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As the House Energy and Commerce Committee meets today to discuss improving Medicaid, they should consider how states can integrate mobile phones and other existing technologies to increase access to care, lower costs and improve health care quality for Medicaid beneficiaries, said Dr. Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., author of “Reforming Medicaid with Technology.”

Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved HR 702, a bipartisan bill eliminating the 1970’s-era export ban on crude oil, which would lead the way to lower energy prices, increased energy supply, and be a boost to U.S. security, but the White House has announced its opposition to the measure.

IPI added its voice for ECPA reform, calling the legislation "an urgent and necessary step to uphold Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights guarding against warrantless search and seizure of electronic data."

At long last, the Senate Judiciary Committee will finally hold a hearing tomorrow to discuss reforming the outdated 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, an urgent and necessary step to uphold Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights guarding against warrantless search and seizure of electronic data.

President Obama and the Democrats ram through something that is widely unpopular with the public, has ZERO bipartisan support, and the White House must bypass the normal legislative process to claim it is law. Am I talking about Obamacare or the president’s Iran deal?  Yes.

Entitlements are cheating them out of their money. Fortunately there's a practical solution.

A key House panel on Thursday approved legislation to end the 40-year federal ban on exports of US crude oil, and the bill is expected to win further approval in the House and Senate before being passed on to the White House.

During August, the Labor Department said another 261,000 people permanently dropped out of the labor force. "That's a net loss of 88,000 jobs, not an increase, " according to IPI President Tom Giovanetti. The labor force participation rate has been stuck for three months at its lowest rate since 1977, Giovanetti asserted. "That's not good news — that's a disaster, " he said.

Innovative drilling techniques have produced a U.S. oil boom, but that economic boom could become a bust unless the U.S. is allowed to export its crude oil to other countries. Today the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power votes on a bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton (R- TX) eliminating the export ban on crude oil, which would pave the way for lower energy prices, increased energy supply, and be a boost to U.S. security.

Climate change is one of the media’s biggest issues, and they are likely to make it very hot for Republican candidates who don’t know the facts or give them politically incorrect answers.