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Richmond, Va. — Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued this statement following the Trump Administration’s announcement of their intent to rollback the current fuel economy and emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks:
“The Trump Administration must reconsider these deleterious and dangerous actions. Tailpipe pollution is a public health threat and one of the biggest contributors of carbon dioxide to our atmosphere, which drives climate change and threatens our future sharing this one Earth.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) introduced, with Congressman John Faso, the bipartisan Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2018 to help protect children from dangerous lead exposure.
Richmond, Va. – Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) joined 64 House Democrats on a letter to President Trump highlighting how non-partisan experts and insurers blame Trump and his administration for their actions that caused a costly spike in health insurance premiums for Americans next year, including Virginians.
Richmond, Va. – Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued this statement in celebration of the Virginia Senate’s vote to expand Medicaid:
Richmond, Va. – Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued this statement following release of a nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office / Joint Committee on Taxation report projecting that three million fewer Americans will be insured and premiums will increase by an additional ten percent following elimination of the individual mandate:
WASHINGTON – Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued this statement about proposed 2019 health insurance rate increases in the Commonwealth of Virginia:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) introduced the Advancing Seniors and Kids Act (H.R. 4820) to address the many urgent, overdue healthcare priorities that House Republicans ignored in their short-term continuing resolution.
RICHMOND – Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued this statement today in response to reports that the Trump Administration will end cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidy payments:
“I am at a loss for words. For the second time in 24 hours, President Trump has made it abundantly clear that he is actively undermining and reducing access to quality, affordable health care for his own political gain. These reckless acts of sabotage will cause needless suffering and deaths.”
WASHINGTON - Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued this statement today after President Trump signed an executive order to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare law of the land:
RICHMOND - Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued this statement following the Trump Administration’s decision to remove the federal mandate for employer-sponsored contraception coverage:
“The Trump Administration’s latest attack on women’s healthcare options will hurt millions of families and, potentially, impose new costs for coverage. With today’s rule reversal, women might have to make a choice between affordable contraception and paying for this week’s groceries – solely because of their employers’ personal beliefs.