EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Monday, November 25

Health Report: White House Releases Annual Report, “Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda: Results and Impacts of U.S. Government Investments”

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EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Thursday, November 21

Continuing Resolution: President Signs H.R. 3055, the “Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019,” Extending Government Funding through December 20, 2019

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Wednesday, November 13

Health Bills: House Energy & Commerce Committee Marks Up Legislation on Youth Tobacco Use, Maternal Health, and Generic Drug Petitions

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, November 5

Child Welfare: House and Senate Leaders Introduce Family First Transition Act to Help States Transform Child Welfare Systems

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EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Monday, October 28

Council of Economic Advisers Releases Report on Full Cost of Opioid Crisis

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, October 22

Health Care: House Ways and Means Committee Marks Up Drug Pricing Package

• Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal Comments on Passage of H.R. 3

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Wednesday, October 16

Veterans’ Health: Bipartisan Leadership Calls for Department of Defense to Address Increasing Suicide Rate Among Members of the National Guard

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EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, October 8

White House Pushes For Obamacare Birth Control Review

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EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Wednesday, October 2

White House Releases Report Stating That Prescription Drug Prices Are Falling, Refuting Contrary Reports

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EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Thursday, September 19

Executive Order Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the U.S. to Promote National Security and Public Health

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Wednesday, September 11

Veterans’ Affairs: Senate Approves James Byrne as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, September 3

Health Care: House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee to Hold Legislative Hearing on Bills to Address Rising Maternal Mortality Rates

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, August 27

Health Care: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal Seeks Action From CMS and DOJ Following Reports of Abuse and Neglect at Skilled Nursing Facilities

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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Monday, August 19

Planned Parenthood Refuses Federal Funds Over Abortion Restrictions and Withdraws from Title X Program

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Monday, August 12

Veterans’ Affairs: OIG Report Finds VA Unfairly Denied Claims for Emergency Care Totaling at Least $53.3 Million in 2017

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, July 16

Drug Pricing: Congressional Budget Office Reports the “Lower Health Care Costs Act” Will Reduce Health Insurance Premiums and Lower Prescription Drug Costs

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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Vice President Pence Remarks at Briefing from High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force and Yellowstone Substance Abuse Coalition

Remarks by President Trump at Meeting on Opioids

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, June 4

Health Care: Health Subcommittee of Committee on Energy and Commerce Holds Hearing on Health Care Extenders, “Investing in America’s Health Care”

• Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) Opening Remarks

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Congress in recess for Memorial Day (May 27-31)
Tuesday, May 28

Health Care: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) Announce Hearing Entitled, “Investing in America’s Health Care,” on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building
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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Drug Control: White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll Urges World Anti-Doping Agency to Continue with Concrete Governance Reforms

• Director Jim Carroll Announces Formation of Committee to Respond to Emerging Drug Threats
  

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