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Letters
- 11/15/2006: Letter to CMS Administrator Norwalk
Joint Thomas/Stark letter asking CMS to justify current Medicare policy allowing hemoglobin levels for dialysis patients above what the FDA recommends.
- 10/25/2006: Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt:
Letter to the head of Health and Human Services expressing concern over the lack of objectivity in the 2007 Medicare & You Handbook.
- 10/09/2006: Letter to House Leaders
A Letter to House Leaders urging them to take action to protect 600,000 children from losing their eligibility for health insurance
- 10/02/2006: Letter to Appropriations Committee
A letter to Appropriations Committee urging full funding for Comunity Health Centers
- 9/26/2006: A Letter to Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
A letter protesting the decision to exclude the Ports of Oakland and San Francisco from the recent round of port security grants.
- 09/26/2006 Letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson
Letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnsonrequesting that a waiver be granted to California so that improved emissions standards and technologies can be implemented to combat global warming.
- 9/26/2006: Letter to CMS Administrator McClellan
A letter raising concerns about inadequate CMS oversight of Medicare prescription drug plan brokers and agents.
- 09/25/2006: Letter to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir
A letter calling for the Sudanese President to apologize for and retract his statements about the Jewish community.
- 09/15/2006: Letter to Defense Appropriations Conferees
A letter calling for increased funding for the Defense and Veterans’ Brain Injury Center.
- 9/14/2006: Letter to President Bush:
A letter calling for sufficient funding in the fiscal year 2008 budget for
veterans health care and benefits.
- 08/02/2006: A letter to Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulus
A letter thanking Cyprus for assisting American citizens fleeing Lebanon.
- 08/01/2006: A letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
A letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging United States support for the continued operation of a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights office in Bogotá, Colombia.
- 08/01/2006: A letter to Molly Warlow, Director of the Department of Justice's Office of International Affairs
A letter to DOJ OIA Director Molly Warlow urging American cooperation with a Spanish National Court warrant freezing the financial assets of eight particular former Guatemalan human rights abusers.
- 07/31/206: A letter to Representative Duncan Hunter, Chair of the House Armed Services Committee
A letter to House Armed Services Committee Chair Duncan Hunter in support of a health study on the impact the use of depleted uranium in armaments such as tank shells has had on United States troops.
- 7/31/06: A letter to Fabian Nunez, the speaker of the California State Legislature, in support of AB 32.
AB 32 is pending legislation in California that would provide for caps and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
- 07/26/2006: A letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao
A letter protesting the arrest and detention of family members of Uyghur human righs activist Rebiya Kadeer.
- 07/17/2006: A letter to Alvaro Uribe Velez, President of the Republic of Colombia
A letter to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez urging he request funds for economic development for anti-poverty programs rather than for military fumigation of cocoa fields.
- 06/21/06: A Letter to Secretary of State Rice (pdf):
A letter urging the Secretary of State to push for strict United Nations guidelines on the transfer of small arms and light weapons.
- 6/21/2006: A Letter to Mark McClellan (pdf):
A letter to CMS Administrator McClellan requesting data about the Medicare prescription drug program.
- 06/19/2006: A letter to President George W. Bush
A letter to President George W. Bush calling on him not to issue a pre-emptive nuclear strike against Iran.
- 06/15/2006: A letter to Randall Tobias, Director of Foreign Assistances and U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator
A letter to Ambassador and U.S. AID Administrator Randall Tobias, requesting he address signifcant cuts in food rations to the people of Darfur.
- 6/8/06: A Letter to President Bush (pdf):
A letter calling for the President to provide free credit monitoring for
veterans affected by data theft
- 5/18/06: Congress Examines Process Used to Accredit Hospitals
Members of Congress this week asked the Commission responsible for assessing the safety of America's hospitals and, in turn, determining the eligibility of hospitals to participate in the Medicare program, to answer questions about the relationship between the Commission and a subsidiary corporation and to account for the results of its new accreditation process.
- 5/18/06: A Letter to the Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House (pdf)
- 5/16/06: A Letter to President Bush (pdf):
A letter calling for the President to clarify his position on access to contraception.
- 5/12/06: A Letter to President Bush (pdf):
A letter calling for a Special Counsel to investigate domestic wiretapping by the National Security Agency (NSA).
- 05/10/2006: A letter to Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon
A letter to Assistant Secretary of State Thomas A. Shannon urging increased technical assistance for the timely and thorough investigations of homicides in Guatemala.
- 5/3/06: A Letter to the Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (pdf):
A letter calling for increased federal funding for state veterans extended care facilities.
- 4/28/06: Trustees Should Not Sign 2006 Social Security / Medicare Report (pdf)
Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark and Social Subcommittee Ranking Member Sander Levin sent the following letter to President Bush today outlining their grave concern regarding the preparation of the 2006 reports of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds. Specifically, Ranking Members Stark and Levin question the Administration's unprecedented recess appointments of John L. Palmer and Thomas R. Saving to serve a second term as public trustees of the Social Security and Medicare programs, and its effect on the pending 2006 reports.
- 4/26/06: A Letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt (pdf):
Representatives John D. Dingell, Charles B. Rangel, Pete Stark, Henry A. Waxman, Sherrod Brown and Jan Schakowsky sent a letter today to Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt requesting that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fully disclose information collected at taxpayers' expense about the performance of Part D prescription drug plan “call centers.”
- 4/6/06: A Letter to Mr. Fred Buenrostro, CEO, California Public Employees' Retirement System (pdf):
A letter calling for the CalPERS pension fund to divest from Sudan because of the genocide in the Darfur region.
- 4/6/06: A Letter to the Interior and Environment Subcommittee (pdf):
A letter calling for a continued moratorium on new offshore drilling.
- 4/6/06: A Letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt (pdf):
Today, U.S. Representatives Rahm Emanuel (IL), Charles Rangel (NY), John D. Dingell (MI), Henry Waxman (CA), Pete Stark (CA), Sherrod Brown (OH), Rosa DeLauro (CT), Benjamin Cardin (MD) and Frank Pallone (NJ) released a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael Leavitt calling on him to release the funding that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) promised 46 states.
- 4/5/06: A Letter to the Foreign Operations Subcommittee (pdf):
A letter calling for increased funding for international family planning programs.
- 3/16/06: A Letter to the Energy and Water Subcommittee (pdf):
A letter calling for increased federal funding to strengthen levees in
California.
- 3/16/06: A Letter to the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee (pdf):
A letter calling for funding for seismic safety upgrades to BART.
- 3/13/06: A letter to President Bush (pdf):
A letter to the President calling for an extension to the May 15 Medicare Prescription Drug enrollment deadline.
- 2/24/06 A letter to CMS Administrator McClellan (pdf):
A letter to CMS recommending that the best way to simplify Medicare Part D is to put a real drug benefit in Medicare.
- 2/17/06 Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Snow (pdf):
Stark/Rangel/McDermott letter to Treasury Sec. Snow requesting data on their proposal to expand Heath Savings Accounts.
- 2/17/06 Letter to Committee on Ways and Means (pdf):
Letter to the Committee on Ways and Means asking to schedule a series of hearings to oversee implementation of the new Medicare prescription drug program.
- 2/9/06 Letter to Secretary of Health and Human
Services Leavitt (pdf):
Stark/Emanuel letter to HHS Sec. Leavitt regarding Medicare Advantage Plan Overpayments.
- 1/31/06: Letter to President Bush (pdf):
Letter to President Bush concerning warrantless surveillance of American citizens on American soil.
- 1/27/06: Letter to President Bush (pdf):
Letter to President Bush asking that he use the State of the Union speech to address problems in the Medicare prescription drug program and propose solutions.
- 1/26/06: Letter to CMS Administrator McClellan and HHS Inspector General Levinson (pdf):
Stark calls on the Administration to investigate Humana and other prescription drug plan sponsors for their apparently illegal marketing tactics.
- 1/26/06: Democrats to Hastert: Must Reimburse States for Medicare Expense (pdf):
U.S. Representatives John D. Dingell (D-MI), Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Pete Stark (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Frank Pallone (D-NJ) released the following letter to Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) highlighting the importance of assuring that states are fully reimbursed for their effort to ensure that low-income seniors and people with disabilities get their prescription drugs.
- 1/24/06 Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Snow (pdf):
Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Snow requesting he end the IRS practice of unnecessarily freezing refunds of low-income taxpayers.
- 1/23/06 Letter to Secretary of Health and Human
Services Leavitt (pdf):
Letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt: Rep. Stark joins senior democrats requesting a 'Comprehensive Response' to Fix Medicare Rx Plan.
- 1/17/06 Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns (pdf):
Letter to Secretary of Agriculture urging the Department to cease using funds to pay for federally mandated inspection of horses prior to slaughter.
- 12/16/05 Letter to California Secretary for Resources (pdf):
Letter to California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman urging continued restoration of the former Navy Communications Facility at Skaggs Island.
- 11/21/05 Letter to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton (pdf):
Letter to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton urging the inclusion of $3 million in the 2006 Budget to begin restoration at Bair Island.
- 10/24/05 Letter to GAO Comptroller General David Walker (pdf):
Letter to CAO Comptroller David M. Walker requesting an examination of how Medicare beneficiaries are obtaining information on the new Medicare drug benefit.
- 10/18/05 Letter to Speaker Hastert and Majority Leader Blunt (pdf):
Letter to Speaker Hastert and Majority Leader Blunt requesting that they help offset the costs associated with Katrina by allowing prescription drug importation, and by forcing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower prices for the new Medicare drug law.
- 10/18/05 Letter to Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (pdf):
Letter to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas on oversight of Medicare prescription drug benefit implementation.
- 10/7/05 Letter to Trade Representative Rob Portman (pdf):
Letter to Trade Representative Portman requesting he name an Assistant United States Trade Representative for Public Health, and put public health representatives on the industry advisory panels that review help shape free trade agreements.
- 10/06/05 Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan (pdf):
Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan requesting rectification of an error in information that CMS provided to all beneficiaries about the new Medicare drug benefit.
- 9/30/05 Letter to Resources Chairman Pombo (pdf):
Letter to House Committee on Resources Chairman Richard Pombo objecting to a proposal to sell fifteen of the country's national parks to private developers.
- 9/27/05 Letter to Resources Chairman Pombo (pdf):
Letter to President Bush requesting that he reinstate prevailing wage laws in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
- 9/22/05 Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chairman Michael Chertoff (pdf):
Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff urging the appointment of a designated individual to coordinate animal rescue efforts in the Gulf Coast region.
- 9/21/05 Letter to House Committee on Resources (pdf):
Letter to Chairman Pombo and Ranking Member Rahall urging protection of the Endangered Species Act.
- 8/18/05 Letter to CMS Chief Actuary Richard Foster (pdf):
Letter to CMS Cheif Actuary Richard Foster requesting an estimate related to Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2006.
- 8/15/05 Letter to House Armed Services Committee Chariman Hunter (pdf):
Letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Hunter requesting hearings to discuss an end to the war in Iraq and how to start bringing the troops home.
- 7/28/05 Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Detailing Possible Racial Discrimination by Physician Owned Specialty Hospitals (pdf):
Letter from Reps. Stark, Rangel and Lewis to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan requesting CMS report in response to data indicating possible racial discrimination at physician-owned specialty hospitals.
- 7/26/05 Letter to CMS Commenting on Draft Part D Model Marketing Materials (pdf):
Letter from Rep. Stark to CMS in response to prescription drug plan marketing materials.
- 7/14/05 Letter to President Bush Urging Karl Rove to Explain Role in CIA Leak. (pdf):
Letter from Rep. Stark to President Bush urging Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove to explain his role in the matter of Valerie Plame.
- 6/9/05 Letter to Rep. Nancy Johnson -- CMS Oversight (pdf):
Letter from Rep. Stark to Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Nancy Johnson requesting oversight hearings on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- 5/10/05 Letter to House Armed Services Committee -- Nuclear Weapons Funding (pdf):
Letter from Rep. Stark to House Armed Services Committee Leaders urging the elimination of funding for the so called "bunker-buster" and other new nuclear weapons.
- 5/10/05 Letter to House Appropriations Committee -- Nuclear Weapons Funding (pdf):
Letter from Rep. Stark to House Appropriations Committee Leaders urging the elimination of funding for the so called "bunker-buster" and other new nuclear weapons.
- 5/3/05 Letter to House Appropriations Committee -- Increased Funding for Global Epidemic Control (pdf):
Letter signed by Rep. Stark to Appropriations Committee Chairman requesting an increase in FY 2006 funding toward the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
- 4/26/05 Letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (pdf):
A letter sent to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan requesting production of the 2006 "Medicare and You" handbook be halted. Unfortunately, the draft contains several omissions and inaccuracies and requires significant edits before the document can be useful to the millions of Medicare beneficiaries who will rely on it for information.
- 2/8/05 Letter to House Budget Committee Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (pdf):
Letter signed by Rep. Stark to Budget Committee Chairman expressing opposition to any language in the 2006 Budget Resolution that assumes revenue from oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or reconciliation instructions that would facilitate opening the Arctic Refuge
- 2/3/05 Letter to President Bush Retiree Health Benefits (pdf):
Rep. Stark and Sen. Rockefeller letter to the President stating that it was not Congress’ intent under the new Medicare Drug Law for employers to cut retiree benefits below the value of the new Medicare drug benefit
- 1/26/05 Letter to Reps. Herger and Ramstad Waste, Fraud and Abuse (pdf):
Reps. Stark, McDermott and Lewis letter to the Chairmen of the Ways and Means Oversight and Human Resources Subcommittees calling for an investigation into the use of taxpayer funds by the Administration to pay syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher to write in support of its marriage promotion programs.
- 1/12/05 -- Letter to President Bush -- Iraq (pdf):
Reps. Stark and Lee letter calling on President Bush to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq.
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