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Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget released this week. Read more »

Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. released the following statement after the House passed legislation to fund the government. Read more »

This bill makes significant progress on President Trump’s priorities. Read more »

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives approved a bipartisan Medicaid reform bill authored by Congressmen Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN), Peter Welch (D-VT), and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC). H.R. 3716, the Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act, strengthens the Medicaid program and saves taxpayer dollars by ridding the program of bad actors. Specifically, the bill ensures that… Read more »

On Tuesday, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) highlighted a bipartisan Medicaid reform bill authored by Congressmen Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) during the House Republican Leadership press conference.  The bill rids the Medicaid program of fraudulent actors and saves taxpayers an estimated $15 million. “I want to highlight a bill that we are bringing up this week that… Read more »

On Wednesday, the House passed a budget reconciliation package that dismantles ObamaCare and defunds Planned Parenthood. This legislation will reach the President’s desk for the first time ever.  “ObamaCare isn’t living up to the president’s promises and families are worse off because of that failure. Meanwhile, the country’s largest abortion provider… Read more »

On Wednesday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. voted against the Budget Agreement negotiated by Congressional leaders and President Obama. Following his vote, Bucshon released the following statement explaining the agreement failed to follow regular order and was presented to members with little notice: “I was hopeful we could come to an agreement that would tackle… Read more »

Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon released the following statement after voting against the passage of a clean continuing resolution: “The American people want their representatives to make tough decisions, not avoid problems. Unfortunately, what passed the House today ignores the serious challenges facing our nation and delays the conversation until December,” said… Read more »

Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement in response to the President’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2016, which includes $4 trillion in federal spending and would add $8.5 trillion to the debt over the next decade. “Today, the President released a similar laundry list of tax-and-spend policy proposals as he has in previous… Read more »

Congressman Larry Bucshon, a physician from Southern Indiana who was recently selected to serve as a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for the 114th Congress, released the following statement after the House passed the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015.  Dr. Bucshon stated:  “Effective government means taking advantage of… Read more »