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Secretary Sylvia Burwell updated reporters on open enrollment statistics for the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace. She said a total 6.4 million Americans had enrolled or re…

Obama administration Cabinet members and Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the at the White House Tribal Nations Conference. Vice President talked about violence against Native American wome…

The Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing about ongoing federal government efforts to protect Americans from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Witnesses included Health and Human S…

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell talked about the upcoming open enrollment period in the health insurance marketplace, and the efforts of her department to ensure the readi…

Secretary Sylvia Burwell participated in a policy breakfast with reporters. She talked about the Obama administration’s Ebola response in the U.S. and in West Africa, and addressed several q…

Administration officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) briefed repor…

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell talked about the Affordable Care Act and the quality of health insurance coverage as the Obama administration prepared for a new three-mont…

Secretary Sylvia Burwell and other government and private sector health care leaders testified about ongoing medical community efforts to improve and develop and new treatments and cures. Th…

Secretary Sylvia Burwell spoke about her leadership strategy and her vision for the Department of Health and Human Services. She spoke at an event hosted by the George Washington University …

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and other officials briefed reporters and answered questions on the annual “Trustees Report.” The report details the future financial health of Social Security an…

Witnesses testified on President Obama’s request for emergency funds to deal with the flood of migrant children from Central America at the U.S. border. The respective secretaries of Homelan…

The Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing to consider the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. This was her sec…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a confirmation hearing to consider the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Health and Human Services Secretary. This w…

President Obama announced his nomination of Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to replace Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebel…

White House Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell talked about the Obama administration’s 2014 budget request, and said progress ccould be made with House Speaker John Boehner and Republica…

White House Budget Director Sylvia Burwell testified on President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal. The $3.9 trillion proposed budget would increase funding for the Departments of Ve…

White House Budget Director Sylvia Burwell testified at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal. Topics included defense budget cuts, the over…

President Obama’s economic and budget advisers and White House spokesperson Jay Carney presented the administration’s fiscal year 2015 budget.