WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation (H.R. 7078) to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act "to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin." The bill was introduced on Oct. 19 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., and Marcia L. Fudge,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7079) to "authorize the Attorney General to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, States and units of local government to develop, implement, or expand a program to provide medication-assisted treatment, from arrest to release, to individuals incarcerated in the jurisdiction who are addicted to opioids." The bill was introduced on Oct. 19 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind.,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Pa., has introduced the Ohio River Basin Preparedness Act (H.R. 7087) to "require development and implementation of an interagency plan to assist communities affected by climate change in the Ohio River Basin." The bill was introduced on Oct. 23 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Michael F. Doyle, D-Pa., and Tim Ryan, D-Ohio. It was jointly referred to the House Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Financ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Pa., has introduced the Tax Fairness for Workers Act (H.R. 7086) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee." The bill was introduced on Oct. 23 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, Robert A. Brady, D-Pa., D  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation (H.R. 7081) to amend the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Canalway Act of 1996 to repeal the funding limitation. The bill was introduced on Oct. 19 and was co-sponsored by Reps. David Joyce, R-Ohio, Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, and Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio It was referred to the House Natural Resources Committee. The full text of the bill is available from https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house  more