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“Prostate cancer is the number one cancer diagnosed in the Veterans Health Administration, with over 489,000 veterans undergoing treatment. This bill will direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national clinical pathway for prostate cancer, a standardized system of care for the treatment of what is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the veterans’ health system."

The proposal will establish permanent funds for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanent and send almost $22 billion for deferred projects on federal lands, including those at the National Parks and the Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund.

The convalescent plasma therapy program involves giving patients with coronavirus an infusion of antibody-rich plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19. People who've recovered from COVID-19 -- such Klobuchar’s husband, John Bessler -- have antibodies to the disease in their blood, which may help fight the virus.

From her perch on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Trade, on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., paired up with U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-SC, to call on congressional leadership to temporarily suspend tariffs as part of the federal response to coronavirus.

With Mast as the main cosponsor, U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, D-SC, introduced the “Climate-Ready Fisheries Act” on Tuesday.

With strong support from members of the Florida delegation, the U.S. House passed two bills this week to ban energy exploration off the coast of Florida in the eastern Gulf and off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. 

Bilirakis, who was the vice chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee when the GOP controlled the House, weighed in on why he was championing the proposal which Cunningham introduced last week.