Bipartisan backing for legislation targeting unpaid Finra arbitration awards has supporters hoping the measure will advance this year. … Continue Reading
The Trump Administration formally came out Friday in favor of cutting off federal family planning money to organizations that perform abortions or make referrals for them. … Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, expressed frustration Wednesday over FEMA's decision to not offer Disaster Housing Assistance Program to Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, offering that the federal government owes these evacuees better. … Continue Reading
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of the letter (PDF)Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), along with Representatives Mark
Takano (D-Calif.), Alma Adams (D-N.C.), and Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) today
sent a bicameral letter signed by 19 other senators and 37 other members of the
House of Representatives to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, raising concerns
regarding the challenges facing students of color in the federal student loan
system and calling on th… Continue Reading
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) applauded the Senate Finance Committee's passage of her bipartisan bill to combat opioid addiction by requiring electronic prescriptions for controlled substances, including opioids, under Medicare. The bill was included in the Helping to End Addiction and Lessen (HEAL) Substance Use Disorders Act of 2018, which passed with unanimous committee approval. Senator Warren, along with Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), and Pat Too… Continue Reading
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of the letter (PDF)Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to reiterate the importance of including medical
device identifiers on the updated Medicare claim form and to urge the agency to
maintain its support for this change.In its recently-released Medical Device Safety Action Plan, the FDA outlined
the agency's efforts to ensure that medical devices … Continue Reading
Eight months ago, Hurricane Maria turned Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands into a disaster zone. The storm ripped the roofs off homes and businesses, flooded mountainous regions, washed out roads, and destroyed critical infrastructure. Puerto Rico's power grid was demolished. Millions of residents were left without power, clean water, or access to help.… Continue Reading
