Janice Schakowsky: “We are the only industrialized country where actually our maternal mortality has gone up instead of down.”

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me for the privilege of saying a few words about Bill Pascrell. I love Bill Pascrell. I say that in the present tense because every time I think of him he makes me smile, not because he was a funny…

I certainly think that it needs to be stopped.

Let’s be clear: Medicare Advantage is not Medicare. These private insurance plans use Medicare’s trusted name while too often denying medically necessary care, restricting providers, and overcharging taxpayers by billions. That is…

I was otherwise detained and unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: ``nay'' on rollcall No. 710, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 711, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 712, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 713, ``yea''…