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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
January 18, 2023

House Republicans introduced a bill on Tuesday that would undo recent rule changes from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowing for more widespread access to medication abortion, The Daily Signal first reported.

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Harshbarger Hern
January 18, 2023

Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01) and Kevin Hern (R-OK-01) introduced a bill Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives to invalidate the FDA’s recently-updated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) of mifepristone, a chemical abortion drug.

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
January 17, 2023

A group of House Republicans have introduced a bill to place restrictions on chemical abortion pills. If enacted, access to abortion pills would be limited to in-person distribution.  

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
January 15, 2023

As the representative of Tennessee’s first congressional district, 2022 was a year full of worthy policy battles, victories for East Tennessee, and further connecting with my constituency, or as I say, my friends and neighbors.

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
December 15, 2022

U.S. Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) led a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday calling on the agency to scrap its proposed rule that would classify certain PFAS as "hazardous substances".

That classification falls under the federal Superfund law, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
December 1, 2022

To a Massachusetts mother, the latest shortage hitting Joe Biden’s America triggered an effort that was “beyond hellacious.”

To pharmacist and Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee, the crisis is a “national security threat.”

And to a Minnesota doctor, the shortage of the form of amoxicillin needed to treat many bacterial infections in children is unprecedented.

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
November 30, 2022

 Republican doctor lawmakers warned that the amoxicillin shortage under President Biden could "devastate" the American healthcare system.

Several lawmakers on the GOP Doctors Caucus spoke out about the shortage of the medication that treats pneumonia, bronchitis, and other bacteria-related infections.

 

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
November 7, 2022

Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01) has published a news release urging all qualifying schools, libraries, and select nonprofit organizations located in her district and beyond to utilize the Library of Congress Surplus Books Program.

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
November 1, 2022

U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger’s office is offering to help schools, libraries and nonprofits in the 1st Congressional District she represents obtain books through the Library of Congress Surplus Books Program.

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
October 28, 2022

WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) led 40 of his House Republican colleagues in demanding Biden’s Department of Defense immediately rescind its directive to create a new abortion travel fund for service members and their families.