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The Hill – December 8, 2022
The House on Thursday passed the annual defense authorization bill, sending the mammoth, $847 billion measure to the Senate for consideration ahead of the year-end deadline. The measure includes language that repeals the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. service members, which has been in place since August 2021.

House passage of two public health care bills
House Committtee on Energy & Commerce – December 2, 2022
This week the House passed two bills to improve our nation’s public health system by investing in research opportunities and expanding access to critical preventative services. 

The Hill – December 6, 2022
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) blasted colleges in a  for misleading students in financial aid letters about the total cost of attendance. Ninety-one percent of colleges underestimated or did not include the net price of attending their institution in financial aid offers to students, according to the GAO report released on Monday.