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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 patients and doctors,” Rep. Burgess said. “The proposed rule allows… Read more »

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Wheeler spent the day in Indianapolis speaking to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Indiana Environmental Conference, closing a $436 million Water Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan with Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA),… Read more »

Hearing about future plans for expanding internet service in rural areas of Indiana was part of the tour Tuesday for U.S. Rep. Larry Bucschon during a visit to Joink LLC in Terre Haute. Bucshon, R-Newburgh, serves on the  House Committee of Energy and Commerce and the subcommittee on Digital Commerce. Communication… Read more »

While its construction is slated to take 18 to 21 months, a new downtown Terre Haute Convention Center has “endless possibilities” to attract people to the city, said David Patterson, executive director of the Terre Haute Convention & Visitors Bureau. “We are only limited by our collective creativity,” Patterson said. “There are… Read more »

During the past few weeks a consumer product has gone from vaguely unhealthful and annoying to a danger so intense that it needs immediate remedies from congress and the white house. Recent studies have shown that vaping or e-cigarettes are not as innocuous as the public might have been led to believe. The vape shops sprung up as a… Read more »

“Part of the problem with e-cigarettes is that there is a big unknown with that,” Dr. David Ryon, of Deaconess Pulmonary & Critical Care said. The federal government says e-cigarettes pose a dangerous risk – with more reported illnesses and deaths announced every day. Right now the CDC says 530 confirmed or probable cases of lung… 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 FDA-approved biological medical product. “As new biological and biosimilar… Read more »

Is the vape crackdown really necessary or is it just big government? We asked Republican Rep. Larry Bucshon, who is an advocate for small government and also a physician. Bucshon explained: At this point we need to try to address the access for kids, the flavors are the problem and so it is controversial. Look I’m a… Read more »

Be-N-Ag Family Farm in southeast Vigo County hosted a Taiwanese agricultural trade delegation on Sunday for a tour of the farm’s operation. State Sen. Jon Ford, R-Terre Haute, and U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Newburgh, joined members of the Be-N-Ag operation to give the delegation a first-hand look at how the Indiana agricultural… Read more »

The Dubois County Airport Authority will receive a $5.97 million grant. The money will go towards a runway extension project at the Huntingburg Regional Airport. The grant was awarded by the Department of Transportation under the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century. Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D.… Read more »