Health

Chairman:  Joe Pitts (PA-16)
Jurisdiction: 
Public health and quarantine; hospital construction; mental health; biomedical research and development; health information technology, privacy, and cybersecurity; public health insurance (Medicare, Medicaid) and private health insurance; medical malpractice and medical malpractice insurance; the regulation of food, drugs, and cosmetics; drug abuse; the Department of Health and Human Services; the National Institutes of Health; the Centers for Disease Control; Indian Health Service; and all aspects of the above-referenced jurisdiction related to the Department of Homeland Security.

Members

Republicans

Chairman: Joe Pitts (PA)
Vice Chairman: Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX)
Ed Whitfield (KY)
John Shimkus (IL)
Mike Rogers (MI)
Tim Murphy (PA)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Phil Gingrey (GA)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)
Leonard Lance (NJ)
Bill Cassidy (LA)
Brett Guthrie (KY)
Morgan Griffith (VA)
Gus Bilirakis (FL)
Renee Ellmers (NC)
Joe Barton (TX)
Fred Upton (MI)

Democrats

Ranking Member: Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ)
John D. Dingell (MI)
Eliot L. Engel (NY)
Lois Capps (CA)
Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Jim Matheson (UT)
Gene Green (TX)
G.K. Butterfield (NC)
John Barrow (GA)
Donna M. Christensen (VI)
Kathy Castor (FL)
John Sarbanes (MD)
Henry A. Waxman (CA)

After Multi-Day E&C Hearing Series Highlighting Uncertainty Created by Medical Device Taxes and Regulations, Obama Administration Finally Goes on Record with Pledge Not to Tax Consumers' Smartphones and Tablets
March 21, 2013 | Press Release

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Breathing New Life Into the Life Sciences
March 21, 2013 | Issue Post

For decades, the United States has led the global medical device and biopharmaceutical industries. With the U.S. serving as the life sciences innovation capital of the world, patients have gained access to life-saving devices and drugs while our economy has reaped the benefit of hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs.

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On Day Two of Three-Day Hearing Series, Experts Warn FDA Regulation of Health Information Technology Could Stifle Innovation, Barring Patients’ Access to Apps
March 20, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep.

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Committee Kicks Off Three Day Hearing Series On Potential Regulations and Taxes on Smartphones, Tablets, and Mobile Apps
March 19, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep.

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Saving Seniors and Our Most Vulnerable Citizens from an Entitlement Crisis
March 18, 2013 | Hearing

Hearing Notice 

Background Memo

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The Medicaid Check Up: Reasons for Reform
March 18, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of the Health Subcommittee’s hearing today on “Saving Seniors and Our Most Vulnerable from an Entitlement Crisis,” the Energy and Commerce Committee released a staff report that outlines the state of the Medicaid program today.

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