Health

Today, Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky and the Select Panel Democratic Members sent a letter to Chair Marsha Blackburn to condemn the process by which the Panel has conducted its work to date and request a Panel vote on the Democrats’ proposed investigative plan and rules.  Republicans have continued to exclude Democrats, persisted in sending out dangerous and overbroad document… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today voted against yet another attempt by Republicans to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and block funding for Planned Parenthood. Read more »

SEATTLE – On the 43rd anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) joined supporters at the Planned Parenthood Seattle Health Center Read more »

FORTY-THREE years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to decide whether and when to have a child. Americans overwhelmingly think that decision was the right one, and I agree. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today voted against H.R. 1927 because it included unnecessary and burdensome requirements that would deny asbestos victims their privacy and timely compensation. Instead, DelBene called for a vote on her bill, the Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database (READ) Act (H.R. 230) to protect American families and workers from exposure to asbestos. Read more »

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… 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… Read more »