Allen Boyd News

U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd's much-awaited, much-debated Panama City town hall came and went Tuesday night.

Calling rising healthcare costs the single largest threat to our country's economic future, Congressman Allen Boyd today expressed his intent to vote against the healthcare legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives and urged his colleagues to continue working toward a fiscally responsible bill that would lower insurance premiums for all ...

The Center for Science in the Public Interest was joined today by victims, consumer advocacy, and public health organizations in urging Congress to support the Food and Drug Administration efforts to protect consumers from contaminated oysters that each year cause scores of serious illnesses and deaths .

U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, tugged for months by his national party leaders and conservative forces in his Big Bend district, decided Saturday to vote against the national health-care plan.

Any momentum from Saturday's historic House approval of a sweeping health care overhaul is likely to be short-lived as the focus moves to the Senate, where progress has been stalled for weeks.

"the bill 'does not do enough to contain costs, or protect small businesses, seniors, taxpayers and middle class familiesI am not satisfied that it curbs costs and keeps health care affordable in the long term." ADLER: REP.

Suzanne Kosmas and Allen Boyd broke ranks with their fellow Democrats in the House and voted against HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

In response to concerns voiced by the agriculture community and local business owners, State Rep.

If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi treated a pet canine the way she handles Blue Dog Democrats, she would be cited for cruelty to animals.

Three Gulf Coast senators introduced legislation Thursday that would bar the Food and Drug Administration from using federal money to enforce a ban on the sale of raw, untreated oysters during warm-weather months.

Blaming election setbacks on a drop in voter enthusiasm, Congressional Democrats said Wednesday that losses in governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey - and a striking House win in New York - should give new urgency to their legislative agenda, including a sweeping health care overhaul.

House Democrats have put in motion plans to hold a vote on an over $1 trillion health reform plan on Saturday, but they still have a lot of work to do to make sure there are 218 votes in favor of the bill.

Congressman Allen Boyd today introduced the Gulf Oyster Protection Act of 2009 in the House of Representatives, legislation that would prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from using federal funds to implement any regulations that would inhibit oyster harvesting in the Gulf Coast during the months of May to November.

Undeterred by Republican election triumphs in Virginia and New Jersey, Democratic leaders put the U.S. House on a path to vote as early as this weekend on the most sweeping overhaul of health-care policy in four decades.

Congressman Allen Boyd Tuesday spearheaded an effort amongst the Florida, Alabama and Georgia Congressional Delegations urging the governors from the three states to resume negotiations on a water-sharing agreement regarding the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint System.

As our honorable U.S. congressional representative, Sir Allen Boyd, will graciously attend a town hall meeting at Gulf Coast Community College on Nov.

Almost everyone can agree that honesty, credibility and accountability are sorely lacking in Washington D.C. Year after year, the American people are promised reform and transparency, but year after year, the hidden earmarks, mind-numbing rhetoric and back-room dealings persist.

There is an old saying in Washington: Freshmen Congressman are supposed to be seen and not heard.

Democratic leaders Thursday invoked the spirit of generations of party heroes to rally their members of the House of Representatives behind a new health care plan -- but it's clear that winning a majority will be a tough fight.

It's true, of course, that incumbents usually win elections because they enjoy certain advantages.