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  • Goshen veteran's family speaks out about poor treatment at local VA clinic

    09/30/14
    Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-2nd) has taken the Olson's story all the way to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald who has pledged to get Olson the care he desperately needs. "This is a double veteran, double income household with little kids and it shouldn't be that you have to find somebody to fight this fight because they're still performing at a low level," Rep. Walorski told NewsCenter16. "It's absolutely reprehensible." Walorski acknowledged that the Goshen clinic was independently evaluated and found to have no blatant care wait time issues.
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  • Bill would reimburse states for expenses on illegal immigration

    09/24/14
    Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) has introduced legislation that would reimburse states for spending related to illegal immigrants using accounts set aside for foreign aid. Ellmers argued that the U.S. should address states' spending on public school education, detention facilities and emergency medical treatment for undocumented immigrants. "Rather than continue to supply an endless amount of foreign aid abroad, it's time we redirect funding sent overseas and prioritize our local governments who are left footing the bill," Ellmers said.
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  • Kansas Lawmakers Lead Fight To Delay Physician Supervision Rules

    09/23/14
    U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran are leading a congressional effort to delay enforcement of Medicare regulations requiring physician supervision of outpatient treatments like chemotherapy and intravenous infusions. The U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month passed H.R. 4067, co-sponsored by Jenkins, which would delay enforcement of the regulations until next year. Jenkins introduced the bill in February, but it moved slowly through the legislative process.
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  • Report says taxpayer dollars funding abortions through Affordable Care Act

    09/23/14
    Missouri Congresswoman Vicki Hartzler is calling out President Obama. "He promised, under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place, and yet the GAO report confirms that over 1,036 abortion plans in this country under the exchange are offering abortion," Hartzler says.
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  • N.C. Congresswoman Launching Effort to Upgrade U.S. Electric Grid

    09/18/14
    The U.S. electric grid is in need of an upgrade, and North Carolina Congresswoman Renee Ellmers on Thursday launched a new effort to do just that. Outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, Republican Congresswoman Renee Ellmers and a Democratic congressman from California announced the formation of a new bipartisan working group in the U.S. House.
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  • Roby not ruling out impeachment of Fuller

    09/17/14
    The domestic violence case against U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller could lead to his impeachment, Rep. Martha Roby said Tuesday. Roby, R-Montgomery, said she's waiting for the judiciary's disciplinary process to play out. But she warned in a statement that judges should be held to a higher standard of conduct.
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  • U.S Rep. Jackie Walorski holding West Point, Naval Academy informational session

    09/17/14
    For high schoolers who dream of attending the Naval Academy, West Point or any of the other service academies, the application process can be time-consuming and complicated, so the office of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski is hosting a information session to explain the process for interested students in grades 8 through 12 and their parents.
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  • Career Advice From a Capitol Hill Honcho

    09/16/14
    Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers once worked the McDonald's drive-through. Now she's the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress (and a mom of three!). She talks to Glamour's Cindi Leive about going for it at work–even if you're not totally sure you're ready.
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  • Rep. Martha Roby and Benghazi investigation committee holds first hearing Wednesday

    09/15/14
    Rep. Martha Roby and the House committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya will hold its first public hearing Wednesday.
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  • Rep. Blackburn: Obama Lives in ISIS 'Fantasyland'

    09/15/14
    Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, adds that Secretary of State John Kerry's flip-flopping on whether the U.S. is "at war" with ISIS mirrors his boss's confusing take on the problem.
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  • McMorris Rodgers to Young Women: Be Risk Takers

    09/12/14
    While the speakers acknowledged that there are sometimes high barriers for women to run for elected office, they encouraged women to make the leap. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said that "it's still common for women to wait to be asked" to run for office. Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, said women often feel overly uncertain about their qualifications to run–a hesitation that many men don't share.
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  • Rep. Ellmers: Congress Must Hold Obama's Feet to Fire on ISIS

    09/12/14
    "For the first time in a long time I heard leadership from the president," Rep. Renee Ellmers, North Carolina Republican, told "MidPoint" host Ed Berliner, adding that "he has discussed this issue with a strength and a resolve that hasn't been there in the past."
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  • Wagner questions whether Obama has 'will' to follow through on anti-ISIS strategy

    09/11/14
    Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, said Thursday she supports President Obama's plan to combat the rise of the Islamic terror group ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but that she also wonders if Obama has the "will to complete the mission."
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  • Noem calls on Senate to pass trafficking legislation

    09/10/14
    South Dakota Representative Kristi Noem is looking to the U.S. Senate to pass a series of Human Trafficking bills. The Republican congresswoman says on Monday she led 52 House members from both sides of the aisle in calling on the Senate to take action on 12 House–passed bills combating trafficking in the United States.
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  • OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Obama seeks go-ahead to train Syrian rebels

    09/10/14
    Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.), the chairwoman of the Homeland Security subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, warned that they and thousands of other Western fighters could exploit vulnerabilities in a visa-waiver program that would allow members of ISIS to enter the U.S. undetected.
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  • Rep. Martha Roby: Suspended Montgomery VA administrators still accessing emails, building; calls for national investigation

    09/09/14
    In the wake of scandals involving patient care and personnel at the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, Rep. Martha Roby is calling for national-level intervention into the system's operations.
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  • President to detail ISIS plan

    09/08/14
    "I don't think that there's an appetite in West Virginia to have some full-fledged American troop presence in these regions and so, I think, we have to look at other options and that might be the option that's the best option at this point," said 2nd District Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the Republican U.S. Senate candidate.
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  • Ellmers: HealthCare.gov had 'simple security flaws'

    09/05/14
    Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) said Friday that it was "no surprise" the federal healthcare insurance website still had flaws a year after its launch.
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  • IRS issues draft instructions for employer mandate reporting requirements

    09/04/14
    Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) said on Friday that employers would have little time to understand and complete their taxes following the IRS's delayed release of reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act.
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  • Roby to VA: national leaders need to oversee Montgomery

    09/03/14
    U.S. Rep. Martha Roby has written a letter to the secretary of Veterans Affairs asking for Washington leaders to implement and oversee changes at the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System directly. Roby expressed concerns about the roles VA Southeast Network leaders have played in the malfeasance at CAVHCS and about local and regional administrators' lack of communication with the public.
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    Washington, D.C. 20515
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