Health

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today suggested Select Panel Chairman Marsha Blackburn call more relevant witnesses ahead of the latest taxpayer-funded hearing. “The Chairman called a hearing on ‘fetal tissue pricing,’ yet none of the Majority’s witnesses will be able to answer questions on that topic,” DelBene said. “If Chairman Blackburn were… Read more »

Usually the worst you can say about a Congressional committee is that its hearings provide a soapbox for grandstanding, with more testimony coming from committee members than the witnesses called to testify. But the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, called last year to investigate allegations that Planned Parenthood was selling fetal tissue for medical… Read more »

Today, the House Select Investigative Panel Democratic Members announced the launch of a new website.   The website is intended to be used as a tool for Members of Congress, the public, and the press to better understand the work of the Panel and to ensure a more transparent and balanced investigation. The site offers quick and easy access to essential facts about what’s… Read more »

Dear Friend, As a former high school athlete and football referee, I know sports are important to keeping our communities fit and healthy. So during March – which is also Brain Injury Awareness Month – I joined a roundtable discussion with athletes, doctors, researchers and coaches at VICIS, a local business that manufactures a football helmet designed to more effectively… Read more »

SEATTLE -- Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., and former UW and NFL quarterback Damon Huard joined a panel discussion Thursday on how to prevent injuries in youth sports. The panel, which included physicians and coaches, talked about education on better football tackling techniques and the need for the tracking and treatment of sports-related brain injuries. DelBene toured the host company,… Read more »

SEATTLE – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) today discussed the importance of brain injury awareness at a roundtable with local athletes, coaches, doctors and researchers. “As a former high school football referee and athlete, I know sports are important to keeping our communities fit and healthy, but we must ensure we’re taking every possible safety precaution to… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) Wednesday condemned the serious safety and privacy risks posed by dangerous document requests and subpoenas being issued by Republicans on the Select Panel investigating Planned Parenthood. “Five months ago, House leaders created another Benghazi-like Select Panel — this time to target Planned Parenthood. Unable to substantiate a single… Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives, on top of spending $5 million on a pointless, politically motivated Benghazi investigation, set up a 13-member select panel to investigate Planned Parenthood and the alleged sale for profit of fetal tissue for research. "This panel has an ideological agenda: It should be disbanded," Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., a minority member of the panel,… Read more »

SEATTLE – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today condemned the serious safety and privacy risks posed by dangerous document requests and subpoenas being issued by Republicans on the Select Panel investigating Planned Parenthood. “Five months ago, House leaders created another Benghazi-like Select Panel — this time to target Planned Parenthood. Unable to substantiate… Read more »

In Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt, Texas physicians seeking to protect women’s access to safe medical care are challenging the state’s 2013 anti-choice law (HB 2), which threatens to close more than 75 percent of clinics offering abortion care and leave many women with little meaningful ability to exercise their constitutional rights. This law applies to any… Read more »