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Well, after a week of putting thousands of veterans and family members through hell, the S. 3373 (H.R. 3967), as amended, the “Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2021” or “Honoring our PACT Act” or simply, the “PACT Act” has left the Senate.
The 151 pages and over 50, 250 word PACT Act has finally been passed by the Senate and is on its way to the President for his signature.
Eighteen House Republicans, led by Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), are warning Secretary of State Antony Blinken to preserve all official documents and communications on a grant program promoting atheism overseas.
Each year, since 1777, the United States has observed June 14 as National Flag Day, as a day set aside to honor America’s “Old Glory.” This year the Veterans organizations in Cocke County got together on the following Saturday, June 18th to honor the flag and dispose of ones that had flown and became worn and tattered. The last time the organization had gotten together to dispose of flags was in 2018, since the scheduled 2020 event was cancelled by the virus I won’t speak of.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01) and Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-01) introduced the Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2022 (H.R. 8508), bipartisan legislation that improves Medicare reimbursements and enhances the current structure of the Medicare-funded graduate medical education (GME) program to bring more medical residents and doctors to rural areas.
Rep. Diana Harshbarger voted Wednesday in support of the “Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022”, which passed through the House of Representatives with bipartisan support.
The PACT Act is landmark legislation that will expand VA healthcare and benefits for many veterans who were not previously covered by VA, to include individuals exposed to radiation, burn pits, and dangerous toxins.
Congresswoman Harshbarger joined Congressman Andy Biggs and 21 of their House colleagues to send a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra demanding that their departments cease transporting illegal alien minors across state lines to receive abortions.
The full letter may be read here.
WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Diana Harshbarger voted in support of S. 3373, as amended, the SFC Heath Robinson the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which passed through the House with bipartisan support.
GOP officials expressed alarm over a recent leak that saw explicit media involving first son Hunter Biden circulating online, deeming the president’s disgraced son a threat to “national security” while calling for a full-scale investigation over the matter.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) is calling for hearings into the 2020 election fraud allegations made in the documentary film 2000 Mules.
In a letter to Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Biggs called the provocative claims made in the film "extremely troubling" and said they "must be investigated."
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – News Channel 11 solicited questions from viewers to ask local Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger. She sat down for an interview in her hometown of Kingsport to discuss what’s up in Washington.