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Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN), and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) last week introduced H.R. 1841, the Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act. This bill would ensure that we have high-quality data on where general surgeons are in short supply around the country, particularly in rural and… Read more »

Addressing the policy debate surrounding America’s energy, environmental and economic future, Rick Perry on Friday declared the United States both a global leader in fossil fuels and an environmental superpower. But first the energy secretary had to explain why his agency granted six authorizations enabling private companies to sell… Read more »

Counting out the coal industry at this point would be equivalent to counting out American ingenuity and innovation, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said at a forum Friday, while others made a case for preserving coal's place in the fuel mix for reliability and national security purposes. "Looking 10 years into the future and saying this… Read more »

While Democrats are pushing for the release of the Russia report, lawmakers on the other side of the aisle, including those from Indiana and Illinois, are ready to move on. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer tried to pass a resolution urging the public release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, but he was blocked by… Read more »

President Trump's budget outline for the 2020 Fiscal Year is proposing a 15 percent cut in funding to the US Department of Agriculture. Local farmer Terry Hayhurst doesn't believe Congress will allow Trump to cut 3.6 billion dollars from the department. "I had the opportunity to be in DC this week, the first part of… Read more »

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding the Trump Administration force the European Union to include agriculture in upcoming trade talks. A group of 114 lawmakers, organized in part by Indiana Republican Jackie Walorski (IN-2), penned a letter this week to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer stating, “an agreement with the… Read more »

The House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s health subcommittee on Wednesday held a hearing to discuss seven bills that help generic drug companies gain access to samples for testing necessary to win generic approval, tweak parts of the 180-day exclusivity that first generic filers can win and make updates to the Orange Book of… Read more »

The Democrat Politician Protection Act will make Americans pay for campaigns they do not support, says Dr. Larry Bucshon, Republican representative from Indiana. He said on the House floor Friday he wholly opposes it. Bucshon says that the Act (H.R.1) is a radical attempt to hijack our free and fair election system and limit the voices… Read more »

Congress should try to make health insurance market rules friendlier to insurance agents and brokers, because agents and brokers are more effective at getting people covered than navigators are, according to J.P. Wieske. Wieske, the vice president of state affairs at the Council for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC), made that case… Read more »

The Democrat Politician Protection Act will make Americans pay for campaigns they do not support, says Dr. Larry Bucshon, Republican representative from Indiana. He said on the House floor Friday he wholly opposes it. “The Democrat Politician Protection Act (H.R. 1) is a radical attempt to hijack our free and fair election system and… Read more »