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December 20, 2024
(December 20, 2024) - Yesterday, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) and Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49) introduced the Innovation for VA Technology and Entrepreneurship (INNOVATE) Act to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)—particularly Veterans Health Administration (VHA)—with authorities that will empower VA to ensure veterans have quicker access to new and emerging healthcare innovations. As the country’s largest integrated healthcare system with over 1200 medical centers and cli… Continue Reading
December 17, 2024(December 17, 2024) - Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) and Congresswoman Erin Houchin (IN-09), co-chairs of the Ohio River Basin Caucus, introduced the Ohio River Restoration Program Act, the first comprehensive piece of legislation to address the pressing environmental and conservation needs within the 204,000 square miles of the Ohio River Basin. “From waste and erosion to pollution and climate change, the Ohio River is facing serious threats that aren’t going to just work themselve… Continue Reading
December 16, 2024(December 16, 2024) - Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) announced that he has been named a Chief Deputy Whip—a key position in Democratic Whip Katherine Clark’s (MA-05) Whip team—to champion House Democrats’ agenda in the 119th Congress. As Chief Deputy Whip, Congressman McGarvey will join a group of 10 members that represent the diversity of experience and perspectives that make up the House Democratic Caucus. In this new role, he will support the Democratic Whip leadership operation… Continue Reading
August 30, 2024
While excited to perform at the upcoming Congressional Record 2024 music event, Rep. Morgan McGarvey wants to set expectations, at least for himself. “I think my dad would be more strenuous in saying, ‘He has no talent,’” the Kentucky Democrat said about his guitar skills. Regardless, the first-term lawmaker is committed to performing with colleagues from both sides of the aisle on Sept. 17 at the Capitol Visitor Center for an evening event aimed at elevating the arts and art education. Severa… Continue Reading
August 29, 2024LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Congressman Morgan McGarvey is applauding the efforts of a Louisville nonprofit feeding the homeless. McGarvey toured Feed Louisville's new Butchertown headquarters on Wednesday. He volunteered with the organization when it operated out of a Highlands church. He said he was thrilled to see the nonprofit's progress moving into the larger space. "Now they have this amazing kitchen, it's five times bigger than what they had. They are giving out 800 meals per day right… Continue Reading
August 21, 2024“It just keeps me worried to the point it makes me wanna give up,” Sue Meade told Kentucky Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Ky., in an August 8 Zoom meeting. Meade, from Wise County, Virginia, was speaking of her difficulties accessing monthly black lung benefits through the Department of Labor. Her husband, Raymond Meade, died of the disease in 2021, after 37 and a half years as an underground coal miner. When miners are diagnosed with black lung, they are entitled to disability benefits through the … Continue Reading