Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. sent a letter alongside Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., and Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to probe physician workforce shortages and the misallocation of graduate medical education (GME) slots.
I’m glad some members of Congress are finally looking into the harmful effects Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have on patients, especially when it comes to the out-of-pocket costs that come along with many prescription drugs and treatments.
Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted against House Republicans’ partisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) following passage of extreme amendments that restrict women’s access to reproductive health care, target LGBTQ+ service members, and more. Historically, consideration of the NDAA is a bipartisan process that unites members from both parties to support our military and strengthen our national security.
Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives about the epidemic of gun violence and praised the Raleigh Police Department’s gun violence prevention efforts.
Today, Congresswomen Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), Haley Stevens (MI-11), Alma Adams (NC-12), and Nikema Williams (GA-05) introduced a suite of bills: the Clean Slate Through Consolidation Act, Clean Slate Through Repayment Act, and Student Loan Rehabilitation and Credit Score Improvement Act to remove default records from the credit history of federal student loan borrowers who have acted to rectify their defaulted loan.
Some Members of Congress are pushing to change a little-known, but hugely influential airport rule that could seriously impact flights in and out of local and regional airports including the Fayetteville Regional Airport.
Thank you for taking the time to read my most recent updates from Eastern North Carolina and Washington, D.C. As always, it remains a true honor and a privilege to represent you in Congress!
Thank you for taking the time to read my most recent updates from Eastern North Carolina and Washington, D.C. As always, it remains a true honor and a privilege to represent you in Congress!
It’s an often-repeated tale, I admit, but I’m going to repeat it, again: the world’s largest low-rise office building, the Pentagon, was built in 16 months. Can you imagine a project even a tenth the size of the Pentagon being constructed that quickly today?
Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to the North Carolina Congressional Delegation urging Congress to act immediately on a funding package for COVID-19 so that the state can stay ready in the event of a future surge.
If ever there was justification for sudden, expedited, large-scale federal expenditure, the COVID crisis was it. Americans faced a deadly pandemic.
There aren’t many things that bring people from all sides together politically these days. But ending the practice of putting our clocks forward in the spring then backward in the fall is one that enjoys wide, bipartisan agreement.
