Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Co-Chair of the Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus, delivered remarks on the House Floor celebrating National Rural Health Month and reaffirming her commitment to strengthening healthcare access in America’s small towns and rural communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) released the following statement after the longest government shutdown in history, driven by Democrats’ absurd political motivations, comes to an end:
Thursday, November 6, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it will provide USAntibiotics — located in Bristol, Tennessee — a National Priority Voucher for the company’s Augmentin XR (Amoxicillin Clavulanic Potassium) product. This medication treats community-acquired pneumonia and acute bacterial sinusitis caused by penicillin-resistant bacteria.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the thirteenth time, Senate Democrats have voted to continue the government Shutdown – rejecting a clean, bipartisan funding bill they themselves have supported in the past.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) issued the following statement after Democrats rejected a clean, non-partisan, short-term continuing resolution, shutting down the federal government.
KINGSPORT, TN - Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger held her fifth annual Military Service Academy Day for prospective students and their families in Tennessee’s First District who are interested in pursuing educational opportunities available at the United States services academies.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) announced today that her bipartisan Michael Enzi Voluntary Protection Program Act (H.R. 2844) has advanced out of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, a key step toward codifying OSHA’s successful Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) into federal law. The bill was renamed in honor of the late U.S. Senator Michael Enzi of Wyoming, a longtime champion for VPP and worker safety.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) today celebrated the launch of the $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Fund by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, officially opening the state application process. The RHT fund was created in President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts legislation that Congresswoman Harshbarger supported.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA), the only two pharmacists serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, this week introduced the Drug Shortage Compounding Patient Access Act of 2025 (H.R. 5316). The legislation strengthens patient access to essential medications during times of shortage and reduces dependence on foreign drug suppliers by ensuring compounding pharmacies can continue filling critical gaps in care.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) today congratulated USAntibiotics, McKesson, and Walmart on a new collaboration that will expand U.S.-based production and distribution of amoxicillin, one of the nation’s most widely prescribed antibiotics. The effort is anchored at USAntibiotics’ world-class manufacturing facility in Bristol, Tennessee and is designed to ensure stable, domestically produced supplies for patients nationwide.