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March 26, 2019 Tonko Co-Sponsors Bill to Lower Healthcare Costs, Safeguard Pre-existing Conditions Rep. Paul Tonko
March 26, 2019 Tweet - "Despite what President @realDonaldTrump might wish you believed, we all know that Republicans are the party working to end your health care and raise costs for millions. Democrats will never stop fighting to protect health care for Americans across the country." Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 26, 2019 Tweet - "Last night, President @realDonaldTrump's Justice Department issued a letter to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals calling for the elimination of health care coverage for tens of millions of Americans and higher costs for millions more." Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 25, 2019 Tweet - "I thought @realDonaldTrump & AG Barr couldn't stoop any lower in trying to take health care away. But now they say millions gaining access to health care or protecting pre-existing conditions is unconstitutional. We will keep fighting to stop them." Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 25, 2019 Tweet - "What else are @SenateMajLdr McConnell and Republicans doing besides trying to prevent you from seeing the Mueller report? Focusing on their other priority: Taking away your health care." Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 14, 2019 Letter to Rep. Bobby Scott, Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee and Rep. Federica Wilson, Chair of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee - Committee Republicans Request Hearing on "Medicare-for-All" Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
March 14, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Reps. Lee, Hurd, Lead Bipartisan Letter Opposing Secretary Azar's Proposed CMS Medicare Pt. D Rule Rep. Grace Meng, ...
March 12, 2019 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 11, 2019 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 24, 2019 Reps. Kelly and Courtney Lead Bipartisan Re-Introduction of Bill to Protect Workers' Health Benefits Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 9, 2019 Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress Rep. Jerry Nadler
Jan. 8, 2019 Chairman Joaquin Castro Welcomes Newest Members to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Dec. 21, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Alex Azar, and Steven Mnuchin - Hassan Joins Colleagues to Call on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans That Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, the Hon. Seema Verma, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin - Shaheen Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans That Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Congresswoman Gonzalez Colon Statement Regarding Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Nov. 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Matthew Whitaker, Acting Attorney General - Nadler Sends Letter to Acting AG Whitaker Expecting Answers from DOJ on Refusal to Defend ACA Rep. Jerry Nadler
Oct. 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Herbert Slattery III, Tennessee Attorney General - Drop Pending Litigation that Seeks to Allow Insurance Companies to Deny Health Insurance Coverage to Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Oct. 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine - Drop Lawsuit Revoking Patient Pre-Existing Condition Protections Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
Oct. 18, 2018 Letter to Mr. Durkin - After Years Of Shirking Responsibility For Public Health, The Least Tonawanda Coke Can Do Is Keep The Legally-Required Commitment To Assess Impacts of Its Pollution; For Breaking the Law And Harming The Health And Well-Being Of WNY'ers, This Payment Must Be Made At Once Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 25, 2018 Cardin, Senators Introduce Bill to Enhance Maternal Health Coverage Under Medicaid, Improve Health Outcomes for New Moms Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Sept. 20, 2018 Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of HHS - Senators Cardin, Stabenow and Paul Urge the Administration to Take Action to Improve Medicare Coverage of Oral and Dental Health Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Sept. 5, 2018 As Oral Arguments Begin in Gop Lawsuit to Destroy Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions, Rep. Adriano Espaillat Slams GOP Assault on Health Care Rep. Adriano Espaillat
Aug. 24, 2018 Tweet - "This Republican bill does nothing to require insurers to cover vital health care services. Bill essentially says if you have cancer, your insurance plan doesn't have to offer cancer care. What kind of "pre-existing condition protection" is that?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 1, 2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Rosen Leads Introduction of House Resolution to Defend Constitutionality of Pre-Existing Conditions Protections Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "After months and months of Republicans' sabotage of our health care system, Georgia insurers say that sabotage has directly resulted in premium increases, adding if the Trump administration implements their #junkplans rule, they may have to raise them even more." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2018 Tweet - "More increases in health insurance rates out of Indiana and Iowa today--those higher costs are thanks to the sabotage actions of the Trump administration & Republicans in Congress, who are more concerned about scoring political points than lowering costs for American families." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress should work with Democrats in a bipartisan way to make health care more affordable instead of taking actions that jack up costs on middle-class families and those that are sick that need health care the most." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 14, 2018 Tweet - "I hope Sec @stevenmnuchin1 @SecAzar & @SecretaryAcosta will abandon their proposed rule, and instead work with @SenateDems to improve health care and lower costs for American families." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "After promising to protect ppl w/ pre-existing conditions from being denied affordable health care, @realDonaldTrump stabbed them right in the back by trying to remove those protections in the courts & by trying to expand #junkplans that will effectively price them out." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "If Republicans are serious about maintaining protections for people with pre-existing conditions, they should join us in urging the Trump administration to reverse their shameful decision to not defend the constitutionality of that vital provision that is already the law." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "Actions speak louder than words. So far, the @SenateGOP's own legislation and the Trump administration's actions prove that they're hell-bent on sabotaging the system, driving up costs for American families, and undermining protections for pre-existing conditions." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader, the Hon. Steve Scalise, House Majority Whip - Repair and Protect Medicare Part D Rep. Claudia Tenney, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump administration once again is allowing premiums to go up and middle class Americans to pay more. The ACA is the law of the land and DOJ should defend it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 31, 2018 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Stop Raising Health Care Costs Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
May 31, 2018 Tweet - "Virginia is now the latest example that Democrats are fighting for health care and winning. Will 2018 be the year Republicans finally get the message and stop trying to repeal the ACA?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 23, 2018 Tweet - "To boot, the new @USCBO report says the Trump admin's expansion of #junkplans will leave millions more Americans susceptible to denied coverage & medical bankruptcy, all while the big drug companies & major corporate executives reap the lion's share of the #GOPTaxScam's benefit." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 17, 2018 Clarke, Kinzinger Opioid Legislation Passes Through Committee Rep. Yvette Clarke
May 7, 2018 Tweet - "Let's be honest about this: @POTUS & the GOP are looking to tear apart CHIP, hurting middle-class families & low-income children, to appease the most conservative special interests & feel better about blowing up the deficit to give the wealthy & biggest corps huge tax breaks." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2018 Healthcare Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2018 Tweet - "It appears that sabotaging our health care system to the detriment of middle-class families wasn't enough for @realDonaldTrump & the GOP; now they're going after healthcare dollars millions of children rely on, especially during outbreaks of the flu & other deadly illnesses." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 4, 2018 Rep. Meeks Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Trumpcare Passage in House Rep. Gregory Meeks
May 4, 2018 Tweet - "Just like former HHS Secretary Price predicted, the proposed rate increases in Virginia are exhibit A of how the Trump Administration and Republican sabotage of our health care system will harm middle-class families in this country." Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2018 Tweet - "Former Secretary Price's comments & the new Commonwealth Fund study continue to remove any doubt that the GOP and the Trump administration own any & all increases in health care premiums for American consumers." Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 26, 2018 The American People Face A Clear Choice Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
April 17, 2018 Congresswoman Claudia Tenney: Farm Bill Positive Step to Reignite Agriculture Sector in Upstate New York Rep. Claudia Tenney
March 23, 2018 On 8th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act, Rep. Meeks Calls on GOP to End Sabotage & Work Together to Improve the ACA and Lower Americans' Health Care Costs Rep. Gregory Meeks
March 23, 2018 On 8th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act, Rep. Adriano Espaillat Calls on GOP to Work Together to Improve the ACA and Lower Americans' Health Care Costs Rep. Adriano Espaillat
March 14, 2018 Letter to the Hon Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the Hon Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - Reed, Whitehouse Join Markey, Colleagues in Calling for Gun Violence Research Funding at CDC Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 8, 2018 Letter to Dr. George Sigounas, HHS - Sustain and Expand Teaching Health Centers Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Date Title Politician
March 26, 2019 Tonko Co-Sponsors Bill to Lower Healthcare Costs, Safeguard Pre-existing Conditions Rep.Paul Tonko
March 26, 2019 Tweet - "Despite what President @realDonaldTrump might wish you believed, we all know that Republicans are the party working to end your health care and raise costs for millions. Democrats will never stop fighting to protect health care for Americans across the country." Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 26, 2019 Tweet - "Last night, President @realDonaldTrump's Justice Department issued a letter to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals calling for the elimination of health care coverage for tens of millions of Americans and higher costs for millions more." Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 25, 2019 Tweet - "I thought @realDonaldTrump & AG Barr couldn't stoop any lower in trying to take health care away. But now they say millions gaining access to health care or protecting pre-existing conditions is unconstitutional. We will keep fighting to stop them." Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 25, 2019 Tweet - "What else are @SenateMajLdr McConnell and Republicans doing besides trying to prevent you from seeing the Mueller report? Focusing on their other priority: Taking away your health care." Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 14, 2019 Letter to Rep. Bobby Scott, Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee and Rep. Federica Wilson, Chair of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee - Committee Republicans Request Hearing on "Medicare-for-All" Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
March 14, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Reps. Lee, Hurd, Lead Bipartisan Letter Opposing Secretary Azar's Proposed CMS Medicare Pt. D Rule Rep.Grace Meng, ...
March 12, 2019 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 11, 2019 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 24, 2019 Reps. Kelly and Courtney Lead Bipartisan Re-Introduction of Bill to Protect Workers' Health Benefits Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
Jan. 9, 2019 Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress Rep.Jerry Nadler
Jan. 8, 2019 Chairman Joaquin Castro Welcomes Newest Members to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Dec. 21, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Alex Azar, and Steven Mnuchin - Hassan Joins Colleagues to Call on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans That Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, the Hon. Seema Verma, and the Hon. Steven Mnuchin - Shaheen Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans That Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 20, 2018 Congresswoman Gonzalez Colon Statement Regarding Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Nov. 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Matthew Whitaker, Acting Attorney General - Nadler Sends Letter to Acting AG Whitaker Expecting Answers from DOJ on Refusal to Defend ACA Rep.Jerry Nadler
Oct. 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Herbert Slattery III, Tennessee Attorney General - Drop Pending Litigation that Seeks to Allow Insurance Companies to Deny Health Insurance Coverage to Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Oct. 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine - Drop Lawsuit Revoking Patient Pre-Existing Condition Protections Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
Oct. 18, 2018 Letter to Mr. Durkin - After Years Of Shirking Responsibility For Public Health, The Least Tonawanda Coke Can Do Is Keep The Legally-Required Commitment To Assess Impacts of Its Pollution; For Breaking the Law And Harming The Health And Well-Being Of WNY'ers, This Payment Must Be Made At Once Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 25, 2018 Cardin, Senators Introduce Bill to Enhance Maternal Health Coverage Under Medicaid, Improve Health Outcomes for New Moms Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Sept. 20, 2018 Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of HHS - Senators Cardin, Stabenow and Paul Urge the Administration to Take Action to Improve Medicare Coverage of Oral and Dental Health Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Sept. 5, 2018 As Oral Arguments Begin in Gop Lawsuit to Destroy Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions, Rep. Adriano Espaillat Slams GOP Assault on Health Care Rep.Adriano Espaillat
Aug. 24, 2018 Tweet - "This Republican bill does nothing to require insurers to cover vital health care services. Bill essentially says if you have cancer, your insurance plan doesn't have to offer cancer care. What kind of "pre-existing condition protection" is that?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 1, 2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Rosen Leads Introduction of House Resolution to Defend Constitutionality of Pre-Existing Conditions Protections Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "After months and months of Republicans' sabotage of our health care system, Georgia insurers say that sabotage has directly resulted in premium increases, adding if the Trump administration implements their #junkplans rule, they may have to raise them even more." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2018 Tweet - "More increases in health insurance rates out of Indiana and Iowa today--those higher costs are thanks to the sabotage actions of the Trump administration & Republicans in Congress, who are more concerned about scoring political points than lowering costs for American families." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress should work with Democrats in a bipartisan way to make health care more affordable instead of taking actions that jack up costs on middle-class families and those that are sick that need health care the most." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 14, 2018 Tweet - "I hope Sec @stevenmnuchin1 @SecAzar & @SecretaryAcosta will abandon their proposed rule, and instead work with @SenateDems to improve health care and lower costs for American families." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 13, 2018 Tweet - "After promising to protect ppl w/ pre-existing conditions from being denied affordable health care, @realDonaldTrump stabbed them right in the back by trying to remove those protections in the courts & by trying to expand #junkplans that will effectively price them out." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "If Republicans are serious about maintaining protections for people with pre-existing conditions, they should join us in urging the Trump administration to reverse their shameful decision to not defend the constitutionality of that vital provision that is already the law." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2018 Tweet - "Actions speak louder than words. So far, the @SenateGOP's own legislation and the Trump administration's actions prove that they're hell-bent on sabotaging the system, driving up costs for American families, and undermining protections for pre-existing conditions." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader, the Hon. Steve Scalise, House Majority Whip - Repair and Protect Medicare Part D Rep.Claudia Tenney, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump administration once again is allowing premiums to go up and middle class Americans to pay more. The ACA is the law of the land and DOJ should defend it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 31, 2018 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Stop Raising Health Care Costs Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
May 31, 2018 Tweet - "Virginia is now the latest example that Democrats are fighting for health care and winning. Will 2018 be the year Republicans finally get the message and stop trying to repeal the ACA?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 23, 2018 Tweet - "To boot, the new @USCBO report says the Trump admin's expansion of #junkplans will leave millions more Americans susceptible to denied coverage & medical bankruptcy, all while the big drug companies & major corporate executives reap the lion's share of the #GOPTaxScam's benefit." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 17, 2018 Clarke, Kinzinger Opioid Legislation Passes Through Committee Rep.Yvette Clarke
May 7, 2018 Tweet - "Let's be honest about this: @POTUS & the GOP are looking to tear apart CHIP, hurting middle-class families & low-income children, to appease the most conservative special interests & feel better about blowing up the deficit to give the wealthy & biggest corps huge tax breaks." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2018 Healthcare Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2018 Tweet - "It appears that sabotaging our health care system to the detriment of middle-class families wasn't enough for @realDonaldTrump & the GOP; now they're going after healthcare dollars millions of children rely on, especially during outbreaks of the flu & other deadly illnesses." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 4, 2018 Rep. Meeks Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Trumpcare Passage in House Rep.Gregory Meeks
May 4, 2018 Tweet - "Just like former HHS Secretary Price predicted, the proposed rate increases in Virginia are exhibit A of how the Trump Administration and Republican sabotage of our health care system will harm middle-class families in this country." Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2018 Tweet - "Former Secretary Price's comments & the new Commonwealth Fund study continue to remove any doubt that the GOP and the Trump administration own any & all increases in health care premiums for American consumers." Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 26, 2018 The American People Face A Clear Choice Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
April 17, 2018 Congresswoman Claudia Tenney: Farm Bill Positive Step to Reignite Agriculture Sector in Upstate New York Rep.Claudia Tenney
March 23, 2018 On 8th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act, Rep. Meeks Calls on GOP to End Sabotage & Work Together to Improve the ACA and Lower Americans' Health Care Costs Rep.Gregory Meeks
March 23, 2018 On 8th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act, Rep. Adriano Espaillat Calls on GOP to Work Together to Improve the ACA and Lower Americans' Health Care Costs Rep.Adriano Espaillat
March 14, 2018 Letter to the Hon Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the Hon Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - Reed, Whitehouse Join Markey, Colleagues in Calling for Gun Violence Research Funding at CDC Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 8, 2018 Letter to Dr. George Sigounas, HHS - Sustain and Expand Teaching Health Centers Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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