Tom Reed is working to make sure hospice care facilities are able to continue to offer accessible, quality care to patients and their families with the HOSPICE Act, also known as the Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations Act. Reed has been working on the bill with Democratic colleague Rep. Mike Thompson of California and recently introduced the bill in Congress. “For any family who has had a personal experience with the care that hospice provides, they... Read more

Tom Reed was on campus at SUNY Fredonia Wednesday with a diverse group of campus, law enforcement, counseling and medical personnel listening to their experiences handling sexual assault cases and brainstorming ways to start educating students earlier, improve resources and make everyone better equipped to handle sexual assault cases, from specialized training for on-campus personnel to guidance on reporting cases to counseling for victims. “The statistics on sexual assault in our country are t... Read more

Tom Reed is continuing his efforts to reduce sexual assaults across the country with a new bill focused on curbing sexual assaults on college campuses. The Campus Accountability and Safety Act sets a number of new provisions in motion to make sure colleges and universities are responsive to the needs of students. A bipartisan group of 18 House Members joined to introduce the bill. “We must empower every student with adequate and fair resources so they feel safe on campus and are protected agains... Read more

Reps. Tom Reed and Louise Slaughter have introduced a bill that would make totally and permanently disabled public safety officers eligible to receive disability benefits regardless of when their injuries were sustained in the line of duty. The Disabled Public Safety Officers Fairness Act corrects an unfairness in current law so that disabled officers are eligible for the same federal disability benefits. “Whether a public safety officer became permanently disabled on November 28, 1990 or August... Read more

Tom Reed and the House Ways and Means Committee passed the ABLE Act Thursday, a bill that helps individuals with disabilities and their families get savings accounts and plan for their financial futures. Reed is a co-sponsor of the bipartisan Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE ) Act, a bill that would give individuals with disabilities the opportunity to set up tax-exempt savings accounts so they are better able to save for disability expenses. “We can care for the lives of disabled indivi... Read more

The bipartisan amendment introduced by Reps. Tom Reed (R-NY) and Brian Higgins (D-NY) aimed at making sure resources are accessible for communities to continue nuclear waste cleanup on schedule passed the House Wednesday evening. The Reed-Higgins amendment to the Energy and Water Appropriations Act would help increase federal support for cleanup at sites like West Valley in Cattaraugus County. “We’re making the push in Washington again to care for our communities at home and protect them from pu... Read more

A bill authored by Tom Reed would ensure seniors suffering from cancer, heart disease and other illnesses have access to the most up-to-date, state-of-the-art treatments. Under new payment policies adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), hospitals are incentivized to use older, cheaper services, even if they are clinically outdated. Reed’s bipartisan Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act requires CMS to use fair payment classifications for breakthrough bladder cancer t... Read more

Reed is joined by Melody Hartman, Personnel Manager at Jubilee Foods; Tom Giles, Chemung County Farm Bureau; and Natasha Thompson, President and CEO of the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Tom Reed was in Elmira at the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Tuesday to introduce his Fighting Hunger Incentive Act. Reed’s bill incentivizes restaurants, grocery stores, farmers and other businesses to contribute their excess inventory to local food banks and pantries by permanently extending the food inventor... Read more

Tom Reed announced Wednesday introduction of the State Exchange Accountability Act, a bill that requires states with failed Obamacare exchanges to reimburse the federal government for federal taxpayer dollars wasted on the abandoned state exchanges. Original Cosponsors Reps. Steve Scalise (LA), Diane Black (Tenn.), Pat Tiberi (OH) and Lynn Jenkins (KS) joined Reed to introduce the bill. “It’s unfair for taxpayers to foot the bill for failed Obamacare exchanges,” Reed said. “Hardworking taxpayers... Read more

Tom Reed voted to advance five bills in the House aimed at combating human trafficking. Reed, a member of the Congressional Victims’ Rights Caucus, says Congress should be doing everything in its power to protect those who are and could become vulnerable to human trafficking. “As a father and an uncle, I am sickened by the number of human trafficking victims right here in the United States,” Reed said. “Many of these victims are children, some of the most vulnerable among us, and need us to fig... Read more