by Jeremy Wallace  When it came time to vote on removing statues of Confederates in the U.S. Capitol this week, U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw was one of 72 Republicans to side with every Democrat in the House of Representatives in approving the measure. While the Houston Republican has taken criticism for the vote from some conservatives on social media who say he is helping to erase… Read more »

by Bob Weir Why do we spend any time learning about history? After all, what’s past is past; so, why is it necessary for our future? Well, suppose you could go back into your earlier life. Is there anything you would do differently? Perhaps. But, inasmuch as you can’t go back, are there things you did wrong in your past that you’ve learned not to do in your current stage of life? In… Read more »

  Congress is getting ready to break again, and there are questions on whether or not a deal will be made for the next round of stimulus checks. Congressman Dr. Michael Burgess joined the WBAP Morning News with an update. Published here.  Read more »

by Todd J. Gillman WASHINGTON -- The House voted Wednesday to remove Confederate statues and the bust of the chief justice who wrote the infamous Dred Scott decision on slavery, with most Republicans opposing the move, including 16 Texans. The other six Texas Republicans backed the measure, including the only Black Republican in the House, Rep. Will Hurd. “Confederate statues don’t… Read more »

by Kerry Dooley Young Executives of five firms working on COVID-19 vaccines briefed federal lawmakers on their timelines for potentially winning regulatory approvals and distributing these products, with Johnson & Johnson and Merck both having target goals for major data results next year. AstraZeneca has a more accelerated target for limited distribution of its vaccine. But… Read more »

by Mari Serebrov A safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine may be available by the end of the year or early next year, as will the supplies needed to deliver and administer hundreds of millions of doses. That’s the message five biopharma executives delivered to a House subcommittee July 21 as they updated U.S. lawmakers on the progress their companies are making on the vaccine… Read more »

Legislation that would provide lifetime immunosuppressive drug coverage for patients who receive a kidney transplant regardless of age is heading for a House vote. H.R. 5534, the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019, “passed a procedure hurdle in the House Energy and Commerce Committee ... and reported out” to allow the full House to… Read more »

by Avery Dalal and Vince Sims Reverend Peter Johnson, a civil rights activist and North Texan, thinks back over the life of Congressman John Lewis. A life Johnson said he was a part of since Johnson was a senior in high school in Louisiana. “I became friends with John Lewis in 1963," Johnson said. "Remained friends with him up until his death. Worked shoulder to shoulder with him… Read more »

Congressman Michael Burgess joins Maria Bartiromo to discuss the possibility of a Phase 4 response package for Coronavirus Read more »

by Ripon Advance News Service U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Fred Upton (R-MI) on July 15 introduced bipartisan legislation to ramp up and expand America’s Strategic National Stockpile. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee the same day marked up and passed the measure, the Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2020, H.R. 7574, which is sponsored by U.S.… Read more »