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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Wednesday July 28, 2021 ( 3 items )  

Rep. Golden Defeats Big Pharma-Backed Amendment and Protects Madawaska Mill Jobs
WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: After months of advocacy, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) successfully worked to defeat an amendment backed by the pharmaceutical lobby that would have jeopardized hundreds of good-paying Maine jobs. The failure of the amendment means the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will continue to require prescription drug medications to include a paper insert with drug information rather than requiring the informati  more

Sen. Grassley, Colleagues Encourage Biden Administration to Support Safe Importation of Prescription Drugs From Canada
WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Angus King (I-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) encouraging the agency to support policies that will allow Americans to personally import certain prescription drugs from Canada. This bipartisan letter follows the Administration's recent actions which recognized that prescription dru  more

Sen. King Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Reform Credit Accessibility for Americans
WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is co-sponsoring the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2021 to expand access to credit for an estimated 45 million Americans who have either no credit history or a credit history that is too scarcely populated to generate a credit score. This bipartisan legislation would permit landlords and utility and telecom providers to report on-time payments data to credit reportin  more