WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee's select subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, issued the following statements on May 18 with Reps. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, Jackie Walorski, R-Indiana, Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, and Mark Green, R-Tennessee, on safely reinvigorating U.S. economy: This contrasts starkly with the approach taken by the Select Subcommittee's Democrats, who have so far charted a blatantly p  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), member of House Veterans Affairs Committee introduced the bipartisan Yellow Ribbon for Overseas Education Act to remove barriers that prohibit student veterans from using the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Yellow Ribbon Program to attend overseas colleges and universities. Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) joined Rep. Banks in introducing the legislation. "Since 2008, the  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will provide $225 million to Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) across the nation for COVID-19 testing. These investments will aid over 4,500 RHCs across the country to support COVID-19 testing efforts and expand access to testing in rural communities. "I am pleased to see additional funding for e  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announced it has begun distributing $4.9 billion in additional relief funds to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to help them combat the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Sadly, nursing homes are among the most vulnerable places for COVID-19 to wreak havoc. It is imperative that we provide the proper resources and funding for these facil  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) introduced the Advancing New and Advanced Materials Study Act, legislation that promotes a national strategy on the development and adoption of new advanced materials that are used throughout the U.S. economy, particularly in the manufacturing, research, and national defense sectors. "Indiana is home to more than 540,000 manufacturing jobs - contributing more than $10  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Andre Carson lauded the House of Representatives' passage of the Heroes Act, the House's latest legislation to address the continuing COVID-19 crisis and provide desperately needed support for struggling families and essential workers. It provides funds for testing and tracing measures, key support for frontline workers and strengthened assistance for the American people. "Indiana continues to st  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Greg Pence, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Greg Pence (IN-06) announced the state of Indiana will receive $3,907,452 from the Department of Health and Human Services. These funds will support increased COVID-19 testing at rural health clinics (RHCs) in Indiana's Sixth District and statewide. This funding comes from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which specifically directed these monies to be allocated  more

MISHAWAKA, Indiana, May 20 -- Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced the introduction of H.R. 6774, the Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act of 2020, a new bill that would establish a Medicare pilot program to address the critical link between diet, chronic illness, and senior health. The bipartisan bill would help  more

MISHAWAKA, Indiana, May 22 -- Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) at a hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis highlighted the need to strengthen domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical medical supplies in light of China's efforts to conceal the severity of the coronavirus outbreak and hoard the global supply of PPE. "One clear lesson of this pandemic is the importan  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Banks (R-IN), member of the House China Task Force, Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) and Lance Gooden (R-TX), sent a letter urging Secretaries Mike Pompeo and Steven Mnuchin to impose Magnitsky Sanctions on seven Chinese Communist Party Officials for gross human rights abuse, and negligent and hostile behavior that greatly increased the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 14, 2020, the Global Tim  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), James Lankford  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined Senate Republican leaders to discuss responsibly reopening the economy, his RESTART Act to enable the next phase of business recovery, and Nancy Pelosi's unworkable $3 trillion partisan bill. "I am introducing a bill that I worked on with Senator Bennet that would make some commonsense changes to the Paycheck Protection Program, which incidentally provided $10 billion in  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), along with 25 other senators, sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr urging the Department of Justice to investigate whether dozens of Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country applied for and received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) despite knowing they were ineligible to apply. Under the statuary text of the CARES Act, or  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) released a video honoring America's fallen military heroes in advance of Memorial Day. "This Memorial Day, I ask that all Hoosiers join me in remembering and honoring the brave souls who laid down their lives protecting our country," said Senator Young in the video. "We can never repay our debt to those who made the ultimate sacrifice, but we can keep their memory alive. Than  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) of Indiana are introducing a bill to create a safe, anonymous, and continuously available way for veterans to easily dispose of unwanted medications: the VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions, or DROP Act. The bill, the Senate companion to Representative Jim Baird's (IN-04) House bill, would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that c  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced the Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a Recovery in Twenty-twenty (RESTART) Act to support the small- and mid-sized businesses most affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Answering the calls of the hardest-hit restaurants, gyms, hotels, retailers, and other businesses, the RESTART Act would give business owners  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 23 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced legislation to rename the post office in Kokomo, Indiana after Opha May Johnson, the first American woman to join the Marines who was born in Kokomo. Opha began her service on August 13, 1918 during World War I and continued serving until her retirement in 1943. "As a fellow Marine, I'm proud to recognize Opha May Johns  more