Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – In an immediate response to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Trump administration's controversial rule that allows employers to refuse to cover their employees' birth control under their company health insurance plan, a group of federal lawmakers announced today they will be filing new legislation tomorrow to repeal the rules before they can take effect.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As states across the country explore the possibility of developing and deploying new technologies to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced legislation today to ensure people's privacy remains protected.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) – who serve as senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee – released the findings of a year-long committee investigation into health insurers' practice of selling so-called "junk health care plans" that offer consumers no real coverage.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – While coronavirus-related research is now in overdrive, most other research has been slowed down or stopped altogether due to pandemic-induced closures of campuses and laboratories. Now, tens of thousands of graduate students, postdocs, principal investigators and other technical support staff are at risk of losing their employment and their work without federal relief. Additionally, with this research stopped, America may lose the benefits that come with new technologies and scientific insights.