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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) introduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation, the Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 and the Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020, to ensure that everyone in the United States who needs to be tested or treated for the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) can get their test, services, or therapeutics covered by their insurance without any cost sharing.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Founding Member of the No War With Iran Caucus, issued the following statement after the U.S. House agreed to Senate Joint Resolution (S.J.Res.) 68 by a vote of 227 to 186:

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Aging Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, calling on the agency to protect the welfare, safety, and rights of nursing home residents and health care workers who

WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, introduced H.R. 6137, the Innovative Maternal Payment And Coverage To (IMPACT To) Save Moms Act. This bill is one several included in the new, historic "Momnibus" package of legislation to address the Black maternal health crisis in the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC - Two weeks before the 10^th anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congresswoman Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, introduced two bills to lower health care costs and strengthen consumer protections for Americans who rely on the ACA to survive. The bills are H.R.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Representative Rosa DeLauro, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, submitted two inquiries to the Trump Administration regarding the affordability and readiness of coronavirus testing across the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, was joined by Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and several advocates from the Lower Drug Prices Now coalition to call on the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to protect public health and take steps to ensure that any 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine or treatment developed with the help of taxpayer-funded research is affordable and accessible to all Americans.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released a statement on Congress' approval of a $8.3 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill to fully address the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and protect Americans from this public health crisis:

"I voted for $8.3 billion supplemental funding package that the House passed yesterday because our local health departments, hospitals, nursing homes, and public health workers need our immediate assistance to manage and save as many lives as we can.