Rep. Michael Rulli

R

Ohio – District 6
representative

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Jul 16, 2025
Press Release

Subcommittee on Health Holds Hearing on Preserving Access to Timely and Affordable Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, led a hearing titled Legislative Proposals to Maintain and Improve the Public Health Workforce, Rural Health, and Over-the-Counter Medicines .   “Today’s legislative hearing is necessary to continue essential programs that are vital to our health care infrastructure. Many of the bills before us expire at the end of this fiscal year and must be reauthorized,” said Chairman Griffith. “Considering each of these reauthorizations is an important step forward to ensure each program is working as intended.”   Watch the full hearing here . Below are key excerpts from today’s hearing: Chairman Brett Guthrie (KY-02): “We’re estimated to be over 170,000 physicians short in the next decade. Title VII and Title VIII were created to help increase participation in the health care workforce. How can these programs be improved?” Dr. Candice Chen, MD, MPH: “I think the most important thing is that they are reauthorized. These programs have been very impactful. We find that our health profession training programs rely on them to support training that is focused on areas of need– whether it's specialties and professions, as well as integrating content into curriculum and training.” Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05): “Five years ago, I worked with my Energy and Commerce colleagues to modernize how the FDA regulates most OTC medicines with the enactment of the OMUFA program. These revolutionary changes made the 40-year-old system more efficient, transparent, and open to innovation. I'm very proud to once again be leading this reauthorization of such a critical program. The OMUFA program has drastically reduced the burden on our health care system by lowering the number of visits consumers need to make to a doctor to obtain a prescription for a simple treatment.” Congressman Michael Rulli (OH-06): “I’m proud to join as an original co-sponsor to Chairman Carter's bipartisan H.R. 2493, the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act. It extends grants and helps rural residents who have trouble accessing health care. I think this is a really interesting bill for myself because I think this is one of the first times that I've actually seen on the hill– versus the state House years that I did– where we have bipartisan support for our cause. I think it's really reassuring and refreshing to see such a bipartisan approach to this problem.”   ###

Jun 5, 2025
Press Release

Energy Subcommittee Holds Markup of 13 Bills to Unleash American Energy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, led a markup of 13 bills focused on securing our grid and unleashing American energy.  “Today, the Energy Subcommittee advanced common-sense legislation to unleash American energy, generate the electricity needed to power AI, and secure our electric grid,” said Chairman Latta. “These 13 bills will help to keep baseload power online, improve reliability, and expedite the consideration of new power generation projects. Thank you to our members for their work on these bills that will help to lower energy costs for American families and businesses.”   Legislative Vote Summary:   H.R. 3616 , Reliable Power Act, was advanced to the Full Committee as amended by a roll call vote of 16 Yeas 14 Nays  H.R. 1047 , Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power (GRID Power) Act, was advanced to the Full Committee by a roll call vote of 16 Yeas 14 Nays  H.R. 3632 , Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025, was advanced to the Full Committee by a roll call vote of 15 Yeas 14 Nays  H.R. 3638 , Electric Supply Chain Act, was advanced to the Full Committee by voice vote  H.R. 3157 , State Energy Accountability Act, was advanced to the Full Committee by voice vote  H.R. 3628 , State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act, was advanced to the Full Committee by voice vote  H.R. 3657 , Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act was advanced to the Full Committee by voice vote  H.R. 3015 , National Coal Council Reestablishment Act was advanced to the Full Committee by a vote of 15 Yeas to 13 Nays  H.R. 3617 , Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act, was advanced to the Full Committee by voice vote  H.R. 3109 , Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining (REFINER) Act was advanced to the Full Committee by voice vote  H.R. 3062 , Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act, was advanced to the Full Committee by voice vote  H.R. 1949 , Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025, was advanced to the Full Committee by a roll call vote of 15 Yeas 13 Nays  H.R. 3668 , Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act was advanced to the Full Committee by a roll call vote of 15 Yeas 11 Nays  Watch the full markup here .    Below are key excerpts from today’s markup:    Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12) : “ The Grid Power Act would give grid operators the authority to identify and expedite the consideration of the central projects that will protect the grid's reliability and provide the power needed to meet America's growing demand. This bill requires the FERC, uh, to develop rules that authorize grid operators, including transmission operators, regional transmission organizations and independent system operators to fast track critical generation that ensures greater reliability and meet growing power demands by allowing them to bypass the years-long wait and they're interconnection queue. The bill empowers grid operators to accelerate projects that provide new dispatchable power and improved grid reliability and resource adequacy.”   Congressman Michael Rulli (OH-06): “Under the Trump administration, we signed an executive order titled ‘Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry’ on April 8th of this year. Department of Energy Secretary Wright called for the National Coal Council's reestablishment that very same day. Secretary Wright said the American people need more energy. The Department of Energy is helping to meet this demand by unleashing supply of affordable, reliable, secure energy resources...I urge members to support H.R. 3015, so the National Coal Council can once again cement American energy dominance, increased domestic production, improved conditions for workers, strengthen the industry base, support hundreds of thousands of jobs. And stop the war on clean coal.”   Congresswoman August Pfluger (TX-11): “The Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act would ensure that that a ban is never placed on U.S. LNG exports again, by removing DOE from the process export restrictions would be repealed, and LNG exports would have equal treatment with other commodities. LNG exports unequivocally benefit our economy, domestic prices, our security, and partners and allies around the world that want our product.”   ### 

Jun 4, 2025
Oversight & Investigations

O&I Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Protecting Americans from Illegal Robocall and Robotext Scams

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, led a hearing titled Stopping Illegal Robocalls And Robotexts: Progress, Challenges, And Next Steps. “Spam and scam calls make consumers feel threatened, fearful, and distrustful of legitimate callers. That’s why, in 2019, the bipartisan Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence—or TRACED Act—was enacted to help reduce the flood of illegal robocalls,” said Chairman Palmer. “While many robocalls and robotexts are used for legitimate purposes by U.S. businesses and public entities, we must continue finding ways to combat the illegal communications seeking to defraud Americans across the country.” Watch the full hearing here . Below are key excerpts from today’s hearing: Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09) : “I’ve gotten a number of [scam texts], and I click ‘report as junk and delete’. Does that do any good?" Ms. Leggin: “It certainly does. That is one of the key tools that the wireless industry and our partners on the device side have made available for consumers to delete and report junk. You can also forward your scam text to 7726, which spells spam, and both of those are key inputs for [...] making our algorithms [...] more sophisticated.” Congressman John Joyce (PA-13): “Scammers have even learned how to incorporate AI into intimidating loved ones to convince them to turn over personal information. Credit card numbers, bank numbers. Too many of my constituents are risking their retirement savings and subsequently, they lose faith in the system that we have set in place to protect them. We need to do better. We need to both educate consumers, and anticipate the next angle of attack that these scammers will take, particularly with the assistance of our partners in law enforcement and the DOJ.” Congressman Michael Rulli (OH-06): “When I was young, I used to listen to a lot of talk radio in the 80s and the 90s, and it was a subject then and it's just a subject as much right now. [Seniors] want to enjoy their peace and their tranquility and these robocalls just keep ruining it.” ###

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