Healthcare

The following op-ed appeared in the April 29, 2018 edition of Richmond Times-Dispatch. What voters hate more than anything are politicians who say one thing on the campaign trail, and then abandon those promises when they get into office — especially on big-ticket items. That’s why it was disappointing to see Gov. Ralph Northam go back on his word to Virginians about sanctuary cities. A 2017 Harvard-Harris poll showed that 80 percent of voters say, “Cities that arrest illegal immigrants for crim... Read more

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) released its 47th Annual Federal Ratings of Congress and announced that Rep. Dave Brat is among the recipients of ACUF’s Award for Conservative Excellence. Each year, ACUF produces an annual scorecard based on the voting records of members in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. All members of Congress are issued a score and awards are presented to those members who score an 80 percent or higher. Rep. Brat (100% ACU... Read more

WASHINGTON - Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) and Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) led a bipartisan letter with 51 of their colleagues to support defunding the painful and wasteful experiments on dogs at the Department of Veteran Affairs. In it, the Members requested that the House Appropriations Committee include the Brat-Titus amendment in their Fiscal year 2019 spending bill. Last July the Brat-Titus Amendment received unanimous support in the Making America Secure Appropriations Act that passed the House. Thi... Read more

WASHINGTON - Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) issued the following statement regarding the lapse in federal government appropriations. “Let me be clear: I want to find a long-term solution to spending issues and immigration reform, but first Democrats must vote to reopen the government. “Three times in the last four months Democrats in the Senate have supported continuing resolutions to keep the doors of the federal government open and to pay our troops. For Democrats to suddenly oppose a non-controversia... Read more

WASHINGTON - Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) issued the following statement after the House voted to pass legislation to fund the federal government through February 16, 2018 and authorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years. “Conservatives negotiated in good faith throughout conversations on this spending bill to do the right thing and keep our promises to the American people. The bill we passed today will ensure our troops are paid and the federal government remains open. It al... Read more

WASHINGTON - Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) released the following statement after passage of legislation to fund the federal government through January 19, 2018 and fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through the end of March. “Every year at Christmas federal spending legislation is rarely fiscally responsible when there is pressure to leave town. This short-term spending legislation ensures our government is funded and open while we continue to negotiate a long-term budget path. While ... Read more

WASHINGTON - Rep. Brat (R-Va.) released the following statement after joining with Reps. Bob Goodlatte (Va.-06), Rob Wittman (Va.-01), Scott Taylor (Va.-02), Tom Garrett (Va.-05), and Barbara Comstock (Va.-10) to send a letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuch Schumer (D-NY) calling for swift passage of the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY Kids Act to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). “I have every confidence that both the H... Read more

The following joint op-ed appeared in the November 30, 2017 edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. More than 8 million low-income children in the United States depend on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for health coverage. That includes 66,000 children and 1,100 pregnant women here in Virginia. Under Virginia’s CHIP program, thousands of children have received immunizations, annual checkups, and preventive screenings that detect illnesses like cancer and heart defects before they... Read more

WASHINGTON - Rep. Brat issued the following statement after introducing the WIC Improvement Act, H.R. 3529. This legislation would allow for multivitamin dietary supplements to be included in WIC food packages. The Special Supplemental Nutrition for Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC provides nutritional food, education, and services to eligible low-income women. The program gives beneficiaries monthly benefits to be used to supplement their families diets. “The goal of WIC i... Read more

The following joint op-ed appeared in the June 4, 2017 edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. By any measure, the Affordable Care Act — commonly known as Obamacare — has failed to deliver on its promises to lower costs, increase access to care, and expand choice. In fact, the exact opposite has occurred. Since 2013, average Virginia residents buying health insurance on Obamacare’s insurance marketplace have seen a 77 percent increase in their monthly premiums. Small businesses have opted to hir... Read more