Vicente Gonzalez, D- Texas, issued the following news release:. Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez and John Faso announced the introduction of H.R. 5618, The Flooded Homeowner Financial Relief Act of 2018. If you are waiting for FEMA to buy out your homes as a result of your total flood loss, relief is on the way, ” Congressman Gonzalez said.
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Tom Wolf, D- Pennsylvania, issued the following news:. Luke’s University Health Network leaders and physicians today to celebrate the positive economic and health care impact of expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania. “The people of Pennsylvania deserve quality, affordable, and readily accessible health care that meets the needs of their families and their…
Tom Wolf, D- Pennsylvania, issued the following news:. Luke’s University Health Network leaders and physicians today to celebrate the positive economic and health care impact of expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania. “The people of Pennsylvania deserve quality, affordable, and readily accessible health care that meets the needs of their families and their…
John Faso, R- New York, issued the following news release:. Congressman John Faso today announced the introduction of H.R. 5618, The Flooded Homeowner Financial Relief Act of 2018. Homeowners of the Village of Sidney in New York State have been faced with this problem since their homes were damaged by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee flooding in 2011.
Greg Abbott, R- Texas, issued the following news release:. “Though Hurricane Harvey was the worst of storms, it brought out the best in the people of Texas. *Governor Abbott sent a letter to Mayors, County Judges and Emergency Management officials in communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey, urging them to take immediate advantage of the $500 million in funds from…
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer issued the following news release:. New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today announced a new pilot program designed to allow residents of Ocean Bay Apartments in the Far Rockaways the option of making their monthly rent payments count toward their credit scores, just like mortgage payments do for homeowners.
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued the following news release:. Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services has updated its proposed regulation to adopt a “best interest” standard for those licensed to sell life insurance and annuity products to protect…
Missouri Attorney General Josh D. Hawley issued the following news:. In February, the same 20- state coalition filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare, explaining that Congress rendered all of Obamacare unconstitutional by doing away with the tax penalty in Obamacare’s individual mandate when it enacted President Trump’s tax…
Only a week after the anniversary of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the Department of the Interior today announced its intended rollback of protection standards enacted to prevent another Deepwater Horizon tragedy. The well control rule, finalized under President Obama in 2016, requires real-time oversight of risky drilling operations and…
Just days after Oregon Public Broadcasting caught Knute Buehler siding with anti-choice extremists, a recent mail piece to voters in the Independent Party of Oregon primary boasts of his supposed pro-choice position. In a mail piece hitting mailboxes across the state Knute Buehler describes himself as “compassionate, pro-choice.” Not surprisingly, a…
Elizabeth Esty, D- Connecticut, issued the following news release:. Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro, John Larson, Joe Courtney, Jim Himes and Elizabeth Esty sent a letter to Governor Malloy outlining actions the State of Connecticut can take to protect residents from the Trump administration’s disastrous healthcare policies–which will raise…
Vern Buchanan, R- Florida, issued the following news release:. Congressman Vern Buchanan, co-chair of Florida’s congressional delegation, denounced the Trump administration’s announcement today that it intends to move forward with plans to weaken offshore oil safety regulations. Buchanan said “lifting what the Interior Department calls burdensome…
This Arbor Day, Philadelphia Insurance Companies is announcing the locations of its remaining tree planting efforts for this year and that it will be continuing its partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation for another year. The Arbor Day Foundation will plant the balance of the 2017 campaign’s 80,000 trees in Bastrop, Sandhills North Carolina, Chippewa…
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America welcomed the 2018 Special 301 Report, including a new section devoted to pharmaceutical market access barriers, released today by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. “Discriminatory pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada, Korea and Japan put our jobs and exports at risk.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America welcomed the 2018 Special 301 Report, including a new section devoted to pharmaceutical market access barriers, released today by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. “Discriminatory pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada, Korea and Japan put our jobs and exports at risk.
John B. Larson, D- Connecticut, issued the following news release:. Yesterday, U.S. Representatives John Larson, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes and Elizabeth Esty sent a letter to Governor Malloy outlining actions the State of Connecticut can take to protect residents from the Trump administration’s disastrous healthcare policies–which will raise…
Tim Ryan, D- Ohio, issued the following news release:. Congresswoman Tim Ryan joined the House Ohio Democratic Delegation this week to urge Governor John Kasich to protect constituents’ health insurance from rising costs and efforts by the Trump Administration to undermine health care markets. Since the passage of the ACA, many Republicans have worked on a…
In another decision that defies logic and good conscience, the administration on April 26 canceled Temporary Protected Status for one more nation, Nepal, that is unprepared to accept the return of its citizens after a disaster. “This is unconscionable,” said Jeanne Atkinson, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. “It’s only been three…
Reflecting a plan outlined in President Trump’s 2019 budget, the Administration unveiled legislation this week that would ultimately raise rents by an average of 44 percent on more than 4 million low-income households with rental assistance. Working families, the elderly, and people with disabilities would pay more than three-fourths of the total $3.2…
