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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Friday March 29, 2024 ( 3 items )  

House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Issues Testimony From Academic Coalition for Effective Laboratory Developed Tests
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health issued the following written testimony by Dara Aisner, pathology professor at the University of Colorado, on behalf of the Academic Coalition for Effective Laboratory Developed Tests, involving a hearing on March 21, 2024, entitled "Evaluating Approaches to Diagnostic Test Regulation and the Impact of the FDA's Proposed Rule." FDA is the Food and Drug Administration. * * * Chairman Guthrie, Vice Chairman Buschon, Rank  more

President Biden Signs Assistant Leader Neguse Bill to Cut Red Tape & Streamline Access to Federal Disaster Aid Into Law
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Last week, President Joe Biden signed Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse's Disaster Assistance Deadlines Alignment Act into law. The bipartisan bill merges the application deadlines for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) program and Individuals and Households Program (IHP), helping to streamline access to critical federal assistanc  more

Rep. Neguse Voices Concerns Over Proposed Changes to USPS Grand Junction Facility
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Yesterday, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressing concern about the United States Postal Service's proposal to shift Western Slope mail processing operations from Grand Junction to Denver. As part of the USPS's national strategy dubbed Delivering for America, the agency proposes changing the Grand Junction Processing and Dist  more