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2-2-2010 HHS to Issa - Tort Reform Not a Priority?: New Report Underscores Costs of Defensive Medicine
WASHINGTON. D.C. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a report today entitled: The Failure to Address the Costs of Defensive Medicine in Health Care Legislation that highlights how defensive medicine contributes to the “high cost of health care” and drives up insurance premiums.

“Last week during his State of the Union Address and speaking at the House Republican retreat, President Obama underscored the need for Republicans to be open to all ideas and made an appeal to not give up on health care reform legislation,” Issa said. “I agree that the election of one Senator should not excuse our efforts to reform our nation’s health care system, however, that effort must include legitimate tort reform. When HHS is telling me that malpractice reform is not a ‘priority’ of this Administration, I have to question the sincerity of the President’s commitment to working with Congressional Republicans on a bipartisan basis.”
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1-24-2010 Retreat on Counting Stimulus ‘Jobs Created or Saved’ Confuses White House Advisors who Cite Different and Unreliable Estimates: Devaney Letter to Rep. Issa: Recovery.gov Giving Up on Displaying ‘Created or Saved’ Count – Will Focus Instead on Jobs Paid for by Taxpayers
WASHINGTON D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa today released a letter from Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board Chairman Earl Devaney announcing that Recovery.gov will now report jobs funded rather than “jobs created or saved” on the Administration’s official site counting jobs attributed to the stimulus.
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1-13-2010 Rep. Issa: It’s Not Too Late To Change Approach on Health Care Takeover Bills: WASHINGTON. D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa has sent a letter to House Democratic health care bill negotiators urging them to scrap the existing health care takeover proposal and substitute H.R. 3438, the “Access to Insurance for All Americans Act,” a proposal which would offer all Americans the opportunity to obtain the same health care choices that members of Congress have.

The letter from Rep. Issa advocating an alternative idea he introduced explains:

“The public overwhelmingly supports this proposal. A September 2009 Rasmussen public opinion poll found 78% of U.S. voters believe all Americans should ‘be allowed to purchase the same health insurance plan that members of Congress use.’”
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12-22-2009 Fallen Heroes Family Act Makes Visas Available to Foreign Parents of Fallen U.S. Servicemembers: Bill will help Aid Military Families Following Loss

WASHINGTON. D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) recently introduced H.R. 4350, the "Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2009." Each year a number of military families who have lost a loved one face unnecessary difficulties and hardship when trying to bring a surviving parent legally to the United States to raise the U.S. service member’s child. Recently, the task has been accomplished through the difficult process of private bills in Congress.

"Families of fallen soldiers currently face an arduous process to get foreign parents into the U.S. and they were always considered on a case-by-case basis," Issa said. "The Fallen Heroes Family Act will enact a permanent change to current U.S. immigration law so that the children of our military families put in this situation can receive help from grandparents."
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