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On April 30, Senators Roger Wicher (R-Miss.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced the Lifting our Communities through Advance Liquidity for Infrastructure (LOCAL Infrastructure) Act of 2025 (S. 1481). This is the second bill introduced in Congress to restore the tax-exempt status of advance refunding bonds, which allows counties to refinance their bonds at lower interest rates.
Wednesday, Senators Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced a bill that would increase reimbursement for remote monitoring in rural areas.
Representatives David Kustoff, R-Tenn., Mark Pocan D-Wis., Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, and Don Davis, D-N.C., also introduced the Rural Patient Monitoring Access Act in the House, which would expand access to remote patient monitoring in rural areas, where low payment rates discourage providers and RPM companies from providing services.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Rural and remote populations see a higher percentage of chronic issues, as well as challenges in accessing care providers.
Remote health systems and hospitals are hesitant to embrace RPM because they can’t qualify for enough Medicare reimbursement to support those programs.
Lawmakers are looking at proposed legislation that would raise the floor on RPM payments for rural providers, while ensuring support for high-value use cases.
President Donald J. Trump has accomplished more in 100 days than most presidents do over an entire term — and he’s still just getting started. President Trump’s unprecedented work in the first 100 days has earned praise from across Capitol Hill and beyond.
US Rep. David Kustoff (second from right), R-Germantown, greets Paris residents (from left) Tara Wilson, Rob Goad and Monte Belew during lunch April 25 at the fish tent at the Henry County Fairgrounds. Belew is a senior adviser for Kustoff, the congressman from the 8th District, which includes Henry County.
Paris, Tenn.–Dark clouds may have been overhead, but no rain appeared and the World’s Biggest Fish Fry Grand Parade was another crowd-pleaser.
Some 43,000 people lined the streets for the parade, which consisted of some 70 entries, including eight area high school bands, seven of the county’s fire departments, beauty queens, local, state and national politicians, all overseen by Grand Marshal Garry Mason and his wife, Cindy.
U.S. House Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, 8th District, was the Jackson Rotary Club's guest speaker on in April discussing tariffs, immigration and disaster relief legislation.
First elected in 2016, Kustoff was sworn in for his fifth term on Jan. 3, representing the 20 counties of West Tennessee's 8th Congressional District.
JACKSON, Tenn. — One local meeting hosted a special guest speaker Wednesday.
8th District Congressman David Kustoff spoke at the Jackson Rotary Club meeting held at First United Methodist Church. Kustoff spoke about the potential impact of tariffs.
He also spoke about congress spending habits and mentioned immigration and what the process of deportation looks like.
Congressman Dale W. Strong, R-Ala., last Friday, alongside his colleagues Congressmen David Kustoff, R-TN, and Tracey Mann, R-KS, introduced the Winter Canola Study Act. This legislation would direct the United States Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency to study the gap in crop insurance coverage for double-crop grown winter oilseeds, such as canola.