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Gingrey demands CDC analyze migrant disease threat July 8, 2014 Rep. Phil Gingrey, M.D., today requested that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immediately assess the public risk posed by the influx of unaccompanied migrant children across the southern border. The minors who’ve recently overwhelmed U.S. border control infrastructure – many of which are being transported to shelters around the country – have raised massive concern about mitigating the diseases they bring with them. “We cannot afford to wait for this to become a full-blown ... More
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Gingrey and Greene applaud FDA approval of first GAIN ACT antibiotic May 30, 2014 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first antibacterial medication aimed at stopping the rapid spread of antibiotic-resi... More
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Gingrey applauds SGR reform, individual mandate delay March 14, 2014 Today, H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote of 238-181. After passage, Rep. Phil Gingrey, M.D., applauded his colleagues’ efforts to repair the sustainable growth rate formula (SGR), and delay Obamacare’s individual mandate for five years. Since its enactment in 1997, Congress has had to pass 16 legislative patches to prevent physician payment cuts which would have endangered seniors’ access to quali... More
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Gingrey: Administration attack on Medicare 'befuddling' February 26, 2014 In the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s “Messing with Success: How CMS’ Attack on the Part D Program Will Increase Costs and Reduce Choices for Seniors” hearing today, Rep. Phil Gingrey, M.D., criticized the Obama administration’s recent action to gut the Medicare Part D program. The proposed rule would result in raised costs and fewer health care options for senior patients. “It is befuddling that the Obama administration would attack a free-market program that is so clearly working,” said ... More
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Rep. Gingrey votes to rein in the IRS, protect First Amendment February 26, 2014 Rep. Phil Gingrey, M.D., today voted in favor of H.R. 3865, the “Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act,” a measure which passed in the House of Representatives by a 243-176 margin. The bill, which Rep. Gingrey co-sponsored, prohibits the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from finalizing their proposed regulations that significantly limit First Amendment rights of 501(c)(4) organizations. “Even after being caught red-handed last year, the Obama administration still has... More
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