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Rodgers and Burr Press Becerra on Wasteful COVID-19 Spending in Uninsured Program

02.23.2022

Washington, D.C.— House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra raising concerns about the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) program to reimburse health care providers for COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccine administration for uninsured patients.

Key Excerpts from their letter:

“We understand that $18.3 billion has been budgeted for the uninsured program...

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House GOP to Biden: What’s the Admin’s Plan to end the Public Health Emergency

02.11.2022

Washington, D.C.— Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and more than 70 House Republicans urged President Biden and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to accept that COVID-19 has become endemic, recognize that current heavy-handed government interventions are doing more harm than good, and immediately begin the process to unwind the Public Health Emergency so our country can get back to normal.

Key excerpts from the House GOP members, including actions they are urging the Biden administration...

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GOP to HHS Secretary Becerra: CMS Proposed Medicare Coverage Would Deny Alzheimer’s Treatments to Patients Who Need Them

02.09.2022

Washington, D.C. — Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and 74 Republicans in the House sent the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra a letter urging him to “to abandon and re-propose the Nation Coverage Determination (NCD) to provide for reasonable access to FDA-approved treatments for a broader population of Medicare...

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Republicans Commemorate National Data Privacy Day and Urge President Biden to Work With Congress to Enact a National Privacy Standard

01.28.2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, on National Data Privacy Day, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), along with Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Rodger Wicker (R-MS) and Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urged President Biden to work with Congress to develop a national privacy and data security law this year. This letter renews their request from July 2021 that has yet to receive a...

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Rodgers, Latta ask NBC how the CCP is Influencing Its Winter Olympics Coverage

01.25.2022

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter to NBCUniversal asking about the level of influence the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has in NBC’s 2022 Winter Olympics programming.

Excerpts and highlights from the letter to NBC:

“With the 2022 Winter Olympics set to commence in Beijing, China on February 4, we write to inquire how you will use your investment...

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Leader Rodgers to Becerra: Every Life Should be Given a Chance

01.21.2022

Washington, D.C. — In a new letter, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) asks Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra to take immediate action on the lack of reliable prenatal testing. Recent reporting from the New York Times raised serious concerns about extremely unreliable prenatal testing services, which have caused some women to end their pregnancies.

Key excerpts from Leader Rodgers’ letter:

RELIABILITY: “The Times’ report found that these tests are frequently wrong, sometimes...

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Leader Rodgers Calls on Companies Sponsoring the Beijing Olympics to Stand up Against China’s Human Rights Abuses

01.13.2022

The Chinese Communist Party continues to commit atrocious human rights abuses—from genocide to forced labor and the suppression of free speech. Yet the International Olympic Committee (IOC) official corporate partners—including both American and foreign multinational corporations that rely on American consumers—have remained silent on the CCP’s abuses and neglect to defend civil liberties and human rights.

Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) joined Sandra Smith and John Roberts on Fox News’ America Reports to discuss the letter being sent to IOC partners. The letter asks companies to share how they will use their “creative and financial investments in the games to shed light on what media...

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Rodgers, Latta Urge Democrats to Hold Long Overdue NTIA Oversight Hearing

01.13.2022

Washington, D.C.—House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) today urged Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Communications and Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) to hold an oversight hearing to review ongoing NTIA activities and programs. This would be the first NTIA oversight hearing since the 115th Congress.

Excerpts and highlights from the letter:

“We write to request that you hold a hearing to review the ongoing activities and programs of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

“The...

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