HR 1970 — Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act
Congress 119
Latest action: — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
- Owens, Burgess (R, UT-4) — cosponsor
- Gillen, Laura (D, NY-4) — cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R, NY-17) — cosponsor
- LaLota, Nick (R, NY-1) — cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn (D, WA-10) — cosponsor
- Feenstra, Randy (R, IA-4) — cosponsor
- Magaziner, Seth (D, RI-2) — cosponsor
- Davis, Donald G. (D, NC-1) — cosponsor
- Hinson, Ashley (R, IA-2) — cosponsor
- Hageman, Harriet M. (R, WY-0) — cosponsor
- Hernández, Pablo Jose (D, PR-0) — cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, NY-26) — cosponsor
- King-Hinds, Kimberlyn (R, MP-0) — cosponsor
- Goodlander, Maggie (D, NH-2) — cosponsor
- Lee, Susie (D, NV-3) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (2)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | — | H.R. 1970 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | — | H.R. 1970 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-03-10 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (17)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | LaLota, Nick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Owens, Burgess | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Gillen, Laura | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Lawler, Michael | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Strickland, Marilyn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Davis, Donald G. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Feenstra, Randy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kennedy, Timothy M. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hageman, Harriet M. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hinson, Ashley | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hernández, Pablo Jose | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Goodlander, Maggie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | King-Hinds, Kimberlyn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Magaziner, Seth | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Lee, Susie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 1970 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 1970 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis, Donald G. (D, house NC-1) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Hernández, Pablo Jose (D, house PR) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 3 | Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, house NY-26) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Feenstra, Randy (R, house IA-4) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Gillen, Laura (D, house NY-4) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 6 | King-Hinds, Kimberlyn (R, house MP) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 7 | Goodlander, Maggie (D, house NH-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 8 | Hageman, Harriet M. (R, house WY) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 9 | Lawler, Michael (R, house NY-17) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 10 | Magaziner, Seth (D, house RI-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 11 | Hinson, Ashley (R, house IA-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | LaLota, Nick (R, house NY-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Lee, Susie (D, house NV-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Owens, Burgess (R, house UT-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Strickland, Marilyn (D, house WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 144 | $100,682 | $100,682 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 26 | $19,671 | $19,671 |
| 3 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 6 | $17,625 | $17,625 |
| 4 | dragonfly | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 5 | retired | 0 | $0 | 75 | $9,256 | $9,256 |
| 6 | castle harlan, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 7 | hsk consulting | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 8 | buffalo geothermal heating | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 9 | signum global | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 10 | gramercy group inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,175 | $5,175 |
| 11 | cleancapital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,175 | $5,175 |
| 12 | rusiniak's service, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 13 | symphony property management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 14 | openai | 0 | $0 | 2 | $4,999 | $4,999 |
| 15 | surry investment advisors llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,500 | $4,500 |
| 16 | jp morgan chase | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,706 | $3,706 |
| 17 | berenson partners, llc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,643 | $3,643 |
| 18 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 19 | ciminelli real estate corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 20 | incite.org | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 21 | puma springs vineyards | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 22 | ohio machinery co. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 23 | puma vineyards | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 24 | columbia university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 25 | method security | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
15 predicted yes (3%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 525 unknown (96%)
By party: · R: 7 yes / 0 no / 270 unknown · D: 8 yes / 0 no / 255 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
15 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Davis, Donald G. (D · house · NC-1) · cosponsor
- Feenstra, Randy (R · house · IA-4) · cosponsor
- Gillen, Laura (D · house · NY-4) · cosponsor
- Goodlander, Maggie (D · house · NH-2) · cosponsor
- Hageman, Harriet M. (R · house · WY) · cosponsor
- Hernández, Pablo Jose (D · house · PR) · cosponsor
- Hinson, Ashley (R · house · IA-2) · cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D · house · NY-26) · cosponsor
- King-Hinds, Kimberlyn (R · house · MP) · cosponsor
- LaLota, Nick (R · house · NY-1) · cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R · house · NY-17) · cosponsor
- Lee, Susie (D · house · NV-3) · cosponsor
- Magaziner, Seth (D · house · RI-2) · cosponsor
- Owens, Burgess (R · house · UT-4) · cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn (D · house · WA-10) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by King-Hinds, Kimberlyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lawler, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Strickland, Marilyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Goodlander, Maggie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Magaziner, Seth (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lee, Susie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hageman, Harriet M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Owens, Burgess (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hernández, Pablo Jose (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Gillen, Laura (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by LaLota, Nick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Davis, Donald G. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kennedy, Timothy M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hinson, Ashley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Feenstra, Randy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (h.r. 1970) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (h.r. 1970) · lobbying_bill_mention