CDC Director Testifies on COVID-19 Response
“The CDC is a critical national security asset,” said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Mandy Cohen during her testimony on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemi…
1,985 views“The CDC is a critical national security asset,” said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Mandy Cohen during her testimony on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemi…
1,985 viewsMary Denigan-Macauley, health care director at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), testified on a new report of how federal agencies are addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Sh…
853 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and other Democrats unveiled their investigative results into high pharmaceutical d…
894 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine high prescription drug prices. In the first panel, lawmakers heard from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Amgen …
2,309 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine how to reduce prescription drug prices. Officials from two pharmaceutical trade associations testified along si…
871 viewsIn the weekly Democratic address Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL) talked about the need for health care for people with pre-existing conditions and lower prescription drug prices.
136 viewsThe House Budget Committee convened a hearing to examine the impact of a single-payer health care system if one were to be implemented in the U.S. Officials with the Congressional Budget Off…
1,428 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine high prescription drug prices. In panel two, lawmakers heard from representatives from Walgreens, Blue Cross Bl…
1,076 viewsNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Director John Howard testified at a hearing on the bill to reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Vict…
572 viewsHealth and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testified on the implementation of the Healthcare.gov Web site. In her opening statement she said in she had launched an internal review of the fl…
1,900 viewsGovernment contractors testified on their role in building the various components of Affordable Care Act’s online health insurance exchanges, and Healthcare.gov’s subsequent user technical d…
6,151 viewsGary Cohen testified about the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight’s progress in building the state health insurance exchanges as called for in the health care law. He to…
595 viewsFederal officials testified on their efforts to help states with the process of setting up health care insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (the health care law). Health s…
441 viewsCommittee members considered a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the health care law.
91 viewsCongressional Democrats reacted to the Supreme Court decision that upheld the Affordable Care Act, the health care law.
276 viewsRepresentative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) talked about the Supreme Court decision to uphold the health law, the Affordable Care Act. She also responded to telephone calls and electronic communica…
289 viewsThe House passed the Senate version of health care legislation by a vote of 219 to 212. The House passed both the Senate health care legislation and the reconciliation bill. The reconciliati…
View in Congressional Chronicle156,838 viewsGovernors testified about their experiences complying with the health care law’s mandates, particularly the burdens imposed by requirements to maintain Medicaid eligibility in return for fed…
381 viewsRepresentative Jan Schakowsky alked about the House vote later in the day on H.R. 2, titled, “Repealing the Job Killing Health Care Law Act,” and she responded to telephone calls and electro…
278 viewsThe House Rules Committee met to set guidelines for the January 12, 2011, floor debate to repeal the health care law enacted in March 2010. The legislation under consideration was titled “R…
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