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Hern announces Healthy Future Task Force solutions to make health care more affordable Representative Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, chairman of the Healthy Future Task Force Subcommittee on Affordability, unveiled the Subcommittee’s solutions to make health care more accessible and affordable alongside Task Force members Rick Allen of Georgia and Victoria Spartz of… Read more »

MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Cammack Joins Sen. Rubio, Colleagues In Letter To Sec. Vilsack Requesting Update On USDA Promise To Investigate Drug Smuggling In Mexico Food Imports Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL-03) joined Senator Marco Rubio and colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging the USDA to follow… Read more »

Utah program gets unemployed folks back to work quickly By Buzz Brockway Vice president of policy, Georgia Center for Opportunity PEACHTREE CORNERS  |  Last month I joined two of my colleagues on a trip to Washington, D.C. Our purpose was to meet with Congressman Rick Allen (Ga.-12) and Congressman Burgess Owens (Utah-4) to discuss integrating workforce development… Read more »

House passes bill to suspend tariffs on imported baby formula The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Friday to suspend tariffs on imported baby formula. The big picture: The bill passed 421-2, with two Republicans voting against it, comes amid a continuing baby formula shortage in the United States. Rep Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) voted against the… Read more »

Gohmert lone House lawmaker to oppose baby formula bill Rep. Louie Gohmert  (R-Texas) was the only House lawmaker to oppose a bill on Friday to temporarily suspend tariffs on imports of baby formula.  The measure, titled the Formula Act, initially cleared the House in a bipartisan 421-2 vote. Hours later, Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.) said he voted against the… Read more »

The Jolt: New poll suggests ticket-splitting in top Georgia races A new poll offers one of the clearest snapshots yet of the state’s marquee matchups – and provides further evidence of a budding ticket-splitting trend that could help shape the November outcome. The poll of likely voters commissioned by the Georgia AARP shows Republican Gov. Brian Kemp with a comfortable 52-45%… Read more »

Bishop co-heads effort to name Veterans Affairs office to honor Isakson   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Sanford Bishop Jr., D-Ga., and Congressman Rick Allen, R-Ga., were joined by all members of Georgia’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation — Buddy Carter, Drew Ferguson, Hank Johnson, Nikema Williams, Lucy McBath, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Austin Scott, Andrew Clyde, Jody Hice,… Read more »

Guthrie, Buchanan Announce Healthy Future Task Force Solutions to Make Health Care More Affordable WASHINGTON, D.C. – Healthy Future Task Force co-chairs, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16), and the Affordability Subcommittee announced the Task Force’s solutions to make health care more accessible and affordable. In… Read more »

Ga. House members push to name VA facility for late senator WASHINGTON (WRDW/WAGT) - U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Augusta, and the rest of the Georgia House delegation have introduced a bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in Atlanta after the late Sen. Johnny Isakson. The Republican from Georgia died in December. “Sen. Isakson’s legacy as a champion for America’s… Read more »

Biden Administration OKs Final Rule for Multiemployer Pension Aid Impacting Millions of Workers WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has announced a final rule for a program intended to keep some 200 multiemployer pension funds solvent for the next 30 years and protect more than 2 million workers from having their retirement benefits reduced. The rule, announced by the federal Pension… Read more »