Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.) released the following statement on President Biden’s recent announcement forcing all employers with more than 100 workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or receive a weekly test. “Yesterday’s decision by President Biden to mandate vaccinations for roughly 100 million Americans is an overreach of federal power and… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Larry Bucshon (R-IN) joined Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) and 156 cosponsors, in introducing legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan last week.    The legislation would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover,… Read more »

  Bucshon Holds First Healthy Future Task Force Subcommittee Meeting for Doctor/Patient Relationships   WASHINGTON– Today, Chair of the Healthy Future Task Force Subcommittee on Doctor/Patient Relationships, Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.-08), held the first virtual panel for… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Republican members of Indiana’s Congressional House Delegation released the following joint statement regarding the terrorist attacks carried out on American troops outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.   “Yesterday’s events that unfolded in Afghanistan were devastating to watch. Under President Biden’s leadership, we have now seen the deadliest day… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.) issued the following statement regarding the terrorist attacks at the Kabul airport.    “Today’s attacks on the Kabul airport are an egregious act of violence. My heart breaks for all the Americans and Afghans who lost their lives or were injured at the hands of terrorists, and my deepest… Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Larry Bucshon M.D. (R-Ind.-08) and Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Calif.-36) announced the introduction of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve access to and diversity in clinical drug and treatment trials. The Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for Everyone Trials Act (DIVERSE Trials Act) would allow the U.S. Department… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.) issued the following statement after voting against H. Res. 601, which deems the Fiscal Year 2022 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 14) passed out of the House of Representatives using a procedural gimmick.   On House Democrats’ Deem and Pass Procedural Gimmick:   “After President Biden and Speaker Pelosi let socialist… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.) issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), granting full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.   “The FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates what we have long known – these vaccines are safe, effective,… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement in response to the Senate’s recent passage of a fiscally irresponsible budget that has paved the way for the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending blowout.  “Washington’s spending is out of control. We are currently amidst some of the worst inflation rates in recent memory and the… Read more »

FORT BRANCH – Congressman Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) will be hosting Service Academy Day with Senators Todd Young and Mike Braun for students interested in learning more about admission to one of the five Military Service Academies. The program will take place on August 21 from 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CT.   Representatives from the United States Military Academy, the… Read more »