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• The Weekly Script (10/07/2024-10-13-2024) | Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks
  https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/newsletter/weekly-script-10072024-10-13-2024
  ...I’m proud to cosponsor the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act, legislation that will directly address this issue by expanding access to weight loss drugs and treatments. Image Honored to be with the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines as we solemnly observed the Oct 7th anniversary. Image This week, my staff member in the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs attended the 44th Annual Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs Conference to showcase the important work we do for veterans and their nurses. ...
• Miller-Meeks Reintroduces VA Bill Increasing Veterans Access to High-Cost Medication | Representativ
  https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-reintroduces-va-bill-increasing-veterans-access-high-cost
  ...For these veterans, VA pays a per diem but doesn’t pay the State Veterans Homes for the cost of extremely high-cost medications which often cost the homes more than VA is paying (sometimes more than $1000 a day). These high-cost medications are often revolutionary cancer drugs that help significantly lengthen the lives and quality of life of our nation’s most deserving. Background: The Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act would fix this problem. ...
• Miller-Meeks, Ross, Carter, Peters Introduce the Share the Savings with Seniors Act | Representative
  https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-ross-carter-peters-introduce-share-savings-seniors-act
  ...“By requiring prescription drug savings negotiated by PBMs to be passed on to patients, the   Share the Savings with Seniors Act   will enable seniors to pay lower prices for medications for chronic conditions,”  said   Representative   Ross.  “As North Carolina's seniors struggle with the high cost of prescription drugs, this bill will ensure that negotiated savings benefit patients, not just corporate middlemen. I'm proud to join Congresswoman Miller-Meeks in leading this important bill to lower health care costs.”  ...
• Rep. Mills Legislation Included in HALT Fentanyl Act Passes House | Representative Mills
  https://mills.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mills-legislation-included-halt-fentanyl-act-passes-house
  ...“My amendment to this bill requires the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to complete and submit a report on the Department of Defense’s fentanyl research as well as include the DoD on the list of eligible agencies that qualify for the expedited procedures on fentanyl research. “ The issue of drug addiction is personal to me – both of my parents were incarcerated for substance abuse when I was a child. I saw firsthand what these drugs can do to your loved ones. “We must not forget the root of the fentanyl crisis: the CCP has waged war on the U.S. by shipping this drug to the Mexican cartels where it is currently being trafficked across our southern border. ...
• Congresswoman Norma Torres Sends Letter to President Trump: Hernández Must Not Be Pardoned | U.S. Co
  https://torres.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-norma-torres-sends-letter-to-president-trump-hernandez-must-not-be-pardoned
  ...“He deployed police and military forces to protect cocaine shipments, used death squads to intimidate opponents, and openly branded drugs with his initials while profiting from American deaths. Pardoning him would signal to the world that power and money can shield criminals from justice and that victims’ lives do not matter.” ...
• Following Testimony Before Senate Finance Committee, Rep. Angie Craig Calls on HHS Secretary Kennedy
  https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/following-testimony-senate-finance-committee-rep-angie-craig-calls-hhs
  ...“Last week, after an unspeakable tragedy occurred in our state at Annunciation Catholic Church, you used your platform to peddle unsubstantiated claims that antidepressants and psychiatric drugs ‘might be contributing to violence,’” Rep. Craig said.  “It was baseless, it was cruel, and it was beneath your station to spread that kind of disinformation. It is clear to me that HHS under your leadership is headed in the wrong direction. ...
• BREAKING: U.S. House Passes Rep. Craig’s Bipartisan Bill to Help Stop Fentanyl at the Southern Borde
  https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/breaking-us-house-passes-rep-craigs-bipartisan-bill-help-stop-fentanyl
  ...Angie Craig’s bipartisan legislation to help stop the smuggling of illicit fentanyl through U.S. ports of entry. The bipartisan, bicameral Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of Life (END FENTANYL) Act would require Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to update its manuals at least every three years in order to identify new ways to prevent drug and human smuggling through ports of entry. ...
• Newhouse Appointed to Lead Select Committee on CCP Fentanyl Working Group | Congressman Dan Newhouse
  https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-appointed-lead-select-committee-ccp-fentanyl-working-group
  ...China has programs in place to reward companies with subsidies for exporting fentanyl and other drugs illegal under Chinese law to the United States. It is now abundantly clear that the CCP is not just turning a blind eye to the fentanyl crisis, it is causing it. That is why I am establishing a bipartisan Select Committee fentanyl working group to determine what must be done to seek justice for the hundreds of thousands of victims and hold the CCP responsible for funneling this poison into American communities. ...
• Representative Angie Craig Statement on President Signing Inflation Reduction Act into Law | Congres
  https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-angie-craig-statement-president-signing-inflation-reduction-act
  ...Specifically, the Inflation Reduction Act will: Lower health care costs by: Capping the out-of-pocket cost of insulin for Medicare beneficiaries at $35/month Extending Affordable Care Act tax credits through 2023, making health insurance more affordable for the millions of people who are insured through the individual marketplace Allowing Medicare to negotiate for cheaper prescription drug prices for certain drugs and capping out-of-pocket prescription costs for Medicare beneficiaries at $2,000 per year Requiring pharmaceutical companies to pay a rebate to Medicare if they raise drug prices faster than inflation Make the single largest American investment to mitigate climate disasters by: Investing nearly $400 billion over 10 years in tax credits aimed at making electric vehicles more affordable for consumers and pushing electric utilities toward renewable energy sources like wind or solar power Allocating the largest investment ever in homegrown biofuels infrastructures like ethanol and biodiesel ### Issues : Reforming Washington Lowering Costs and Strengthening Our Local Economy Washington DC Office 2052 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC   20515 Phone: (202) 225-2271 Eagan District Office 1915 Plaza Dr. ...
• Moulton on Escalating Military Tensions in Latin America: "Americans should not break the law to sto
  https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-escalating-military-tensions-latin-america-americans-should-not-break
  ..."Speaker Johnson is complicit in help ing  Trump c ompletely ignore our  Constitution by keeping the House on vacation rather than doing our jobs and debating whether we should be starting another war. We all want to stop drugs that come into our country , but Americans should not break the law to stop lawbreakers themselves . It’s putting our troops in a dangerous position.   "There’s nothing that made me more proud as a U.S. ...