Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) issued the following statement praising a recent letter by Airlines for America calling on the Biden-Harris administration to end the COVID mask mandate on planes. "The Biden-Harris administration's latest decision to extend the federal mask mandate on airplanes is incomprehensible and further sheds light on their ineptitude when navigating the pandemic. Their double-speak … Continue reading Rep. Donalds Applauds Airline CEO’s Call to End COVID Mask Policy
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U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduced the Protecting Medicaid Beneficiaries Act. This bill helps ensure that Medicaid dollars are preserved for those in need and taxpayer dollars are wisely stewarded by requiring states to apply asset verification … Continue reading Inhofe, Lankford, Braun, Blackburn, Kennedy, Paul, R. Scott Introduce Protecting Medicaid Beneficiaries Act
Governor Glenn Youngkin today praised the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s Worker Safety Board for their vote to remove unnecessary COVID-19 workplace restrictions. The board, consisting of former governor Ralph Northam appointees, evaluated the current COVID-19 infections in Virginia, mitigation strategies, and asserted that the COVID-19 virus no longer poses a grave danger to Virginians. The governor … Continue reading Governor Glenn Youngkin Applauds Virginia Worker Safety Board for Removing Disruptive COVID-19 Workplace Restrictions
Over 90 percent of nausea patients who self-medicate with cannabis products report that it is effective at relieving their symptoms, according to data published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. A team of researchers affiliated with the University of New Mexico, College of Pharmacy assessed the effects of cannabis on nausea symptom intensity in 886 subjects over a … Continue reading Study: Cannabis Self-Administration Associated with Nausea Relief
Patients with Tourette syndrome (TS) experience reductions in tic severity and improvements in their overall quality of life following cannabis treatment, according to trial results published in the journal Behavioral Neurology. Israeli researchers assessed the use of medical cannabis products in 15 patients with Tourette syndrome over a 12-week period. Subjects experienced, on average, a 38 percent reduction … Continue reading Study: Tourette Patients Respond Favorably to Cannabis
In a gambit to nationalize the health care market, President Biden and Congressional Democrats are working tirelessly to undermine Americans’ confidence in private health coverage, including employer-sponsored insurance, which over 155 million Americans rely on. In Case You Missed It via The Washington Times, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) pens an op-ed on … Continue reading Foxx Op-Ed: Denying patients and families the opportunity to make their own health care decisions is un-American
U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced the Assessing Children's Academic Development and the Emotional and Mental Health Implications of COVID-19 (ACADEMIC) Act. The legislation would authorize the U.S. Department of Education, in coordination with other relevant federal agencies, to expand a current COVID-19 study to better assess the … Continue reading Scott, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Study Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 on Students’ Academic and Health Outcomes
The House Budget Committee this week held a hearing titled “Ensuring Women Can Thrive in a Post Pandemic Economy” to analyze the economic and social impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and what lessons can be learned from the response to the pandemic. House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) discussed in … Continue reading Budget Hearing Calls Out Democrat Policies that Sidelined Working Women and Reckless Spending that Sparked Record Inflation
Representative Barry Moore (AL-02) joined sixteen of his colleagues in a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The lawsuit, Massie et al v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seeks to end the CDC's illegal mask mandate for individuals traveling on commercial airlines. This lawsuit takes on additional significance in the face of news reports indicating the Biden Administration … Continue reading Congressmembers sue to end mask mandate for air travel
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