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Sen. Bennett speaks about his commitment to permanent and portable healthcare for all Americans at a press conference announcing the new Coalition to Advance Healthcare Reform. From left to right: Safeway CEO Steve Burd, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bennett, General Mills CEO Stephen Sanger and Cong. Brian Baird (D-Wash.). |
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Bennett on the Record
Speeches
Floor Statements
Press Releases
Other Speeches
Bennett-Funded Health Care Projects
| Fiscal Year 2004 | |||
| $1 million | – | Association of Utah Community Health – To help meet the most immediate health care needs for the under served. | |
| $500,000 | – | University of Utah – Telemedicine Outreach Program will develop a comprehensive suite of telehealth services in Utah and the Intermountain West. | |
| $500,000 | – | Syracuse City Senior Citizen and Community Center – This funding will help construct a year-round community center for senior citizen programs, after school activities for single parent and working families, public health programs, and recreational programs for at-risk youth. | |
| $150,000 | – | Moran Eye Center – Facility expansion to accommodate retinol disease research. | |
| Fiscal Year 2003 | |||
| $500,000 | – | Huntsman Cancer Institute – Genealogical Database | |
| $500,000 | – | Weber State University – Rural Nursing Care | |
| Fiscal Year 2002 | |||
| $500,000 | – | Department of Health and Human Services support for federal cooperation with the Environmental and Public Health Alliance to perform necessary public health services during the 2002 Winter Olympics. | |
| Fiscal Year 2001 | |||
| $200,000 | – | Montezuma Creek Community Health Center |
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| Fiscal Year 2000 | |||
| $1.9 million | – | University of Utah – Radioactive Iodine-131 and Thyroid Cancer Study | |
| $1 million | Demonstration Project of children’s Hospice Care for Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, New York, and Utah. | ||
| Fiscal Year 1999 | |||
| $1.9 million | – | University of Utah – Radioactive Iodine-131 and Thyroid Cancer Study | |
| $200,000 | – | Utah Area Health Education Center demonstration project for rural and underserved areas. | |
Key Votes
| Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003 (S. 1053, passed Senate) – 108th Congress | ||
| State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Extension, PL 108-74 (H.R. 2854) | ||
| Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003, PL 108-155 (S. 650) | ||
| Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act, PL 108-173 (H.R. 1) | ||
| Medicare Reimbursement Act, PL 106-133 (H.R. 3194) | ||
| Older Americans Act Reauthorization, PL 106-501 (H.R. 782) | ||
| Organ Procurement Organization Certification Act, PL 106-505 (H.R. 2498) | ||
| Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act, PL 106-354 (H.R. 4386) | ||
Details on the above legislation may be found on THOMAS, a service of the Library of Congress website.
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