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Washington, DC -U.S. Reps. Bill Posey and Louie Gohmert along with U.S Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson led a letter signed by 18 Members of Congress calling for answers from the Administrator of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its VRBPAC panel regarding Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approval for use of the COVID-19 vaccines in children ages five and under. The VRBPAC… Read more »

Today U.S. Representatives Bill Posey (R-FL) and Tim Ryan (D-OH) introduced the Safe Medicine Act, bipartisan legislation to break America’s dependence on pharmaceuticals produced overseas and protect Americans from defective or contaminated foreign pharmaceuticals. Tens of millions of Americans who depend on life-saving medications could be at-risk of receiving tainted medicine from… Read more »

A few weeks ago, on Mother’s Day weekend, hundreds of residents from all over Central Florida gathered at Cocoa Beach Pier to participate in the seventh annual Cocoa Beach Kidney Walk to raise awareness and show their support for loved ones suffering from kidney disease. Katie and I have participated every year since the walk was first organized in 2012 by Rich Salick, Bill Hahn and… Read more »

With the support of Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) the House of Representatives passed H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act with a bipartisan vote of 307 - 111. The legislation, cosponsored by Posey, repeals Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a commission created through the Obamacare Health Care law designed to reduce Medicare spending and make sweeping… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement regarding the American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628): “For many years health insurance costs have been skyrocketing and today we have taken a big step toward addressing this problem while keeping intact core protections for those Americans with pre-existing health conditions, ensuring sick people do not lose their… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement regarding today’s vote on legislation to fully repeal the Obamacare law: “I have heard from thousands of residents across the 8th District who have been adversely impacted by the President’s health care law,” said Congressman Bill Posey. “Some have said they wanted to keep the coverage they had but couldn’t. Others… Read more »

Today bipartisan legislation was introduced by U.S. Representatives Bill Posey (R-FL) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to help aid breast cancer patients in their recovery following surgical procedures. There is the risk of infection following breast cancer surgery due to the placement of post-surgical drains. Medicare currently covers the cost of post-surgical water resistant… Read more »

With the support of Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge), the House passed legislation (H.R. 2575) to change the definition of full-time work back to 40 hours per week, undoing a harmful regulation put in place by the President’s health care law. Under the law, health care mandates that apply to full time employment cover employees working 30 hours or more. Some workers have had their… Read more »

With the support of Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge), the House passed legislation on a bipartisan vote of 250 to 160 to provide relief to individuals and their families by delaying the health care law’s individual mandate tax penalty for one year. The President recently provided the same delay to large multi-national corporations but has not acted to protect families and individuals… Read more »

Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) issued the following statement regarding the President's attempt to exempt Congress from Obamacare: “Obamacare was passed by Democrats led by then-Speaker Pelosi, and opposed by ALL Republican members of the House,” said Congressman Posey. “Republicans want all members and staff to be covered by Obamacare, because we believe the entire law would… Read more »