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- Johnson Bill Prohibits 340B Health Care Facilities Savings for Transgender Surgeries | Representativhttps://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-bill-prohibits-340b-health-care-facilities-savings-transgender...Background on 340B: Congress created the 340B program to help safety-net providers spread scarce federal resources. Drug manufacturers provide outpatient drugs at discounted prices. This in turn allows covered entities to utilize the savings from what they would have spent on full-priced medicines to provide more services for their communities. ...
- Auchincloss says Medicaid cuts will raise costs for all insurance | U.S. Congressman Jake Auchincloshttps://auchincloss.house.gov/media/in-the-news/auchincloss-says-medicaid-cuts-will-raise-costs-for-all-insurance...Last year, Auchincloss introduced legislation aimed at cracking down on pharmacy benefit managers and what he calls “self-dealing,” which is when an insurance company requires the drugs with the biggest profit margin only be dispensed by that company’s affiliated pharmacies. Much of that has been included in the president’s executive order, but the president has left it up to the Department of Health and Human Services, which makes Auchincloss skeptical. ...
- https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressional-freethought-caucus-calls-on-ftc-to-investigate-deceptive-health-care-sharing-ministry-practices...The discrepancies between HCSMs and regulated insurance are varied and consequential: unlike traditional health coverage, HCSMs do not have to provide the essential health benefits of the ACA like maternal health care, prescription drugs, mental and behavioral health, and preventive and wellness services, including vaccinations. HCSMs also are not required to cover pre-existing health conditions, can charge higher premiums for members based on their health status, place lifetime caps on member benefits, and do not guarantee the payment of medical claims,” the members wrote in their letter . ...
- https://kustoff.house.gov/media/press-releases/kustoff-cotton-introduce-legislation-jam-cellphones-prisons...“As a former United States Attorney, I have seen first-hand the dangerous effects of contraband cellphone use to both law enforcement officers and our communities. It should be impossible for prisoners to organize gang activity, traffic drugs, and coordinate any other wrongdoing from behind bars. The Cellphone Jamming Reform Act is commonsense legislation that will crack down on cellphones in prisons and protect inmates, guards, and the public at large.” ...
- Ex-Navy SEAL introduces CARTEL Act to pull back veil on border drug, human trafficking | Congressmanhttps://luttrell.house.gov/media/in-the-news/ex-navy-seal-introduces-cartel-act-pull-back-veil-border-drug-human-trafficking..."The Cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror throughout the Western Hemisphere that has not only destabilized countries with significant importance for our national interests but also flooded the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, and vicious gangs," the order adds. President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive orders related to border security in the early days of his second administration. ...
- Luttrell Applauds Historic Border Security and National Defense Investments | Congressman Morgan Luthttps://luttrell.house.gov/media/press-releases/luttrell-applauds-historic-border-security-and-national-defense-investments...We’re building the wall, expanding Border Patrol forces, investing in the advanced technology, and taking the fight to the cartels and stopping the flow of drugs and human trafficking into our communities,” said Congressman Luttrell. Luttrell continue, “ We’re also making a generational investment to secure America’s future. ...
- https://nunn.house.gov/2025/01/30/nunn-leads-bill-to-sanction-chinese-fentanyl-producers/...That starts with holding the Chinese Communist Party accountable for their role as the primary manufacturer, supplier, and launderer of these illicit drugs worldwide.” Illicit fentanyl is pouring over our Southern Border. In FY23 alone, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized more than 20,000 pounds of fentanyl coming across the Southwest Border—enough to kill over 4.6 billion people. ...
- https://ogles.house.gov/media/in-the-news/gop-rep-ogles-introduces-impeachment-articles-against-biden-harris...In her impeachment articles, Harris is accused of having "consistently refused to visit the southern border to ascertain the root causes of the ongoing crisis, aside from a single trip hundreds of miles away from the epicenter of the migrant crisis." "In permitting an invasion of illegal aliens and illicit drugs into the United States, as well as facilitating the extenuation of a major humanitarian crisis, Vice President Kamala Devi Harris has directly betrayed the public trust of the United States, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States," the articles read. ...
- https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/e-newsletters/catching-quigley-week-december-8-0...During our conversation, I said it's ironic that Trump is committing these strikes on Venezuelan boats, without evidence that they have drugs. Yet, he's publicly campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize. I also noted how Republicans in Congress are finally taking a stand against the president, and how this scandal, like the Epstein files, is becoming too big to ignore. ...
- https://turner.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/turner-mccaul-introduce-legislation-to-address-southern-border-crisis...To make certain that our communities are protected against violent criminals and illicit drugs like fentanyl, we must secure the border." "The Biden administration's refusal to secure our border has led to terrorism threat levels unlike anything we've seen since 9/11, with 'blinking red lights everywhere,' to quote FBI Director Wray. ...