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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.

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 acces

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:

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, issued the following statement:

"I am deeply disappointed, though not surprised, that once again the Trump White House has chosen to put corporate power and politics over people by nominating Dr. Nancy Beck to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reiterate her concerns about awarding exclusive licenses for the production of a potential 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine or treatment and allowing drug manufactures to monopolize drugs that have been funded by millions of taxpayer dollars.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, voted in favor of H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020, which passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 213-195.

Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) led a letter, signed by 11 Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, to Match Group President Shar Dubey calling on the company to check users against sex offender registries and disclose its efforts to respond to reports of sexual violence that were a result of users meeting through Match Group services.