Health

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 »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today issued the following statement after Republicans’ latest taxpayer-funded Select Panel was used as a venue for political theater: “This taxpayer-funded Committee was created by Republicans nearly five months ago after a group of anti-choice extremists made a series of false, unsubstantiated allegations about Planned Parenthood,”… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today issued the following statement as the Supreme Court heard arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. “A woman’s access to reproductive healthcare shouldn’t be dependent on her income or zip code. Unfortunately, politicians across the country are passing dangerous laws that block women from exercising their… Read more »

Dear Friend, Research and innovation are central to American competitiveness and a key driver of our national economy. Each year, investments in research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) help us push the boundaries of scientific knowledge, support promising medical advances and address the heartbreaking diseases facing our nation. Medical innovation not only… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at ensuring National Guard members retain their health coverage when responding to state emergencies, such as landslides or earthquakes. “In the aftermath of the SR 530 landslide, highly trained members of the Washington National Guard did a tremendous job helping with search-and-rescue and… Read more »

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 »