) this week demanded a briefing of the Department of Defense’s efforts to bolster the U.S. military’s readiness in the Middle East given recent troubling actions by Iran. Read more…
David Winston, a strategic adviser to the Senate and House Republican leadership and former director of planning for ex-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, recently published an op-ed in the Ripon Society Newsletter, detailing the role that Republican legislators should Read more…
A forthcoming natural gas-fueled power plant in Pennsylvania is expected to generate enough energy to fuel one million homes and add $5.85 billion to the local economy within its first decade of operation. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett joined Panda Power Read more…