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Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell. Today’s decision upheld the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) interpretation of provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Ratepayer Protection Act, H.R. 2042, which would ensure that no states are required to implement a plan mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s carbon dioxide emission rule if it would have a negative effect on retail, commercial, or industrial electricity rates or the reliability of the state’s electricity system.
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Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, H.R. 1190, which would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) established by the President’s healthcare law.
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Stephen Strasburg threw five scoreless innings in his return from a strained neck muscle, lifting the Washington Nationals to a 3-1 win over Atlanta on Tuesday.
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and 11 of their colleagues to introduce the Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act, bipartisan reform legislation aimed at providing safer and more effective pain management services through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA).
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Since its implementation, the President’s healthcare law has time and again harmed, rather than helped, the overwhelming majority of Americans.
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Lynchburg scored the first run of the game, but Myrtle Beach plated the final four and claimed a 4-1 victory over the Hillcats to close out the first half of the season Sunday evening at TicketReturn.com Field.
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Washington scored nine runs in the bottom of the first, and Nats starter Gio Gonzalez put it on cruise control from there in a 9-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates that completed a three-game Nationals sweep.
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Lynchburg claimed the opening game of a doubleheader, 2-0, but fell in extra innings in the nightcap, 5-4 in eight frames. Joe Sever produced a game-tying hit with two outs in the seventh inning of game two, but Myrtle Beach prevailed to prevent a Hillcats sweep Saturday at TicketReturn.com Field.
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Max Scherzer was one strike from perfection, but after hitting Pirates pinch-hitter Jose Tabata with a 2-2 pitch, the Nats ace bore down and got Josh Harrison to fly out to left to complete a no-hitter in a 6-0 Washington win on Saturday at Nationals Park.
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