WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) introduced the John Lewis Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment (EMMT) Act in the House of Representatives. This legislation would advance health equity and access to care for minority communities by requiring the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to work with experts to consider health disparities when developing payment models. Companion legislation was i  more

SELMA, Alabama, May 3 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced $500,000 that she helped secure for the Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission to support long-term recovery efforts in Selma and Dallas County following the January 12th storms. The grant was awarded by the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) and will be used to develop a long-term planning strategy that will incorporate  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release and letter: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough demanding answers about the agency's new rule that forces taxpayers to fund abortions at VA medical facilities. "I have asked several times for data and materials on the implementation of the rule, but your Department has refused to provide information, claiming pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) pressed U.S. Air Force (USAF) Secretary Frank Kendall for answers about the continued delay in finalizing the relocation of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) headquarters to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The USAF first announced Redstone Arsenal as the new permanent location of SPACECOM in 2021,   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: As Alabama's voice on the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee (AG), U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is continuing to advocate for Alabama's agriculture interests leading up to drafting of the 2023 Farm Bill. During today's AG subcommittee hearing about commodity programs and farm safety nets, Senator Tuberville relayed the concerns of Alabama's agriculture communi  more