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<p><strong>Cartwright announces $80,000 in</strong></p><p><strong>federal funds for Lackawanna College</strong></p><p>SCRANTON &#8212; U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright on Wednesday announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded $80,000 to Lackawanna College for the purchase of sonography equipment for its medical diagnostic, treatment, and occupational therapy programs.</p><p>The funds will be utilized to help outfit the college&#8217;s laboratory for the training of certified ultrasound technicians and assistants.</p><p>Lackawanna College and its partners will match the ARC amount, making the total investment in the sonography equipment and programs $160,000. With the clinical equipment, students will be able to complete the number of lab hours required under the college&#8217;s new sonography programs.</p><p>ARC provides economic development assistance and funding to 420 counties, including Lackawanna, in 13 Appalachian states.</p><p><strong>Marino to hold hearing on</strong></p><p><strong>drug competition, pricing</strong></p><p>WASHINGTON &#8212; U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Lycoming Township, will hold a hearing Thursday at 1 p.m. on anti-competitive behavior and the health care marketplace.</p><p>The hearing in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, of which Marino serves as chairman, is titled &#8220;Antitrust Concerns and the FDA Approval Process.&#8221; Two panels of witnesses will testify on competition issues for the pharmaceutical industry and how these anti-competitive practices have harmful effects on patients.</p><p>&#8220;I am very pleased to be holding this hearing and am eager to hear from the distinguished witnesses regarding the issues around drug competition,&#8221; Marino said. &#8220;I am particularly interested in hearing testimony from Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the Commissioner of the FDA, as he has made drug pricing and competition in the pharmaceutical marketplace a cornerstone early in his tenure.&#8221;</p><p>Marino said he constantly hears from constituents about how the pharmaceutical drug market is unfair and prices are too high.</p><style>
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