Bucshon introduced the Opioid Screening and Chronic Pain Management Alternatives for Seniors Act (HR 5798) to update the Welcome to Medicare Initial Assessment to require a physician to screen for opioid use, the potential for abuse, provide information on non-opioid alternatives, and to provide a referral if needed to a pain specialist physician or qualified non-physician practitioner. Read more »
Indiana District 8 Congressman Larry Bucshon said this is an important skill for students to have after graduating.
“The future workforce is right here, in this gym, in Loogootee,” Bucshon said. “The tech industry and others need people. There are literally tens of thousands of job opportunities across the country and these are interesting things.”
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"Before you know it, these kids will be in college," said Bucshon, "and they have to make decisions about what they're going to study, and we need more people in stem fields." Read more »
Indiana 8th District Congressman Larry Bucshon was also in attendance and echoed what the company had to say about the importance of computer science.
"Before you know it, these kids will be in college," said Bucshon, "and they have to make decisions about what they're going to study, and we need more people in stem fields."
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Bucshon said all of Indiana’s coal mines and most of the state’s coal-fired electric generating plants are in his district and that 39 coal-fired plants already had retired in the state. “I’m concerned that if we don’t act soon, more coal plants will continue to retire prematurely, leaving my constituents and my state without reliable energy and many at risk of losing their jobs,” he said. Read more »
Bucshon said all of Indiana’s coal mines and most of the state’s coal-fired electric generating plants are in his district and that 39 coal-fired plants already had retired in the state. “I’m concerned that if we don’t act soon, more coal plants will continue to retire prematurely, leaving my constituents and my state without reliable energy and many at risk of losing their jobs,” he said. Read more »
“This legislation will help ease some of the financial burdens placed on these plants, and as a result, it will help preserve our energy security.” Read more »
S. 2677 is the Senate version of the House of Representatives measure, H.R. 5270, introduced on March 14 by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN), who was joined by cosponsors including U.S. Reps. Andy Barr (R-KY), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), and Steve Stivers (R-OH). Read more »
Congressman Bucshon supports the President’s response to the deadly chemical weapons attack by Assad in Syria that killed innocent men, women and children. With our allies Great Britain and France, the U.S. will make it clear the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated. Read more »
As vice chairman and ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, we were joined by committee members Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Larry Bucshon
, M.D. (R-Ind.). This bipartisan legislation would authorize the secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to establish comprehensive treatment centers around the country. These centers would be required to offer a full continuum of FDA-approved and evidence-based treatment services, starting with intake evaluations and ending with job training and placement assistance. Read more »
