WASHINGTON — Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03), along with Reps. Cindy Axne (IA-03), Mike Carey (OH15), Al Lawson (FL-05), Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and Marc Veasey (TX-33) recently introduced the Supporting Our First Responders Act. This bill creates a new grant program under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which would help emergency medical services (EMS) agencies with hiring and retention of qualified staff, training reimbursements, facility upgrades, and more.