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June 27, 2024
(June 27, 2024) - Congressman McGarvey (KY-03) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal that would unpause Idaho’s total abortion ban, allowing women in Idaho to receive abortions when their health is at risk: “While today’s decision provides temporary relief for Idaho women and families, it offers no help for women in places like Kentucky where abortion bans are so cruel and extreme a pregnant person can’t get an abortion even in cases of rape or inces… Continue Reading
June 25, 2024(June 25, 2024) - Congressman McGarvey (KY-03) released the following statement after the U.S. Surgeon General declared firearm violence a national public health crisis: “This announcement confirms what we’ve known for a long time — gun violence is a public health epidemic. From mass shootings and self-inflicted injuries to accidental firearm deaths and everyday killings, far too many communities — including Louisville — know the pain of gun violence. No other country in the world has seen thi… Continue Reading
June 14, 2024(June 14, 2024) - During National Children’s Week, Congressman McGarvey (KY-03) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) led 25 of their colleagues in a letter to the Biden Administration to support a “Cross-Agency Priority” (CAP) to coordinate policies, data, and other collaborative action across federal agencies to address child well-being. “Our country’s future depends on the dignity of our youngest,” said Rep. McGarvey. “We must do everything in our power to ensure that federal agencies are wo… Continue Reading
June 17, 2024
After a years-long rule-making process at the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), coal mines will have to keep workers safe from toxic silica dust by lowering the legal exposure limit from 100 micrograms to 50 micrograms over an 8-hour work shift. Experts have long-known that silica dust is causing a surge in the incurable black lung disease among central Appalachian coal miners. It’s caused as miners inhale bits of the rock that’s being pulverized to get to harder-to-reach coal seams… Continue Reading
June 06, 2024House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would restart a long-stalled federal study looking at exactly how surface coal mining is affecting public health in Central Appalachia — research that was previously nixed under the Trump administration. House Natural Resources ranking member Raúl Grijalva of Arizona and Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky introduced H.R. 8614, a bill that would authorize the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to study how Appalachian sur… Continue Reading
June 06, 2024— Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, says he has been thinking about his grandfathers this week. “My dad’s parents divorced, but both remarried,” he said. “I had three grandfathers. All three served in World War II. All three served in that theater. All three had incredibly different experiences.” Thursday marks 80 years since American and allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy. Over 4,000 lost their lives there, in what became the turning point in the allied fight against Nazi Germ… Continue Reading