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Legislative Highlights
Manning Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Mothers and Infants Impacted by the Opioid Crisis
Congresswoman Manning led Representatives Glenn Thompson (PA-15) and David Trone (MD-06) in reintroducing the bipartisan Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2023, legislation to support mothers and their infants who are born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS).
The Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2023 strengthens the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to expand support systems for impacted mothers, caregivers, and infants.
Manning Leads Letter Urging FERC to Deny Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Certificate
Congresswoman Manning led a group of House Democrats in a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Secretary Kimberly Bose, urging the Commission to deny Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) requested extension of its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Southgate project.
The certificate is needed for construction of a 73-mile proposed extension of the MVP, which would span from southern Virginia into northwestern North Carolina.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline expansion would impact land and water quality in North Carolina's Sixth District.
"The MVP Southgate Pipeline poses a serious climate risk and threatens water quality in North Carolina. That’s why Rep. Valerie Foushee and I led a letter urging FERC to deny MVP’s certificate of extension." said Congresswoman Kathy Manning.
Manning Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter to Education Secretary to Counter Campus Antisemitism
Congresswoman Manning, alonside her fellow Co-Chairs of the House and Senate Bipartisan Task Forces for Combating Antisemitism, led a bipartisan group of 87 Members of Congress in sending a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging the U.S. Department of Education to take additional steps to counter antisemitism and protect Jewish students on college campuses.
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Manning Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act
Congresswoman Manning celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which she helped to pass in 2022, and highlighted the impacts of the legislation in North Carolina.
"One year after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, North Carolinians are feeling the benefits of the law: health care premiums are lower for hardworking families, the price of insulin is capped at $35 a month for seniors on Medicare, and thousands of good-paying clean energy jobs are being created across the state,” said Congresswoman Kathy Manning.
Following the passage of the IRA, three major insulin producers: Eli Lily, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi, have capped the cost of insulin for all consumers at $35/month.
In addition, the IRA empowers Medicare, for the first time, to be able to negotiate the cost of prescription drug prices, lowering costs for seniors.
This month, the Biden Administration announced the first round of 10 medications selected for negotiation.This is a historic action that will make necessary and life-saving medications more affordable for millions of seniors on Medicare. It's estimated that, as a result of the first round of prescription drug negotiations, 315,000 North Carolinians will save money on their prescriptions.
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