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Washington, D.C. - Today, the GOP Doctors Caucus co-chairs released the following statement after the House passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The health provisions within this reconciliation package will hamper innovation for new cures and place an increasing strain on our shrinking medical field. |
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., announced his annual military service academy information event for high school students interested in pursuing a Congressional nomination to attend one of the nation's military service academies. The virtual forum will be held on Wednesday, August 17thth at 6:30PM, and will run approximately 90 minutes.
Washington, D.C. - The House GOP Doctors Caucus and physician members of the Senate shared serious concerns in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi following the inclusion of government drug price control policies in the reconciliation package being considered in the Senate. |
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, John Sarbanes, Andy Harris MD, Kweisi Mfume and David Trone met Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol with the new president and CEO of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Hilary Harp Falk and the newly selected U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program Director Dr. Kandis Boyd.
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act with 325 votes. The legislation will encourage research on marijuana and its potential benefits by streamlining the application process for researchers and removing FDA barriers.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a discretionary grant award in the amount of $1,114,539.00 to Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Inc. This funding will be used to support the purchases of a CNC Messer System Plasma Table, a 30-ton mobile travelift crane, and a CNC 250-ton, 14-foot press brake.
WASHINGTON – The full Maryland congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin, Andy Harris, M.D., and David Trone, recently called on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to select Maryland as the permanent home for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a new agency proposed by President Biden to improve the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Military Service Academies nomination application is now available for students wishing to join the class of 2027. Congressman Harris will nominate some of the finest students from Maryland’s First Congressional District for appointments to the U.S. Military, Naval, Air Force, and Merchant Marine Academies.
WASHINGTON, DC: Acting Ranking member of USDA Appropriations Subcommittee Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), has issued the following statement on language included in the House USDA, Rural Development and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Bill. This language addresses the invasive blue catfish species in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: In response to record-high gas and energy prices, Congressman Andy Harris, and Delegate Kathy Szeliga are calling on leaders in Annapolis and Washington DC to find solutions to the pain at the pump – both in the short-term and long-term. At a press conference Monday morning, Congressman Harris said, “It’s time for President Biden to stop the blame-game and unleash American energy independence. Joe Biden and House Democrats’ war on American energy is responsible for the pain at the pump Americans are feeling. This is Biden’s Price Hike, and Americans know it.