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November 18, 2009
W&M: Rangel, Commitee Leaders Call for Analysis of Recent Drug Price Increases
Leaders of the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last night requesting an expedited report on recent trends in prescription drug pricing. The letter, authored by Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Chair of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, comes after recent studies and a New York Times report indicated that …more

November 18, 2009
Rangel: House-Approved Health Reform Strengthen Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Congressman Charles B. Rangel released the following statement in support of provisions in the House-approved Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) that increase access to Medicaid and reduce Medicare Part D costs for people living with HIV/AIDS. The bill passed the House on Saturday, Nov. 7, by a vote of 220 to 215:"With the passage of the health insurance reform bill last week in the House, we have scored a major victory in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Provisions in the bill benefit the hundreds of thousands of people who are infected with HIV/AIDS by affording them better access …more

November 7, 2009
W&M: House Passes Historic Health Reform Bill
For the first time in America’s history, all Americans will have access to quality, affordable health care under updated health insurance reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today. The legislation will cover 96 percent of Americans by 2015, while reducing the deficit by tens of billions of dollars over the next decade. The House approved the measure by a vote of 220 to 215. The Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), blends and revises the three versions of reform legislation passed by the House committees of jurisdiction in July. It embodies President Obama’s key goals …more

November 5, 2009
House Passes Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives today approved essential legislation to stimulate the economy and provide stability to American families. The House Passed H.R. 3548, the Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 403 to 12. The legislation will help continue America’s economic recovery by extending unemployment benefits for millions of workers looking for jobs, as well as extending, expanding and improving the homebuyer tax credit, and providing tax relief for military families and businesses. Many of the provisions in today’s legislation originated in the Committee on Ways and Means, and Committee leaders offered …more