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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
February 2, 2023

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Jared Golden (D-ME), re-introduced the bipartisan Fair Access in Residency (FAIR) Act (H.R. 751), to ensure taxpayer-funded physician residency training programs create an equal path to residency for both Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) and Medical Doctors (MDs).

Issues: Healthcare

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
January 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, introduced the Block, Report, and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act (H.R. 501) which would require drug manufacturers, distributors and other Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registrants to not only report but halt suspicious orders of controlled substances.

Issues: Healthcare

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
January 19, 2023

Jefferson County, TN.- Today, U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) visited two public elementary schools in Jefferson County’s School District to deliver book donations for teachers and their students as well as to help fill their library’s shelves from her office’s partnership with the U.S. Library of Congress Surplus Books Program.

Issues: Education

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

Hawkins County, TN.- On Thursday, January 19th, U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) visited Joseph Rogers Primary School and the Words on Wheels (WOW) Bus, both of Hawkins County School System as well as Mount Carmel Library to deliver just over 200 book donations from the U.S. Library of Congress Surplus Books Program to help them fill their book shelves.


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

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Republican Study Committee Chairman Representative Kevin Hern (R-OK) introduced a bill to nullify a FDA risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) on Mifepristone, a chemical abortion drug.

Issues: Defending Life

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
December 27, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) released the following statement regarding her bill, the DHS Contract Reporting Act being signed into law: 


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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
December 14, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) led a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling on the agency to scrap its proposed rule that would classify certain PFAS as "hazardous substances" under the federal Superfund law, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).


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Library of Congress Washington DC
November 1, 2022

Kingsport, TN- Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger released the following statement announcing the Library of Congress's Surplus Books Program.


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Rep. Diana Harshbarger Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
October 18, 2022

Washington, D.C.- The staff of Congresswoman Harshbarger will be making themselves available at the locations outlined below across Tennessee's First Congressional District to answer questions about how the Congresswoman may be able to help with federal agency related issues and answer questions about what's going on in Washington.


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app challenge
October 6, 2022

Washington, D.C.- Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) issued the following statement announcing the 2022 Congressional App Challenge for students in Tennessee's First Congressional District: