Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Tim Kaine, and Bob Menendez joined National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, NCLR’s Institute for Hispanic Health, and National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health to highlight how Senate Republicans’ attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act would disproportionately affect the Latino community and…
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WASHINGTON, D.C.- With the Trump Administration facing a key deadline on the overtime rule this Friday, U.S. Sen. Last November, a ruling by a federal judge in Texas blocked the Department of Labor overtime rules from going into effect. This Friday is the deadline for the Trump Administration to appeal the federal court’s decision on DOL’s overtime rule, which would…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on how the draft Senate health care bill will rescue Americans from the disaster that is Obamacare. Excerpts of Senator Barrasso’s remarks:. “What I hear at home in Wyoming is that there is an urgent need to do something about the high costs and the limited choices…
Washington, D.C.– The office Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton today said Norton succeeded in securing $30 million for her top priority the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program, in the House’s fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, released today, a $10 million increase from the House’s fiscal year 2016 D.C. The bill provides $30 million…
Pete Olson today acted to reform medical mitigation laws by voting for H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act. States, like Texas, have successfully reformed their medical malpractice system to protect this from happening to their doctors and patients. I’m proud the House passed this bill and I urge my Senate colleagues to act quickly.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton today announced that Senator James Lankford has launched his second attack on the District of Columbia’s new medical aid-in-dying law, the Death with Dignity Act. In January, Lankford introduced a disapproval resolution during the congressional review period to nullify the DWDA, which was the first bill…
WASHINGTON– Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement today in response to the announcement by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that there will not be a vote this week on the Senate Republicans’ bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act:. I am encouraged that there were enough…
Congressman Bob Latta joined his colleagues in passing needed litigation reforms that would save $50 billion over the next decade and lower health care costs. The bill caps noneconomic damages in a health care lawsuit to $250,000 and also limits contingency fees that lawyers can charge. Passing this legislation- which has been extremely successful at the…
-Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act. The bill lowers insurance costs for health care liability coverage, which would reduce health care costs for everyone and encourage more doctors to remain in field. LaMalfa said: “This legislation is modeled after California’s highly…
Congressman Darrell Issa, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Access to Care Act, which provides tort reform for healthcare lawsuits. Background: The Protecting Access to Care Act is modeled after California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform…
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge released the following statement on the House and Senate versions of Trumpcare:. “Unfortunately, the Senate bill is arguably worse for Ohio’s most vulnerable communities. Under the Senate plan, premiums will go up by thousands of dollars per year, deductibles will rise, and subsidies for paying those premiums…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congressman Kevin Cramer supported H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act, to reform medical litigation laws and provide better access care for patients. Congressman Cramer issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the bill. The Congressional Budget Office reported H.R. 1215 will lower health care…
After Senate Republicans delayed a vote this week on their TrumpCare bill that would take health care coverage away from millions of Americans and raise costs for millions more, Hoyer and House Democrats are continuing to share stories of Americans from across the country who would be harmed by this bill. In the videos released today, Hoyer interviewed Marta…
Contact: Kathryn Rexrode or Jessica Collins 225-3951. Washington, D.C.– House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Steve King issued the following statements applauding House passage of the Protecting Access to Care Act by a vote of 218-210. The Protecting Access to Care Act, a product of the…
He offered his assessment the day after Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell dropped plans to vote this week on a Republican proposal to dismantle much of the seven-year-old U.S. law popularly known as Obamacare- former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic legislative achievement. Republican leaders and their colleagues huddled in their U.S….
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello, Ohio! And before I get started, allow me to bring greetings from a friend of mine, a man the people of Ohio voted overwhelmingly to send to the Oval Office, the 45th President of the United States of America– President Donald Trump. And I’m grateful to be joined today by another friend of mine, a strong partner of this administration, a leader who…
Jason Ortitay today introduced legislation that would create a patient-centered approach to Medicaid in an effort to control costs and improve health care delivery. Medicaid costs in Pennsylvania continue to grow for a variety of reasons, including requirements under the Affordable Care Act. House Bill 1638 would be based on Indiana’s successful Healthy…
The Sierra Club issued the following news release:. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for Jeffrey Bossert Clark, an attorney with the law firm that represented BP during the litigation following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, to be assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural…
Maxine Waters, D- Calif., issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that there will not be a vote this week on the Senate Republicans’ bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act:. I am encouraged that there were enough Republicans in the Senate- many of whom are feeling the pressure from the American people…
