H.R. 1934, the Cancer Care Payment Reform Act, sponsored by the House Republican Conference chairman, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)...
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers is a Republican politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 5th congressional district from 2005 to 2023. Born on May 22, 1969, she was the first woman from Washington to serve in Congress. During her tenure, she held various leadership positions, including Chair of the House Republican Conference, where she focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development. McMorris Rodgers has been an advocate for policies that support families and small businesses, and she has worked on initiatives related to energy and natural resources, reflecting the interests of her constituents in Eastern Washington.
I am here today to implore Congress to immediately pass the Cancer Care Reform Act, H.R. 1934, a bipartisan bill, introduced by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Steve Israel.
The legislation would build off of the promise in the SGR repeal legislation--also known as MACRA--by promoting innovative payment reforms designed to increase the quality of care delivered to Medicare seniors and reduce costs to the…
Today, the President promised that he would veto a bill that says babies that survive an abortion do not deserve life-saving care.
I would like to thank Chairman Pitts and Chairman Upton for their attention to this important issue, and Representative Loretta Sanchez for co-leading this bill.
I wanted to ask who is responsible for having the correct calorie count at each location?
What we are trying to do and why we have been working with everyone to accomplish the goal of providing this information in a commonsense way.
These are hardworking middle-class families quite often that are in need of health insurance, are trying to figure out how to stretch their paychecks to pay for oftentimes increasing premiums.
If you would have told me as a little girl that I would one day put my hand on the bible and be sworn in as the 200th woman to serve in the House of Representatives, I wouldn't have thought it possible.
I appreciate the opportunity to submit a statement before the House Natural Resources Committee regarding the importance of the United States-Canada Columbia River Treaty and its effect on Eastern Washington.
In reality, this law is becoming quickly less about helping Americans purchase affordable coverage and more about compelling millions of Americans into a struggling Medicaid program.
although we were told repeatedly that if you liked your health insurance plan, you'd be able to keep it, we're now being told by the government that they have determined many existing plans to be lousy, subpar.
we know that two out of three doctors don't accept new Medicaid patients, we know that current provider rates are going to drop at the end of 2014.
I'm concerned that the most vulnerable in this country are going to lack access to the care that they they're going to receive.
So isn't it true that in States like Washington, they're going to have new, unexpected costs associated with a dramatic influx into Medicaid?
We have a former Governor, we have numerous legislators in both the House and the Senate, we have U.S. Congresswoman, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, two former secretaries, the current and the former Secretary of State in the State of Washington…
By utilizing currently untapped resources, the United States could double the amount of hydropower produced in this country, and that I think is a tremendous asset that we have.
At a time when our political system can seem more polarized and more divided than ever before, it can be tempting to see the possibility of bipartisan progress as a thing of the past.
We remember a man who championed principle over party; patience over haste; and people over politics.
It is foolish to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.





