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U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that aims to address the mental health care crisis facing American children by reauthorizing federal funds for children’s mental and behavioral health programs. 

A group of 29 Members of Congress, led by Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., on March 31 sent a letter to President Biden urging him to prioritize homegrown, renewable biofuels as a replacement for Russian energy sources.

In the letter, the lawmakers applaud the administration’s actions to ban Russian oil and natural gas. “Given the Russian economy’s reliance on petroleum exports, banning the importation of Russian oil and natural gas into the United States was the right decision,” they wrote.

A bipartisan bill sponsored this week by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) would increase Americans’ access to treatment for opioid use disorder. 

“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, substance abuse and overdoses have been on the rise,” Rep. Bucshon said, “making getting safe and effective opioid use disorder treatment as soon as possible critical in keeping our communities safe and healthy throughout Indiana and across the country.” 

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear pork producers’ legal challenge of a California law that restricts the sale of pork in that state.

The lawsuit, filed by the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation, attempts to nullify California’s voter-approved ballot measure dealing with hog confinement.