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Legislation
02/08/07 - H.R. 945, Tanning Accountability and Notification (TAN) Act of 2007
02/16/06 - H.R.4767, Tanning Accountability and Notification (TAN) Act of 2006
06/16/05 - H.R.2946, Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 2005
06/08/05 - H.R.2812, Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2005
02/17/05 - H.R.949, Women's Health Office Act of 2005
05/12/04 - H.R.4354, Women's Health Office Act of 2004 [108th Congress]
04/01/04 - H.R.4154, Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 2004 [108th Congress]
10/21/03 - H.R.3362, Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2003 [108th Congress]
03/20/02 - H.R.4011, Science of Stem Cell Research Act [107th Congress]
10/02/01 - H.R.2992, Mental Health Parity Enhancement Act of 2001 [107th Congress]
08/02/01 - H.R.2783, Women's Health Drug Studies Act [107th Congress]
05/23/01 - H.R.1968, National Health Service Corps Reinvestment Act of 2001 [107th Congress]
05/10/01 - H.R.1809, Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2001 [107th Congress]
05/02/01 - H.R.1683, Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 2001 [107th Congress]
09/06/00 - H.R.5116, National Health Service Corps Reauthorization Act of 2000 [106th Congress]
10/26/99 - H.R.3150, Legislation to gain more information on full impact of welfare reform [106th Congress]
07/02/99 - H.R.2445, Mental Health Parity Act of 1999 [106th Congress]
03/25/99 - H.R.1285, Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999 [106th Congress]
03/02/99 - H.R.925, Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 1999 [106th Congress]
07/24/98 - Annual Mammogram and Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1998 [105th Congress]
10/22/97 - H.R. 2693, Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 1997 [105th Congress]
01/09/97 - H.R.418, Breast Cancer Early Detection Act of 1997 [105th Congress]
07/11/96 - H.R.3796, Women's Health and Dioxin Act of 1996 [104th Congress]
08/04/95 - H.R.2226, Medicaid Fair Funding Act of 1995 [104th Congress]
11/02/99 - H.R.3659, Medicaid Funding Act of 1993 [103rd Congress]
Documents
06/22/10 - New Patient's Bill of Rights Fact Sheet
05/17/06 - Letter Requesting a Hearing on H.R. 4767 in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health
05/17/06 - Letter Requesting a Hearing on H.R. 4767 in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health
Links
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare Mission Statement
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
More on Health
WASHINGTON, DC – At a press conference Wednesday morning, U.S. Reps. Dave Weldon, M.D. (R-FL) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced a bill that would give responsibility for the nation’s vaccine safety to an independent agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, removing most vaccine safety research from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Currently, the CDC has responsibility for both vaccine safety and promotion, which is an inherent conflict of interest increasingly garnering public criticism.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) spoke out against President Bush’s veto of HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. Bush used the first veto of his presidency to strike down HR 810; the bill would expand federal funding for stem cell research projects that use embryos from fertility clinics that would otherwise be discarded.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today on Capitol Hill, leaders from the political community, the medical community and the fashion industry joined together to renew their call for a better warning about the severe health risks of tanning beds. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Dr. Marta Van Beek of the American Academy of Dermatology, and Kate White, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, spoke out in support of the TAN Act (H.R. 4767), which was introduced earlier this year by Maloney and Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) and would direct the Food and Drug Administration to re-examine the warning label on tanning beds in order to effectively communicate the risk of skin cancer. Emily Konesky, a 19-year-old skin cancer victim from Buffalo who frequently used tanning beds, joined them to talk about the severe consequences of tanning bed use.
WASHINGTON, DC - At a news conference today to discuss developments in the possible link between vaccines containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosal and autism, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) announced that she is drafting legislation that would mandate the federal government to conduct a more thorough, scientific study of mercury and autism. The proposed study would compare the incidence of autism in the general population with incidence of autism in a comparison group - identified populations in which children are not vaccinated for religious or personal beliefs.
NEW YORK, NY - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) spoke at a public hearing following Pricewaterhouse Coopers's presentation of its study on the feasability of consolidating or closing the Manhattan and Brooklyn VA Hospitals (Rep. Maloney's statement). U.S. Veterans Administration Secretary Jim Nicholson, acting on the recommendation of the VA CARES Commission, authorized the study, which sets forth and evaluates nine options for consolidating or closing the facilities.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, upon the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on the effectiveness of medical monitoring programs for 9/11 health effects, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), who requested the GAO study with Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT), provided the following responses:
News of Program’s Disappearance Comes as Administration’s Attempt to Take Back $125 Million In 9/11 Workers’ Aid Advances
WASHINGTON, DC - In response to repeated requests for information by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently admitted that a medical monitoring program for federal 9/11 responders disappeared in 2003 against all anticipated protocol and medical expectations.