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• U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Highlights Threat of Proposed Medicaid Cuts on Minnesota Hospitals | Repres
  https://morrison.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-rep-kelly-morrison-highlights-threat-proposed-medicaid-cuts-minnesota
  ... just about the 1.4 million Minnesotans who get their health care through Medicaid, or Medical Assistance as we call it here in Minnesota. This is about the fact that if one of our Level 1 Trauma Centers in the metro closes down – that’s one less place...
• Moskowitz Introduces Bipartisan Resolution to Counter a Nuclear-Armed Iran
  https://moskowitz.house.gov/posts/nuclear-iran-resolution-moskowitz-lawler-graham-fetterman
  ... a nuclear weapon, it would be one of the most destabilizing and dangerous events in world history. They are trying to acquire a nuclear weapon as part of their religious agenda to purify their faith, destroy the Jewish State, and drive Westerners...
• Steelworkers mourn hundreds of Region mill workers who have died on the job | Representative Frank M
  https://mrvan.house.gov/media/in-the-news/steelworkers-mourn-hundreds-region-mill-workers-who-have-died-job
  .... Everything changes from that moment forward. I've been directly involved in that experience three times. Whether one or 100, it's horrible every time." Culp urged steelworkers to be safe on the job at a Workers Memorial Day ceremony at USW Local 1010...
• Newhouse Questions Agriculture Secretary on Farm Labor, Grizzly Bears | Congressman Dan Newhouse
  https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-questions-agriculture-secretary-farm-labor-grizzly-bears
  ..., and I would agree, but our rural communities are struggling and family farms are disappearing because it is no longer economically viable for them to survive. One of the most significant costs is labor and in Washington, the Adverse Effect Wage Rate—which really...
• Congresswoman Nikema Williams Introduces Legislation to Help Black Churches Address Health Dispariti
  https://nikemawilliams.house.gov/posts/congresswoman-nikema-williams-introduces-legislation-to-help-black-churches-address-health-disparities
  ... demographics, local clergy have been using their pulpits to mobilize their communities against the virus. No one understands the needs of a community like those who live there, so empowering local organizations with critical resources will improve health...
• Congresswoman Nikema Williams, Merkley, Correa Introduce Legislation to Fight for Patients & Consume
  https://nikemawilliams.house.gov/posts/congresswoman-nikema-williams-merkley-correa-introduce-legislation-to-fight-for-patients-consumer-protections
  ... debts from credit reports demonstrates a lack of understanding and care for America’s working families. Medical debt is one of the leading causes of financial strain, and our current system continues that hardship even after the bill is paid, allowing...
• Rep. Obernolte, Chairman Bost demand answers from VA on Loma Linda employee misconduct case | Repres
  https://obernolte.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-obernolte-chairman-bost-demand-answers-va-loma-linda-employee-misconduct
  ... was one of three investigations Loma Linda conducted, from July 2020 to May 2022, which substantiated that the supervisory employee was creating a hostile work environment. Both the AIB and one of the other investigations recommended the supervisory...
• Events | Representative Ilhan Omar
  https://omar.house.gov/about/events
  ... Conversations: Responding to COVID-19 Community Conversation: One Job Should Be Enough! Event Date : Friday, March 13, 2020 – 06:30 PM to 6:30 PM Register here. Every day, corporations across America put profit over people. Low wages force many working-class...
• Ranking Member Omar Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on OSHA’s Mission to Keep Workers Safe |
  https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-omar-opening-remarks-subcommittee-hearing-oshas-mission-keep
  ... stress rule, to prevent tragedies in the workplace.   Rather than build on that progress, the Trump Administration is now threatening to dismantle any government program or agency that prioritizes workers’ health and protects workers on the job.  “At one...
• Quigley Questions Fossil Fuel Industry Executives On Environmental Impact and National Security Thre
  https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/quigley-questions-fossil-fuel-industry-executives-environmental-impact
  ... and how misinformation heightens that threat. He also raised the issue of the Whiting Refinery, one of the nation's largest refineries, located on Lake Michigan just miles from downtown Chicago. Whiting has had continuous problems with violating emissions standards...