Health

DelBene Statement on Trump’s Announcement to Raise Healthcare Costs on Americans

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement after the White House made a sudden announcement that it would end critical healthcare payments currently helping families get access to quality, affordable health insurance: “The President’s announcement that he will end assistance for Americans cannot be squared with his and…

DelBene Statement on Trump Depriving Women of Birth Control

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) issued the following statement on President Trump’s rule rolling back the guarantee that all health insurance plans include birth control coverage: “Birth control is essential healthcare, plain and simple. Not only does it help women plan their families — it’s also used by thousands of women to treat serious medical conditions,…

‘This is wrong, it’s outrageous’: Washington state leaders, advocates respond to Trump’s birth-control rule

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The Trump administration’s new rule allowing insurers and employers to opt out of covering contraceptives in the Affordable Care Act because of religious and moral objections brought swift condemnation from politicians and groups focused on women’s health care. “President Trump wants to make birth control about ideology, but let’s be clear: for women and their families in the 21st…

DelBene: Sweeping Abortion Ban Punishes Women, Cruelly Burdens Survivors of Sexual Assault

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) opposed legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. It lacks any meaningful exemptions to protect a woman’s health and imposes cruel barriers on survivors of sexual assault. The bill (H.R. 36) passed the House and now heads to the Senate for further consideration. DelBene’s floor speech follows and video…

House approves GOP bill outlawing most late-term abortions

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Most late-term abortions would be outlawed under legislation Republicans pushed through the House on Tuesday, a major priority of the GOP and conservative groups that won't reach an eager President Donald Trump because it faces certain Senate defeat. The House approved the measure by a near party-line 237-189 vote. Though the bill's fate is sealed, the push for abortion restrictions…

Thanks to DelBene Amendment, DOJ Announces $24 Million in Grants for Opioid Use Diversion Programs

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today lauded the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement that as part of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), it has awarded $24 million in federal grants to localities to implement community-based substance use diversion programs and other treatment alternatives to incarceration to help address the opioid epidemic.…

DelBene Calls for Clean Reauthorization of Home Visiting Program

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today called on Republicans to work with Democrats on a clean reauthorization of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program to ensure states and communities can continue helping children and families thrive. This traditionally bipartisan program provides in-home help to ensure new parents can raise…

DelBene Calls for Clean Reauthorization of Home Visiting Program

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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) has called on Republicans to work with Democrats on a clean reauthorization of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program to ensure states and communities can continue helping children and families thrive. This traditionally bipartisan program provides in-home help to ensure new parents can raise children who are healthy,…

DelBene, King Lead Bipartisan Letter Rejecting Cuts to Medical Research

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Congressman Peter King (NY-02) today led more than 85 bipartisan members of Congress in urging House leaders to protect medical research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The President’s budget proposed cutting the agency by $7.2 billion next year, primarily through a harmful limitation on facilities and…

In Response: We need to protect life-saving air ambulance services

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Imagine you and your loved ones are hiking through the Chippewa National Forest, fishing on Mille Lacs Lake, or relaxing on your family farm. Suddenly, you start to notice tingling sensations in your arms followed by chest tightness and pain and a struggle to catch your breath. Imagine all of a sudden you're having a heart attack. When unexpected medical emergencies like this strike,…