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December 16, 2025
(December 16, 2025) - Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) introduced the Relief for Survivors of Miners Act, a bill to support families of miners who have died of pneumoconiosis, also known as “black lung disease.” A Senate companion bill will also be introduced by Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today. Under current law, miners’ surviving dependents can claim monthly payments and medical benefits through the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972, but must prove black lung substantially contribu… Continue Reading
December 16, 2025(December 16, 2025) - Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03), U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Mark R. Warner (both D-VA), and John Fetterman (D-PA), and U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor, reintroduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act, legislation that would help miners who have suffered from black lung disease access the workers’ compensation and benefits they are entitled to receive under the federal Black Lung Benefits Progra… Continue Reading
December 16, 2025(December 16, 2025) - Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) introduced two bills, the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act and the Relief for Survivors of Miners Act, to hold coal operators accountable and improve black lung benefits programs for miners and their families. Both bills received endorsements by various miner advocate groups. Read what they are saying below. Appalachian Voices Government Affairs Specialist Quenton King: “We applaud the leadership of Sens. Kaine, Warner and Fe… Continue Reading
September 30, 2025
(September 30, 2025) - This week, Representatives Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) and Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) introduced the Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation to expedite the flight training process for veterans by removing the one-year requirement for accessing their GI Bill benefits. Currently, under the GI Bill, a student can only take out $26,000 during an academic year, so once those funds run out, students are forced to wait until the next academic year to resume their flight training or pay costly out-of-pocket tuition fees. Congressman McGarvey said, “The cost of educational training should never be a barrier for anyone ready to take the next step in … Continue Reading
May 21, 2025Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) released the following statement on the Trump DOJ’s decision to abandon Louisville's consent decree: “I am appalled and deeply disappointed by the Trump administration’s decision to abandon Louisville’s consent decree and undermine years of hard work by our community, law enforcement, and city officials. “Despite the Trump DOJ’s short-sightedness and lack of moral clarity, I share Mayor Greenberg and Chief Humphrey’s commitment to implementing reform… Continue Reading
April 30, 2025President Donald Trump declared victory this week as he marked 100 days into his second term. “This is the best, they say, hundred-day start of any president in history and everyone is saying it,” Trump said Tuesday, April 29 in Michigan. “We’ve just gotten started.” Rep. Andy Barr, R-Lexington, who recently launched a bid to replace outgoing Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in 2026, said the president is delivering on promises many of his constituents voted for. “They wanted this agenda,” B… Continue Reading