The Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold its first day of legislative hearings on the health reform discussion draft by the Chairmen of the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor.  Panels will also convene on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, and Thursday, June 25, 2009, in room 2123 Rayburn Office Building.

This will be the first day in a series of hearings.

INVITED WITNESSES:

• Richard Kirsch, National Campaign Manager, Health Care for America Now
• Ralph G. Neas, Chief Executive Officer, National Coalition on Health Care
• Stephen T. Parente, Ph.D., Director, Medical Industry Leadership Institute
• Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund
• Jennie Chin Hansen, President, AARP
• David L. Shern, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health America
• Erik Novak, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon, Patients United Now
• Shona Robertson-Holmes, Patient at Mayo Clinic
• Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D., Executive Director, Trust for America's Health
• Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D., Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Mark Kestner, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Alegent Health

WHEN: Tuesday, June 23 at 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building