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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.
Mifepristone is a chemical drug treatment that works together with misoprostol to end a pregnancy through ten weeks gestation, according to the FDA.
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.
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.
The legislation would nullify recent rule changes from President Joe Biden’s Food and Drug Administration that allows the abortion drug regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol to be prescribed to women via telemedicine and delivered by mail, and gives pharmacies permission to fill prescriptions for abortion drugs.
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.
This year, Republicans were outnumbered in the House and Senate, and a career liberal sat in the Oval Office. Our struggles to lower government spending, protect our borders, defend the family unit, and protect the unborn were battles fought uphill, both ways, in the snow!
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:
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).
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S.
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.
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.
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.
More than 34.5 million books and printed materials are housed on 838 miles of shelves at the Library of Congress, the world’s largest library.