Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the SHIP IT Act this week to help ease the nations supply chain crisis and counter rising inflation by simplifying or suspending certain federal regulations on ports, ships, and trucks. Empty shelves and backlogged ports have wreaked havoc on American businesses and families. This bill focuses on streamlining the process to get … Continue reading Senator Lee Introduces Supply Chain Bill to Counter Inflation
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is raising concerns over a new program the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) may soon launch to finance domestic manufacturing and domestic infrastructure, areas far outside EXIM’s statutory mandate. Although the bank has not published a comprehensive framework for this unprecedented program or subjected … Continue reading Toomey Raises Concerns Over EXIM Proposal for Taxpayer-Subsidized Domestic Manufacturing
With inflation reaching new record-setting heights in February, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is calling it a “national emergency” and urging the Biden administration to prioritize driving down costs. Boozman joined his Senate Republican colleagues at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol … Continue reading Ranking Member Boozman: Inflation is a “National Emergency”
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding energy: “Washington Democrats are trying to pull off a political spin job for the ages. “Everybody knows that gas prices and energy costs have been soaring sharply for many months. Working families know all too well that gas … Continue reading Democrats’ War on Domestic Energy Long Predates Putin’s War on Ukraine
The long-term use of plant-derived cannabis extracts by patients with chronic pain is associated with reduced reliance on prescription opioids, according to data published in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. A team of Italian researchers assessed the use of prescription opioids and other medicines in a cohort of chronic patients in the six months immediately … Continue reading Study: Pain Patients’ Use of Cannabis Oils Associated with Cessation of Opioids
Is speech that offers advice on how to lose weight or eat healthier protected by the First Amendment? That is the question raised by a federal lawsuit brought by health coach Heather Kokesch Del Castillo against the Florida Department of Health that is currently before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On February 18, … Continue reading Health Coach Seeks Rehearing in First Amendment Challenge to Florida Ban on Dietary Advice
In case you missed it, US News & World Report’s Lauren Camera published a story on Club for Growth aggressively challenging opposition to school choice. Click here to read the US News & World Report story. Click here to read more about the Club for Growth ads in Oklahoma. Story Excerpts Why School Choice is Roiling the … Continue reading “School Choice Is The New Litmus Test For Republicans
14 pharmacy organizations urged the Biden administration to remove barriers preventing pharmacists from ordering oral antivirals and expand patient access to the "Test to Treat" initiative announced last week during the State of the Union. In a letter sent to President Biden, the groups called for the removal of a limitation placed on the emergency use … Continue reading 14 Top Pharmacist Groups Call on Biden to Remove Limits on Prescribing COVID Treatments
New data released Thursday showed the annual inflation rate shot up 0.8% in February, with overall prices up 7.9% compared to last February. Americans now face real wage losses of 2.8%. The core rate (excluding energy and food) rose 0.5%, up 6.4% over the past year. Both overall inflation and core inflation are now at … Continue reading Economist: Rising Inflation Is Another Tax on Working Americans and Biden’s Policies Are to Blame
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC), and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) are leading 201 House Republicans in renewing calls for the Biden administration to drop its plan to expand the scope of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and House Republican Conference … Continue reading 201 House Republicans Renewing Calls for Biden to Drop Dangerous WOTUS Nationwide Land Grab
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