In the News

Speech to Text for Wabash Valley federal employee pushes lawmakers to strike deal in D.C. Below is the closed-captioning text associated with this video. Since this uses automated speech to text spelling and grammar may not be accurate. national emergency declaration. federal workers right here in the wabash valley are reacting to… Read more »

The new appropriations bill signed by President Donald Trump includes a major designation for one of Indiana's most popular attractions. The bill includes a provision that officially turns the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore into the state's first national park. The area in Porter County is now known as Indiana Dunes… Read more »

I believe we can all agree that federal government shutdowns are unnecessary and bad. That said, the recent one-sided and partisan editorial in the Tribstar deserves a response. I visited the southern border near McAllen and Brownsville, Texas, and was briefed by law enforcement and national security experts. In addition, members of… Read more »

Hockey came to Capitol Hill Wednesday morning with the 2019 Hockey Day on the Hill. The bipartisan Congressional Hockey Caucus held a congressional briefing in conjunction with the NHL to discuss how hockey is growing its impact through a connection to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education in schools. The… Read more »

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Tom Emmer (6th District of Minnesota) (Courtesy of the Congressional Western Caucus) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, members of the Western Caucus released statements of support for David Bernhardt’s nomination for Secretary of the Department of the Interior: Chairman Paul… Read more »

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Larry Bucshon MD (R-Ind) Dr. Bucshon’s Response to President Trumps State of the Union 2019 Washington, February 5, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) responded to President Trump’s State of the Union, applauding a year of… Read more »

A House hearing Wednesday that was supposed to be about the possible effect of the district court case in Texas on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) degenerated into a heated discussion about whether the committee should be discussing the case at all. "I am glad that we are holding our first hearing of the year ... It's unfortunate… Read more »

Area federal lawmakers from Indiana and Kentucky, all of whom are Republicans, lauded President Donald Trump’s State of the Union message, delivered Tuesday night at the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Larry Bucshon, of Indiana’s 8th District, posted a video and several tweets praising Trump’s performance on the economy and his call for… Read more »

Congressman Larry Bucshon (R-IN) said he thought President Donald Trump's speech was aspirational. "I thought it was a very positive speech," Bucshon said. Even though Bucshon said the president stood firm on his beliefs, Bucshon said, "I think he really had a conciliatory tone to try to get bipartisan support and get some… Read more »

Since FDA announced in late 2016 that it would not finalize its laboratory developed test (LDT) guidances, it has become clear that any change to the LDT regulatory framework (at least during this administration) would need to come through a statutory change.  The first such proposal came in early 2017 with the release of the… Read more »