On December 29, 2022, the President signed into law the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L....more
Prompted by rising rates of overdose deaths, suicides and incidence of mental illness in at-risk populations, such as children, Congress has spent the better part of the year working in a bipartisan manner to develop and...more
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Today, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) into law. The final IRA bill came together after more than 18 months of intra-party negotiations among Democrats about what legislative priorities to...more