Healthcare
Communities like ours in the High Desert and Inland Empire desperately need better access to affordable and quality healthcare. California - and our rural district in particular - is unique. A one-size-fits-all Washington approach does not work for the disparate communities like ours. We must support the development of a personalized, patient-centered healthcare system, including better access to telehealth services. We also need fiscally responsible healthcare policies and commonsense initiatives that empower patients, increase choices, and lower health care costs without reducing benefits. As your representative, I will continue to fight for legislation that ensures a sustainable health care delivery system for our nation, improves access to care in rural communities, and supports the needs of all Americans.
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U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) questioned top leaders in the drug supply chain at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee to address the underlying economic drivers of generic drug shortages. The hearing follows Rep. Obernolte’s recent meeting with his Health Advisory Committee where High Desert and Inland Empire health care providers indicated drug shortages were a top concern for hospitals.
U.S. Representatives Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) have introduced H.R. 498, the 9-8-8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act. This bill would improve cybersecurity at the national suicide hotline following an outage of the system in December as the result of a cyberattack on system operator Intrado.
HESPERIA, Calif. (KABC) -- The fentanyl crisis in the High Deserts of the Inland Empire has been on a steady rise, and Congressman Jay Obernolte is pushing for change to help fight the growing concerns.
The congressman represents Hesperia and several other communities within San Bernardino County, where he says reports of fentanyl-related overdose deaths are becoming a regular and heartbreaking occurrence for families.
This week Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) joined Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and 28 other Members of Congress in urging President Biden to take action to address a growing shortage of medical dye in the U.S. The formal letter to the president raised concerns about the ongoing supply chain crisis and the shortage of intravenous contrast fluids at hospitals nationwide.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-08) and 32 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have called on Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky to publicly lay out the science behind their decision to recommend children wear masks in school.
Yesterday, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas and Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Ranking Member Jay Obernolte sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control requesting information on the scientific basis for the Biden Administration’s decision to pause use of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine:
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) voted No today on the partisan $1.9 trillion stimulus bill proposed by the administration. Even after significant changes were made to cut pork barrel projects and minimum wage hikes from the bill in the U.S.