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Crenshaw Direct Primary Care bill passes House
This week, the House passed my bipartisan Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act, which incentivizes a form of healthcare that is better for patients and for the American taxpayer. This is a huge win for patients everywhere.
Direct Primary Care is one of the easiest and more direct ways to deliver primary care to patients. It is a payment model that makes sense… you pay a monthly fee, and you get unlimited access to a primary care physician. This keeps vulnerable patients out of the costly emergency room, gives them the care they need, and saves money for our entire healthcare system.
My bill is straight forward and zero cost. It clarifies that current laws don’t prohibit direct primary care arrangements, while offering guidance for States that want to use direct primary care in their Medicaid programs, including my home state of Texas.
Now it's the Senate's turn. The Senate should take up this bill and pass it, so our most vulnerable Americans get the healthcare they deserve.
House Committee votes to force Chinese sale of TikTok
This week the House Energy & Commerce Committee voted unanimously to approve a bill that would delist TikTok from app stores if ByteDance doesn't sell the company. If this bill passes the Senate, and the President signs it into law, ByteDance will have 165 days to sell.
This isn't a ban, but this is a major way we can prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from accessing millions of American's data. With data there is power and the CCP can choose what you see and how you see it on TikTok. They can make you believe things that aren't true and encourage you to do things you shouldn't. This is China's goal, the demise of America, starting with our youth. That's why lawmakers - both Republicans and Democrats - have joined together to stop the CCP from manipulating millions of Americans.
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House passes Laken Riley Act to Protect Americans from Criminal Aliens
Sadly, recently a 22-year-old nursing student in Athens, Georgia, Laken Riley, was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant who should never have been roaming our streets.
This week, the House passed the Laken Riley Act, a bill I was proud to co-sponsor, which will require the Department of Homeland Security to detain criminal aliens who have committed burglary, theft, larceny and shoplifting. This is something they should have been doing already to protect Americans like Laken Riley.
Laken was murdered while out on her morning jog by a criminal alien who had been arrested for endangering a child and shoplifting. He should have never been allowed into our country and he should have been deported long before he killed her.
Our bill will help prevent senseless murders such as Laken's in the future. The Senate should take up this measure quickly, pass it, and send it to the President to sign into law.
Environment Subcommittee Passed legislation to allow American Manufacturing to Thrive
This week the Environment subcommittee advanced legislation that would modernize the standard settings for the national ambient air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. This bill will ensure American manufacturing is not bound by unreasonable, costly regulations that do nothing but hurt our economy and job creation.
Young America's Foundation
I always enjoy speaking to young people interested in public policy. This week I had the opportunity to discuss foreign policy, border security and combatting Mexican drug cartels with the Young America's Foundation at their Peace Through Strength Lecture series.
In Case You Missed It: This week i joined the team at CNN to discuss the President's State of the Union address.
CNN: State of the Union
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