Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today voted against a bill that would repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and block funding for Planned Parenthood for one year. Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today joined her colleagues in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court supporting a woman’s constitutional right to decide whether and when to have a child, as the Court prepares to consider Whole Women’s Health v. Cole. Read more

Some take out second mortgages to fund their own research. Others give up and leave the U.S. to pursue less financially fraught pastures. The majority spend up to 55 percent of their time churning out grants that have only a 10 percent chance of success. All are desperate to make strides against cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and other diseases but are continually thwarted – not by lab failures, but by dwindling funds from the National Institutes of Health. The grim realities of publicly funded ... Read more

BOTHELL – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today met with Washington state researchers to call for an increase in federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today helped introduce a resolution denouncing attacks on women’s healthcare facilities and affirming that all women have the right to access reproductive healthcare services without the fear of violence, intimidation or harassment. “No one should face intimidation and violence at their doctor’s office — period,” DelBene said. “Lawmakers should focus on protecting women’s rights to make their own healthcare decisions and ensuring they have access to safe, aff... Read more

U.S. representative Suzan DelBene (D-1, WA) is one of the Democrats sitting on a special 14-member house committee that the Republicans set up to investigate Planned Parenthood. The investigations were prompted by undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials that appear to catch Planned Parenthood discussing the sale of fetal tissue for profit; that’s illegal. The frankly amateurish videos, however, are highly edited and Planned Parenthood executive director Cecile Richards has dismissed t... Read more

Six Democratic members of Congress, including Washington Rep. Suzan Delbene, have urged House Speaker Paul Ryan to disband a select committee appointed to probe Planned Parenthood, citing last Friday’s killings at a Planned Parenthood women’s health clinic in Colorado and other attacks on health centers. Read more

Dear Friend, All across the country, Americans are suffering from heartbreaking conditions that still don’t have an effective treatment or cure. Read more

Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led more than 100 House members in urging the House Appropriations Committee to fund the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at a level of at least $32 billion in any forthcoming appropriations legislation. The bipartisan letter was co-led by Reps. David McKinley (WV-01) and Chris Van Hollen (MD-08). “Insufficient funding for NIH has a serious, wide-ranging impact on our nation’s health and our capacity for medical innovation in the 21st century,” the ... Read more

When members of the U.S. Congress form a “fact-finding” select committee, they often spend their time in other ways. Grandstanding, point scoring, and political theater can take precedence over any actual investigation. And that’s especially true when the focus is a hot button issue like abortion rights. This is the situation in which U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) says she’ll likely find herself in coming months, as part of a new Select Investigative Panel organized by House Republicans. Announ... Read more