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Janice Schakowsky

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Janice D. Schakowsky is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for various progressive issues, including healthcare reform, women's rights, and consumer protection. Schakowsky has played a significant role in shaping policies related to social justice and economic equality throughout her tenure in Congress.

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Feb 9, 2016

The need to adequate payments to Medicaid providers is incredibly important in providing stability in our healthcare system.

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Feb 9, 2016

I believe the focus should always be on the Commission's impact in protecting consumers from harmful products.

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Feb 9, 2016

The importance of Medicaid just simply can't be overstated.

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Feb 3, 2016

we have a robust marketplace for biosimilars.

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Feb 3, 2016

It is really exciting that in recent years that we have seen such breakthroughs in drugs entering the market that creates such hope for treatment or cure for illnesses of millions of Americans.

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Feb 3, 2016

we need additional Federal authorities to combat this growing problem and that is why I introduced the Medicare Fair Drug Pricing Act which would require HHS to negotiate the price of biologics and sole-sourced drugs covered by Medicare…

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Feb 3, 2016

the cost of these drugs, I want to focus on that because I think it is simply unaffordable for far too many people.

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Feb 2, 2016

During rollcall Vote No. 51 on H.R. 3700, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have voted ``Yes.''

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Feb 2, 2016

How appropriate that the House Republican leadership decided to vote again on repealing the Affordable Care Act and defunding Planned Parenthood on Groundhog Day. In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character relived the same day…

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Jan 8, 2016

Last year, Volkswagen was caught defrauding its customers selling vehicles that emitted 40 times more pollution than is allowed by law in its so-called clean diesel models. VW customers paid extra for vehicles they believed were both…

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Jan 6, 2016

The relentless attacks on Planned Parenthood and other healthcare providers must stop and they will stop. Planned Parenthood serves almost 3 million American women, and there is no evidence of wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood to possibly…

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Jan 6, 2016

It is a committee where I serve as the ranking Democratic member. We call it the Select Committee to Attack Women's Health. Now, that select committee was formed last fall after hearings were held and at which the Republicans accused in…

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