Press Releases

September 30, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) released the following statement regarding the 40thanniversary of the Hyde Amendment:

September 28, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week the House of Representatives passed an amendment sponsored by Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) that delays the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed Table Rock Lake Shoreline Management Plan for 5 years.

September 28, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week the House of Representatives passed an amendment sponsored by Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) that delays the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed Table Rock Lake Shoreline Management Plan for 5 years.

September 21, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.-In recognition of his commitment to protect small businesses, U.S. Rep. Billy Long received the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Guardian of Small Business Award.

September 15, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) issued the following statement today following the House’s passage of H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016.

September 13, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C - Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) issued the following statement today about the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) new set-top box proposal. The new proposal has the FCC mandate what is in a copyright license by creating a new copyright office under the agencies jurisdiction.

August 15, 2016 Press Release

SPRINGFIELD– Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) today wrote U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACOE) Col. Robert G. Dixon expressing his concerns about the ACOE Table Rock Lake Management Plan’s seemingly absent reverence for community input, and the negative impact it will have on lake access and property values.

July 25, 2016 Press Release

SPRINGFIELD– Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) visited leaders at Springfield's Cox Health and Arvest Bank today to take part in roundtable discussions. At these stops, the Congressman gave these stakeholders a Washington update and briefed them on issues impacting their industries like America's opioid epidemic and his ENFORCE trade bill.

July 22, 2016 Press Release

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:In the wake of escalating threats in the Global War on Terror, Congressman Billy Long (R-Springfield) recently supported multiple legislative initiatives to strengthen America’s counterterrorism capacity and keep Americans safe, including:

July 22, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) and Senator Roy Blunt (MO) today penned a bicameral letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt requesting that the agency delay the termination of their Medicare provider agreement with Ozarks Community Hospital (OCH) until the final result of the hospital’s appeal.

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