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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVD) -- Despite being told he has less than a year to live, Fort Bragg Green Beret Richard Stayskal is fighting to the end to make a difference for not only himself and his family but for all military families.
This week in Washington DC, the Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019 was introduced.
WASHINGTON, DC (WTVD) -- A Fort Bragg Green Beret fighting for his life is also fighting for change that would affect all active duty military.
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal testified before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington DC, at a hearing called "Feres Doctrine -- a Policy in Need of Reform?"
Army Sgt. First Class Richard Stayskal isn't working to change an obscure court ruling that prohibits him from suing the military health system -- the one that missed his terminal lung cancer -- just for himself.
He is doing it for his wife, children and the service members who could become victims of military medical malpractice, he told members of the House Armed Services personnel subcommittee on Tuesday.
Lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday that would allow service members and their families to sue the government, in certain cases, when a member of the military is a victim of military medical malpractice. The bill was introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) the chairwoman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, and includes co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle.
Sandy Hurley initially wasn’t planning to attend the “Fayetteville Fans First Look” unveiling of the downtown baseball stadium because of the rainy weather.
But as noon approached Saturday when the event would begin, she felt compelled to be there. And there she was, the wife of 48 years of the late former Mayor Bill Hurley, in the front row of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new $40.2 million Segra Stadium, which will be home to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, a Class A-Advanced minor league affiliate of the Houston Astros.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce strongly supports legislation that would permanently repeal or extend the suspension of the onerous medical device tax, including H.R. 2207, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019. We applaud Representatives Ron Kind, Jackie Walorski, Scott Peters, and Richard Hudson for leading the effort on this bipartisan legislation, and urge you to cosponsor it. Members who cosponsor this legislation will receive credit for the Leadership component of their “How They Voted” rating.
With a planned public tour of the new Segra Stadium scheduled to occur only one day from now, the contractor on the project by late Thursday afternoon had not yet received a temporary certificate of occupancy that is required before the public can enter the downtown stadium.
But city officials say they are confident the certificate will be issued that will allow the “Fayetteville Fans First Look” event to go off as planned.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), issued the following statement on introduction of bipartisan legislation (H.R. 2207) in the U.S. House of Representatives to permanently repeal the medical device excise tax:
“America’s medical technology industry is facing a $20 billion tax increase at year-end, when the current medical device tax suspension expires. Urgent action is essential to protect future medtech innovations that benefit patients and to avoid putting good-paying U.S. jobs at risk.
LEBANON, Ohio (WKRC) - Thousands of truck drivers are breaking the law by carrying firearms across state lines, but is the problem the truck driver or the laws?
"It’s dangerous out there. You never can tell,” said Cliff Brown, a truck driver from Florida.
"You get these young guys who want to see if a truck driver’s got money on them,” said Patrick Kent, a truck driver from Louisiana. “They want it; they’re going to come in and try and get it."