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Late last week, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Health Task Force, introduced a suite of bills to lower prescription drug prices. After introducing the bills, Rep. Schakowsky released the following statement:
In 1990, 28 years ago today, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. This bipartisan effort made a commitment that our history of segregating and isolating persons with disabilities would end. In the law’s own words, the purpose of the ADA is to “provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities.”
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Today, ahead of the 53rd anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid being signed into law on July 30, 1965 and the 83rd anniversary of Social Security on August 14, Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to unveil a new report documenting years of Republicans’ attacks on seniors.
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ (CPC) Health Task Force, released the following statement after joining CPC Co-Chairs Mark Pocan and Raúl Grijalva in unveiling the FY2019 People’s Budget: A Progressive Path Forward:
On Friday, 35 members of Congress led by Representatives Jan Schakowsky, David Price, Steve Cohen, and John Yarmuth, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirming their steadfast commitment to providing necessary security assistance to Israel and urging the State Department to address the detention of Palestinian children. In the letter, the Members urged “the State Department to continue its efforts to promote the protection and proper treatment of children on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Over the weekend, eight members of Congress returned from a trip to the Texas border. On their visit the members observed court proceedings of those who crossed the border, and visited the Ursula Border Patrol Processing Center, the Port Isabel Detention Center and the Brownsville Port of Entry.
Today, the House of Representatives passed Representative Schakowsky’s H.R. 3728, the EMPOWER Act (Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness Act). This bill reauthorizes health professional workforce programs and optimizes workforce training programs for geriatric care. It reauthorizes the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs and reestablishes the Geriatric Academic Career Awards which are critical to building a robust geriatric care workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC — CongresswomenJan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statements after Bayer announced it would halt sales of Essure—a medical device that is supposed to be a permanent form of contraception.
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement celebrating the launch of the Medicare for All Caucus, of which she is a founding member: