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Larry Bucshon

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Larry Bucshon is an American politician and physician serving as the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Bucshon has focused on healthcare policy, leveraging his medical background to inform his legislative priorities. He has been involved in various initiatives aimed at improving healthcare access and affordability for his constituents. Bucshon has also participated in discussions surrounding fiscal responsibility and economic growth in Indiana.

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Mar 5, 2019

Medicare for all would establish a government-run, single-payer health care system that would completely upend the health care system as Americans know it today.

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Feb 25, 2019

I want to make sure that whatever we do here in this committee it includes audio data and also considers location data based on hardware within a device.

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Feb 12, 2019

If you have a preexisting condition, don't choose a short-term health plan that is cheap. They don't discriminate at all, because it is a consumer choice.

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Feb 5, 2019

We all support protections for preexisting conditions.

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Feb 5, 2019

We should be talking about the fact that people with preexisting conditions really don't have protections.

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Feb 5, 2019

I keep telling people if you continue to debate how to pay for a product that is too expensive, you are not going to catch up.

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Sep 13, 2018

Unnecessary government red tape is preventing us from taking advantage of clean, renewable hydropower generation at existing nonpowered dams. The current regulatory process simply takes too long, taking up to a decade for the project to be…

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Sep 4, 2018

I don't see this as particularly partisan.

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Jul 10, 2018

If everyone out there is following the intent of the program, either original intent or in its current goals, then no one, I repeat, no one has anything to worry about with increasing oversight of the program.

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Jul 10, 2018

I think you're going to start seeing more impaired driving.

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Jul 10, 2018

How do we begin to get a national legal standard for impairment?

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Jul 10, 2018

Those of you who are opposing more transparency, the lady doth protest too much, me thinks.

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Jul 10, 2018

I personally oppose that based on medical grounds.

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Jul 10, 2018

I am a strong supporter of the 340B program. It's critical to many of the rural hospitals in my district.

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Jul 10, 2018

I would just remind everyone, 1992, no internet, and the Cold War was just ending. Times have changed, and the original intent of the program is important.

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Jun 20, 2018

I thank Mr. Olson and Mr. Johnson for hosting this Special Order. Manufacturing is a key industry that helps drive Indiana's strong economy. According to the National Association of Manufacturers, Indiana manufacturers exported $33.78…

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Jun 6, 2018

there's a high level of frustration among the constituents that we represent across the country

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Jun 6, 2018

10, 12 years to get--to secure a license, and this is on projects on existing dams.

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Jun 6, 2018

I honestly believe unless Congress sets hard deadlines that the reality is, this is probably not going to change in any substantial way.

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May 8, 2018

It is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life and service of Officer Robert Shawn Pitts of Terre Haute Police Department, who was killed in the line of duty on Friday, May 4, 2018. Officer Pitts was born in Vincennes…

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Apr 10, 2018

I would implore the industry to look into that and make sure that, in addition to physical exploring the internet and collecting data, that data being taken verbally not be allowed.

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Mar 20, 2018

Yes. And many people with substance abuse disorder also struggle with mental illness or have comorbid conditions such as diabetes or hypertension.

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Mar 20, 2018

I think Congressman Griffith was talking about that.

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Mar 20, 2018

So, look, there is a balance here and Dr. Martz makes some great points.

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Mar 20, 2018

There are legitimately large numbers of people trying to get legal prescriptions or legal narcotics through coming to the emergency room.

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