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Senator Braun questions Dr. Fauci on Facebook, First Amendment, support for COVID vaccine mandates for young kids

WASHINGTON - Senator Mike Braun today questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci about if his agency was one of the “leading health organizations” consulted by Facebook on their decision to remove content claiming COVID was man-made in February of this year, and asked Dr. Fauci and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky if they will support COVID vaccine mandates for grade school kids.

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Braun pushes for Let States Set Medicaid Requirements Act after Biden administration revokes Indiana’s Gateway to Work waiver

WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Mike Braun requested unanimous consent for his Let States Set Medicaid Requirements Act on the Senate floor.

He was joined by Senator Todd Young (R-IN) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX).

This legislation would empower states to set their Medicaid work and community engagement requirements for certain Medicaid recipients. 

Indiana’s Gateway to Work program would require 20 hours-per-month of work, job searching, school, or community service activities for certain able...

Braun, Young, Hoosier Mayors help preserve OMB city designation for Indiana cities

WASHINGTON -- Today, Senator Mike Braun and Senator Todd Young commended the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to back off a proposal to change the federal definition of “city” and instead retain the existing Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designation. The OMB’s proposed change would have doubled the population threshold for a city from 50,000 to 100,000 people, negatively impacting five Indiana cities – Terre Haute, Columbus, Kokomo, Michigan City-LaPorte, and Muncie — and...