Sentences with phrase «bipartisan health bill»

The Senate's health committee will hold hearings on a bipartisan health bill in September.

Barack Obama signed a new bipartisan health bill into law on Tuesday that includes funding to expand access to mental health care, an issue that has been a priority for many Sandy Hook families.

Not exact matches

A bipartisan group of governors are criticizing the GOP health bill being crafted in Congress, saying it doesn't protect the vulnerable.

Connecticut senator Chris Murphy, a longtime ally of Sandy Hook families who helped craft the bipartisan health legislation, said the bill «probably would not have just been signed into law without Sandy Hook Promise's advocacy in Congress and with the White House».

He called on a bipartisan bill to shore up health insurance markets.

«Again, we urge Senators to oppose the «skinny» bill and to pivot to a bipartisan effort, working through appropriate committees of jurisdiction and regular order to fix problems and gaps in current law to enable Americans to obtain quality, affordable health insurance.»

In its proposed 2015 Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill, the Senate Agriculture Committee managed to hammer out a bipartisan compromise that seemed to reasonably satisfy both health advocates and the School Nutrition Association (SNA)-- no easy feat, given how heated the controversy had become.

For the first time in 11 years, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 15 - 7 in favor of a bipartisan bill that would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Statements below from representatives of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access and the Marijuana Policy Project A bipartisan bill that would add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition for New York's medical marijuana program passed the Senate Health Committee 15 - 1 on Tuesday.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the Republican tax push, former President Jimmy Carter's offer to help with diplomacy in North Korea, and a bipartisan Health care bill with enough votes to pass.

In addition, I have signed on as a cosponsor of a bipartisan bill in Congress that directs the National Institute of Health to prioritize research of Scleroderma, aiding in this effort,» said Congressman Chris Gibson (NY - 19).

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Alexander - Murray bipartisan health care bill has support from a majority of senators, and he urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring it to the floor «immediately.»

Congress has approved a bipartisan bill that includes pieces of a mental health reform bill co-authored by Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut.

A study by two bipartisan groups estimated that the country's poorest families would lose more than $ 2,500 in average annual health care benefits once the legislation was fully phased in, illustrating the political challenge the GOP bill poses.

«Instead of working with us in a bipartisan way to fix flaws and improve health care, the majority is pushing a bill that will drive up premiums, eliminate coverage for millions and hammer our hospitals,» Schumer said.

Last year, a lot of us in the education community were supportive of senators Specter and Harkin, a bipartisan team who actually wanted to put money back into an appropriations bill that funds labor, health, and education programs.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee was far more bipartisan during its markup of S. 1177 (the Every Child Achieves Act) and the bill was approved by the Committee with a unanimous vote.

Despite their significant ideological differences on many education reform issues, Senate Education Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D - IA) and top committee Republican Lamar Alexander (TN) introduced a bipartisan bill to improve mental health services for children.

Congressional insiders report that the portion of the bill addressing education funding is the most contentious because it also includes funding for the new health care law; some suggest bipartisan consensus on this part of the bill won't be reached, requiring yet another temporary spending measure while negotiations continue.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)-- a bipartisan group of lawmakers — drafted the bill after finding a remarkable consensus among both parties in regards to the urgent need of — and solutions to — a fix of it's outdated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) counterpart.

I hope that we can repeat our bipartisan success of the previous Congress in developing a bill that recognizes the need to develop the rich resources of the outer continental shelf but also to minimize the potential impact on the marine and coastal environment and on human health and safety.

Members of the Senate health committee released a bipartisan mental health bill in early March.

The Senate bill, which had overall bipartisan support (23 Senators voting in favor, 7 opposing) strips dangerous language passed last week in the House that would restrict women's access to critical health care and interfere in the doctor - patient relationship.

We are urging Congress to support the bipartisan bill S. 1830, Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015, and HR 2759, the Mental Health Access Improvement Act.

Yesterday, the U. S. House of Representatives passed the «Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015,» which provided a bipartisan, long - term solution for Medicare payments to physicians (this legislation is referred to as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) repeal bill — and more informally as the «doc fix» bill) and reauthorized for an additional two years the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), scheduled to expire in September.