U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) led a bipartisan letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that called for the agency to provide regulatory certainty to encourage investment in critical natural gas projects. FERC is currently considering changes to its Read more…
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…
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) recently led a dozen of his GOP colleagues in requesting that the Biden administration help ensure risks are reduced by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) final guidance that addresses bacterial contamination in platelet transfusions. In Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) on March 1 sponsored legislation that would prohibit imports to the United States of crude oil and petroleum products from the Russian Federation. Rep. Latta introduced the Powering America through Domestic Energy (PADE) Act, H.R. Read more…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted outside its congressionally authorized authority by issuing overreaching rules that attempt to transform the nation’s power sector through emissions regulations under the Clean Air Act, according to an amicus curiae brief filed in Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on Nov. 18 introduced the bipartisan Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, which would extend the 2021 Medicare physician payment adjustment of 3.75 percent for an additional year. H.R. 6020, which is sponsored by U.S. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) helped lead a bipartisan contingent of more than 150 congressional members in requesting that the Biden administration amend an interim final rule (IFR) on surprise billing so that it aligns with established law. Specifically, the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) helped lead 25 Republican members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee in voicing “serious concerns” to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about rapidly rising energy prices and their negative impact on the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) helped lead a bipartisan contingent of more than 245 members of Congress calling on leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives to address forthcoming Medicare payment cuts to healthcare providers. “As Congress begins the complex Read more…
Patients would receive accurate healthcare information under a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) that would prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising regarding the provision of healthcare services. “As a practicing physician for more than 15 years, I Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) joined several colleagues to introduce a bipartisan bill that would limit the liability of healthcare professionals who volunteer to provide healthcare services in response to a disaster. “After disasters like Hurricane Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) recently introduced a bipartisan bill to improve diversity in clinical trials and data collection for COVID–19 and future public health threats. “As a doctor, I know firsthand how critical it is to have the most Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), as well as U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Todd Young (R-IN), would offer support services to students with disabilities who are transitioning from high Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on July 9 cosponsored bipartisan legislation to improve both maternal health and obstetric care in rural areas. “I applaud this bipartisan legislation, which will benefit patients and communities that are currently struggling by providing them Read more…
U.S. Reps. Young Kim (R-CA) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on June 29 introduced a bipartisan bill to support and provide mental health resources for new mothers by increasing prevention, screening, diagnosis, intervention, treatment, and access to care for maternal mental Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on June 24 introduced the Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act, which would modernize the review process for diagnostic testing and better protect patients. While the use of Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation recently introduced by U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) would increase the number of doctors working in underserved and rural areas across America. The Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, H.R. 4014, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) led several of his Republican colleagues from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee in proposing the SELF DRIVE Act in order to advance the deployment of autonomous vehicles. Rep. Latta on June 4 sponsored Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) this week announced legislation that would require the U.S. Transportation Secretary to conduct a study evaluating the ability of crash avoidance systems to detect and classify pedestrians, bicyclists and other road users by skin tone. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on March 3 sponsored legislation to modernize America’s hydropower licensing process and to promote next-generation hydropower projects. “In order to address climate change, we must prioritize the continued development of hydropower resources and promote Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) is leading seven Republican colleagues in proposing legislation to ensure the availability of uranium in America and to support the nation’s strategic fuel cycle capabilities. “The United States has fallen behind in the competitive development Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on Feb. 3 unveiled a bipartisan bill to increase COVID-19 testing capacity at laboratories across the United States. “Until COVID-19 vaccines are widely distributed, and enough Americans have been vaccinated to achieve herd immunity, the Read more…
To bolster and quicken the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine rollout, as well as similar responses to future public health emergencies, U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) last week introduced a bipartisan bill that would amend the Public Health Service Act to upgrade Read more…
America’s physicians responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and facing scheduled Medicare payment cuts next year would receive federal relief under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN). “Doctors are the heroes keeping our families safe during these Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Aug. 28 proposed a bipartisan bill that would establish and maintain the United States as a leader in emerging technologies. Rep. McMorris Rodgers sponsored the American Competitiveness on More Productive Emerging Tech Economy Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Republican leaders this week expressed support for the 5G Upgrade Order, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider during its open meeting on June 9. “During these unprecedented times, connectivity has remained Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) introduced two bipartisan bills to improve America’s diagnostic testing capabilities. “These bills will provide much-needed funding to hospitals, physicians and public health labs to acquire diagnostic testing platforms with a rapid turn-around time, as well Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) led almost 60 Republican members in urging the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to implement additional reforms that would expedite the royalty relief process for the U.S. energy sector and help protect Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and 33 of his Republican colleagues urged U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to consider providing federal funds to nursing homes, skilled nursing centers, senior living communities, independent living, assisted living, memory Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on May 19 sponsored legislation that would require the U.S. Commerce Secretary to conduct a study on new and advanced materials, which are specifically used in America’s manufacturing, research and national defense sectors. “As technology Read more…
America’s physicians need immediate access to the $100 billion in federal funds provided to them under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to remain operational, U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) said. “Doctors across the country are doing Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on March 5 introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would federally regulate in vitro clinical tests (IVCTs). Rep. Bucshon is the lead original cosponsor of the Verifying Accurate, Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2020, H.R. Read more…
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN) this week underscored that bipartisan and bicameral collaboration was needed to pass legislation that promotes the autonomous vehicle industry, or else the United States risked falling behind. The lawmakers discussed the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-MI) on Jan. 27 unveiled a resolution that expressed support for the designation of the week of Jan. 26 through Feb. 1, 2020 as National School Choice Week. “It is important we continue to work together Read more…
U.S. Reps. Frank Lucas (R-OK), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), and Steve Womack (R-AR) praised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army for replacing the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule with one that ends federal 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 Monday approved a bipartisan cyberthreat-fighting bill offered by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and on Tuesday sent the bill to the U.S. Senate for action. “Today, bad actors from around the world target Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on Nov. 20 introduced bipartisan legislation to end cost-sharing for prostate cancer screenings for certain at-risk Americans. “Modern medicine is providing Americans the chance to live longer and healthier lives, including men diagnosed with prostate Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on Nov. 15 introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish the Recycling Infrastructure Program within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Today, our nation is facing a recycling crisis due to inadequate infrastructure and the inability Read more…
A bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act of 2006 on Nov. 14 received voice vote approval by the U.S. Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) and U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), ranking member of the committee’s health subcommittee, on Nov. 13 applauded subcommittee approval of several bipartisan bills aimed at bolstering the health of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) last week introduced two new bills that are designed to tackle the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis. “We’re going to have to attack this crisis from all sides. That’s why I’m introducing two more pieces of Read more…
New bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) is among a package of 12 bills that Congress could consider to further the nation’s efforts in fighting the opioid crisis, according to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. Read more…
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR), Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Larry Bucshon (R-IN), all members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, recently requested that committee leaders schedule a follow-up legislative hearing on maternal mortality and morbidity in the United Read more…
U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and Michael Burgess (R-TX), who are both certified medical doctors, recently applauded proposed changes by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to update safe harbor regulations. “This announcement is great news for Read more…
U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and Ami Bera (D-CA), both physicians, along with 24 Republican colleagues, strongly oppose a provision in the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule that would not include the adjusted values for the revised office/outpatient Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on Sept. 19 offered a bipartisan bill to raise awareness about biosimilars, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says are biological products that are demonstrated to be biosimilar to or interchangeable with an Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that would authorize a total of $30 million each fiscal year from 2020 through 2024 to improve maternal healthcare in America. “As a physician and a father of four, I understand Read more…
President Donald Trump on Aug. 23 signed into law a bipartisan, bicameral bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) in the U.S. House of Representatives to transfer the authority from federal to state control of a bridge connecting Indiana 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…