On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass its budget reconciliation bill, including key PIA policy priorities. The bill narrowly passed in a 215-214 vote and will now head to the Senate, where further negotiations are expected before sending a final product to the President's desk. Included in the legislation are provisions …
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On May 20, the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA), along with other small business advocates, sent a letter in strong support of the reconciliation bill presently before the House of Representatives. On Sunday night, the House Budget Committee voted to advance the legislation, sending it to the Rules Committee for final approval there, …
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This week, two PIA policy priorities cleared major hurdles in the ongoing budget reconciliation process. Two House committees--Ways and Means and Agriculture--each passed their portions of the massive House reconciliation package along party lines. Both bills will now head to the Budget Committee in preparation for full House consideration. Included in the House Ways & …
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In April, PIA sent a letter to Representatives Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and John Joyce (R-PA), the chairman and vice-chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, in response to their Request for Information (RFI) to explore the development of a federal data privacy and security framework. Earlier this year, the two established a Data Privacy Working Group within the …
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Photo by Sveta K on Pexels.com Last week, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing examining the value of disaster mitigation as a means of strengthening the American insurance markets. Witnesses included representatives of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA); the Center for Industrial Progress, and the Insurance Institute …
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