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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Indiana Newsletter for Saturday March 11, 2023 ( 5 items )  

Bucshon Introduces Bill to Reauthorize Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. Representatives Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.-08), Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.-02), Scott Peters (D-Calif-50), and Paul D. Tonko (D-N.Y.-20) introduced the bipartisan Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Reauthorization Act of 2023 to reauthorize a comprehensive opioid recovery centers program. "Right now in Indiana, one in every 12 Hoosiers is chall  more

Bucshon, Bipartisan Members Introduce Legislation to Expand Genetic Cancer Testing Access Introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.-08), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.-25), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa-02) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.-07) re-introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act to expand access to lifesaving genetic testing to determine an individual's risk of developing hereditary cancer. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) joined the  more

Bucshon, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Bill to Improve the Legal Immigration System, Eliminate Visa Backlogs
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.-08) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.-08) introduced the Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 to ensure that the United States is properly utilizing the employment-based visas currently allocated each year under existing federal immigration law. This legislation would give greater flexibility to use existing allotted work visas that employers desperately need, but  more

Cotton Introduces Bill to Keep Men Out of Women's Prisons
WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act, legislation to prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from housing prisoners with persons of the opposite sex. The legislation would require the Bureau of Prisons to house federal inmates according to their biological sex and would withhold certain federal grants from states that fail to do the same.  more

Unanimous Vote: Senator Braun's Bill to Declassify All COVID Lab Leak Intel Passes House 419-0, Heads to President's Desk
WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives voted 419 to 0 to pass a bill by Senator Mike Braun and Senator Josh Hawley requiring the Biden administration to declassify all intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and the origins of the COVID pandemic. "I've been proud to lead this fight for the facts on COVID's origins for Hoosiers. After another unanimous, bipartisan vote   more