WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Aegis Therapies, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a bureau within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, regarding proposed updates to the Medicare Program's Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). The letter, signed by Mark Besch, senior specialist for government affairs, addresses key aspects of the proposed rule including market basket adjustments, wage index m more ST

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by John Kartch: * * * Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: Beauty Society (North Las Vegas, Nevada) -- Investment i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on June 5, 2026, by Evan Honore: * * * General Overview of Federal Excise Taxes Excise taxes are targeted taxes imposed on particular goods, services, or activities. Americans for Tax Reform has recorded 210 federal excise taxes - The first federal excise tax was imposed on domestically distilled spirits, imposed in 1791 under President George Washington and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. This tax led to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, an armed revolt in  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Designates Six New National Trails Across Five States * In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 6, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum designated five new National Recreation Trails and one National Water Trail, adding 162.5 miles of hiking, paddling and outdoor recreation opportunities across five states. The newly designated trails join a nationwide network of more than 1,350 National Recreation Tr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement with Reps. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, and Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, Bill Keating, D-Massachusetts, Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, and Kevin Kiley, I-California: * * * Meeks, Hoyer, Fitzpatrick, Kaptur, Keating, Bacon, and Kiley Issue Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Ukraine Support Act Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; St more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, issued the following news release: * * * Subcommittee to Hold Roundtable on Implementing Public Buildings Reforms Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a roundtable on the implementation of recent public buildings reforms, following the recent  more PR