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Curtis Rural Broadband Bill Discussed in House Energy & Commerce Committee

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Yesterday, the House Energy & Commerce Communications and Telecommunications Subcommittee discussed Representative John Curtis’ Federal Broadband Deployment in Unserved Areas Act in a key legislative hearing. The bill would streamline broadband deployment in unserved areas and significantly enhance efforts to close the digital divide. “I frequently hear from constituents…

Congressman Curtis Applauds Eli Lilly on Significant Reduction in Insulin Prices

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Representative John Curtis issued the following statement after the announcement by Eli Lilly and Company to lower the cost of certain insulin products in the United States by forty percent effective January 2022: “I regularly hear from Utahns about the high cost of insulin and I applaud the leadership at Eli Lilly in taking the unprecedented step to drastically lower…

Curtis, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Resolution Designating Telehealth Awareness Week

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This week, Representative Curtis introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Telehealth Awareness Week Resolution alongside fellow member of the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) and full committee colleague Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH). The Resolution designates the week of September 19 through September 25 as ‘Telehealth Awareness…

Congressman Curtis, Colleagues Introduces Bill to Block International Recognition of the Taliban Government

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Last week, Congressman Curtis, GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, Congressman Joe Wilson, and Congressman Adam Kinzinger introduced the Taliban Recognition Prevention Act, which would prevent the Biden Administration from supporting the recognition of the Taliban-controlled government of Afghanistan in international organizations. The text can be seen here. “The Taliban is not…

Curtis, Gottheimer Introduce Bipartisan Bill Promoting Healthy Lifestyle

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Last week, Representative John Curtis introduced the bipartisan Dietary Supplements Access Act alongside Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), which will give millions of Americans more choice in how they are maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The legislation would permit individuals and families investing in health savings accounts to use pre-tax dollars to purchase dietary nutritional…

Congressional Olympic and Paralympic Caucus Co-Chairs Introduce Resolution Supporting Team USA and Celebrating the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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Today, Olympic and Paralympic Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. John Curtis (R-UT), Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) introduced a resolution celebrating the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Team USA.  On behalf of the caucus, the co-chairs lent their support to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games for proceeding in a safe and secure…

Curtis, Bilirakis Advocate to Protect Underage Users on Social Media

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This week, Representatives John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), House E&C Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Ranking Member, sent a strong message to Big Social Media Tech about underage users on platforms that violates terms of service. In letters addressed to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and owner of…

Rep. Curtis Appointed to House GOP Energy, Climate, and Conservation Task Force

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Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman of the Conservative Climate Caucus, released the following statement after being named a member of the newly-formed “Energy, Climate, and Conservation” Republican Task Force.  “House Republican leadership created the Energy, Climate, and…