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(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Senate’s phase 3 coronavirus emergency relief package, known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act): “These unprecedented times call for a unified front by the federal government… Read more »

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(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting in support of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R. 6074), a $7.8 billion emergency supplemental appropriation plus an additional $500 million for telehealth services: “I am encouraged… Read more »

With the CDC saying Tuesday that it’s not if but when COVID-19 becomes more widespread in the U.S., now is not the time to cut the budgets of programs and agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). That message was repeated throughout a hearing Wednesday, Feb. 26, in which the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health quizzed HHS Secretary Alex Azar on both the… Read more »

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar corrected the record when a lawmaker misrepresented what President Donald Trump has said about the coronavirus at a House hearing on Wednesday. “All of you know the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency and our administration now has declared it a public health emergency,” Congresswoman… Read more »

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-- New ideas are being suggested to help mothers get healthy and stay healthy after giving birth. Federal and state lawmakers from both parties met Friday to discuss ways to lower Indiana’s maternal and infant death rates. “Anything is better than what we have now,” said Dr. Jeff Reinhardt, an OBGYN at IU Health University Hospital. Reinhardt doesn't think U.S.… Read more »

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting against House Democrats’ resolution intended for campaign messaging; Removing the deadline for ratification of the equal rights amendment (H.J.Res 79): “As a husband, and the father of two daughters, I understand the… Read more »

INDIANAPOLIS - This week, Indiana lawmakers are reacting to a consequential week in politics, after President Trump was acquitted by the Senate to end the impeachment trial that dominated the conversation in Washington in recent weeks. Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told reporters he was ready to move on, and disagreed with those like Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) who felt the President should have… Read more »

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 (PRO Act) (H.R.2474): “I grew up in a union household so I understand the important role unions can play in representing the rights of American workers. However,… Read more »