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SOURCE: www.www.rahall.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) today appealed to the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission to review the Postal Service’s process for consolidating and suspending mail services in southern West Virginia. “The people of southern West Virginia [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.casey.senate.gov WASHINGTON, DC— U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) this week to introduce legislation to extend the improved Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) –a critical federal program for [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Rule would eliminate potential POV notification and use of final orders in review ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that a proposed rule to revise its pattern of violations [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.sanders.senate.gov The architect of a plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it was tapped to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Rep. Paul Ryan’s [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – The United States has filed a complaint against Boston Scientific Corp. and related Guidant entities under the False Claims Act for conduct relating to certain of its cardiac devices, the Justice Department announced today. The United [...] Read More

SOURCE:www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Fairfax County, Va., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Joint DOJ & HHS  efforts result in largest sum ever recovered in single year; new rules under the Affordable Care Act will keep fraudulent providers and suppliers out of Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and avoid payments of fraudulent claims [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it has temporarily withdrawn from review by the Office of Management and Budget its proposal to restore a column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.stark.house.gov H.R. 413, the Defense and Deficit Reduction Act, Would Save $182 Billion WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) introduced H.R. 413, the Defense and Deficit Reduction Act, to take defense spending back to 2008 levels for the [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.help.senate.gov WASHINGTON – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced the Committee will meet on Thursday at 10:00 A.M.to examine how the Affordable Care Act protects consumers against insurance industry abuses.  The hearing, [...] Read More