HOUSEWATCH ALERT

The House of Representatives has a busy three weeks of work planned for December. We intend to move the Lower Drug Costs Now Act that will allow Medicare to negotiate to lower the costs of prescriptions drugs and carry lower prices over to private insurance, update the Voting Rights Act, finish appropriations bills and consider Articles of Impeachment along with other important items before Christmas.
My Committees

Speaker Pelosi and I started the week leading a delegation to the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference COP25 to demonstrate that, despite President’s Trump’s announced withdraw from the international Paris Climate Accord, the United States will remain committed to climate action. Read more
CDC, NIH and FDA urged everyone over age six to get your flu shot today during my Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled "Flu Season: U.S. Public Health Preparedness and Response.” It’s shaping up to be a busy flu season here in Tampa, and local hospitals are already seeing multiple strains of influenza in children and adults. Be sure to protect yourself and your family, as I stressed in the hearing.
Votes This Week

Yesterday the Congress passed the bipartisan TRACED Act that will help eliminate robocalls that are not just annoying but are undermining our entire phone system and consumer safety.  Last year, our Tampa neighbors suffered through an estimated 450 million robocalls and the scams are becoming more sophisticated every day. Read more
The House also will vote on H.R. 2534, the Insider Trading Prohibition Act to make it easier for the government to prosecute cases against company insiders and outsiders who receive confidential tips. This legislation is a meaningful step towards protecting the hard-earned savings of Americans and cleaning up corruption across the country by holding bad actors accountable.
During the holiday season, don’t forget to shop small at local businesses that make Tampa so special.  Be mindful of families that need a helping hand and the organizations that make that possible like Feeding Tampa Bay that provides groceries to over 600,000 food insecure Floridians. My recent visit was a reminder of the importance of protecting federal food assistance for the most vulnerable among us. While the Trump administration announced the elimination of food assistance to millions of American families this week, I am proud that our community will work together to ensure that children and families don’t go hungry.
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