U.S. Rep. Billy Long welcomed Katelyn Clark, winner of the 34th Annual Congressional Art Competition for Missouri’s Seventh District, to Washington Wednesday. Katelyn’s pencil drawing, entitled My Sanity, has been hung in the halls of the U.S. Capitol along with other winning works from across the nation. In addition to winning the district competition, Katelyn’s work won the People’s Choice Awar... Read more »
U.S. Representative Billy Long voted with the House of Representatives to pass two bills repealing select Obamacare provisions. H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 would repeal Obamacare’s 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices. H.R. 1190, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2015 would repeal the Obamacare-established Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) for ... Read more »
The House of Representatives passed Thursday legislation to provide transparent, streamlined free trade agreement negotiations, The legislation includes Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which would force a president to submit any negotiated trade deal to Congress prior to finalization for approval. TPA, a policy used since 1934 and last expired in 2007, gives a president authority to negotiate dea... Read more »
The House Members of Missouri’s Congressional delegation this week issued a letter to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo, suggesting the agency keep the NGA West complex at one of four sites in the Show Me State.Below is a copy of that letter and reflections on the complex’s importance by Missouri’s House delegation.“With nearly 70 percent of NGA’s current employees b... Read more »
HOLLISTER, Mo. – Today, U.S. Representative Billy Long brought together the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Table Rock Lake area business leaders and residents concerned with proposed Shoreline Management Plan revisions. Long facilitated the discussion to hear from both sides of the issue and gather more information. The event provided a forum for residents and business leaders to voice t... Read more »
U.S. Representative Billy Long has introduced legislation to update regulations guiding how drug manufacturers communicate product information. Long is the lead sponsor of H.R. 2479, which would force the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change regulations on how pharmaceutical companies share product information with the general public. The bill would direct FDA to clearly regulate meaningfu... Read more »
The House Energy & Commerce Committee voted unanimously, 51-0, Thursday to send the bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act to the full House of Representatives for debate. U.S. Representative Billy Long is the lead sponsor of a section of the bill that would improve critical and reliable communication about health care economic information between drug manufacturers, payers and providers. “This ground... Read more »
U.S. Representative Billy Long has released the following statement Wednesday following Takata Corporation’s nationwide airbag recall. “I am very glad to see Takata finally expand its recall nationwide. I pressed Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president for Global Quality Assurance at Takata Corporation, to do so during an Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing in December. The answers given durin... Read more »
U.S. Representative Billy Long released the following statement regarding the U.S. Special Forces raid Saturday killing Abu Sayyaf, a top Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) commander, in Syria. “Today is another victory in our fight against ISIL. With this successful operation, Sayyaf, the mastermind of ISIL’s oil and gas operations, which provide a primary funding source for the terror o... Read more »
U.S. Representative Billy Long issued the following statement following House passage of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. “We are walking a fine line on nuclear negotiations with Iran. It would be irresponsible to accept a ‘bad deal’ with negative consequences for the U.S., our friends and our allies around the world, especially Israel, over no deal at all. It is very wise for Congr... Read more »
