Issues
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Dec 9, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Setting Fiscal Priorities.”
Nov 26, 2014
Bill
On March 12, 2013, Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. and Rep. Tom Rooney introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 1098, the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act. H.R. 1098 reauthorizes traumatic brain injury (TBI) surveillance activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and extends an interagency program for basic and clinical trauma research led by the National Institutes...
Nov 26, 2014
Bill
On March 13, 2014, Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) introduced H.R. 4250, the Sunscreen Innovation Act. H.R. 4250 sets up a system under which sunscreens that have been marketed continuously for at least five years in the United States or elsewhere, and that meet certain other conditions, would be eligible for review by an FDA advisory committee. After the...
Nov 24, 2014
Press Release
On November 20, 2014, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article by Lawrence O. Gostin, JD; Henry A. Waxman, JD; William Foege, MD, MPH, on the Ebola epidemic and the need for a strong public health system here and abroad.
Nov 19, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled “Examining Medical Product Development in the Wake of the Ebola Epidemic.”
Nov 18, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled “Update on the U.S. Public Health Response to the Ebola Outbreak.”
Oct 16, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled “Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Ebola Outbreak.”
Oct 1, 2014
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton, Joe Pitts, and Tim Murphy outlining the key short-term and long-term questions that should be addressed in hearings on Ebola. Last month, these members urged...
Sep 26, 2014
Bill
Muscular dystrophy is a group of more than 30 genetic diseases that cause progressive muscle weakness and degeneration. The Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Act was originally passed in 2001 and reauthorized in 2008 with the goal of improving muscular dystrophy research, surveillance, and educational efforts.
H.R. 594 was introduced by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-...