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 Newtown, O&I Subcommittee Engages in National Conversation on Violence and Severe Mental Illness
March 5, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep.

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House GOP Leaders Stand Ready to Work with President to Help Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions
March 5, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner and Republican leaders today urged President Obama to support House Republicans’ efforts to help Americans suffering from pre-existing conditions obtain affordable health care.

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Letter to President Obama on High Risk Pools
March 5, 2013 | Letter

Excerpt: Republicans have historically supported high-risk pools and reinsurance programs. In fact, the House Republican alternative to PPACA provided $25 billion to aid Americans suffering from pre-existing conditions through new universal access programs that reformed and expanded state based high-risk pools and reinsurance programs.

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Joint Committee Report Details the Price Young Adults and Middle Class Will Pay for Obamacare’s Broken Promises
March 5, 2013 | Press Release

*Please Note: Time Change for Hearing

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House Clears Bill to Help Communities, First Responders, and Innovators Prepare for Public Health Emergencies, Including Flu Outbreaks and Terrorist Attacks
March 4, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives today approved Senate amendments to the bipartisan Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, H.R. 307, sponsored by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) by a vote of 370-28.

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Committee Leaders Seek More Information on FDA Regulation of Smartphones, Tablets and Apps
March 4, 2013 | Press Release

Regulating Smartphones as Medical Devices Could Affect Growth and Innovation and Trigger Obamacare Device Tax 

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