CONYERS: Members Of Congress Press Conference On Medicare For All Legislation

On Wednesday, May 24^th at 9:45AM, Members of Congress held a press conference at the House Triangle to provide a new update on legislation to expand Medicare to a national, single payer system. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the sponsor of H.R. 676, The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, will be joined by Members of Congress, along with representatives from Physicians for a National Health Plan and National Nurses United.

In attendance were:

Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives  

Congressman Keith Ellison, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair

Congressman Ro Khanna

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman

Congressman Jamie Raskin

Congressman Adriano Espaillat

Congressman Peter Welch

Dr. Philip Verhoef, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, ICU physician, University of Chicago

Jean Ross, RN., Co-President, National Nurses United

Additional Members of Congress

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Pelosi Names Democratic Members to Republicans’ Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health

    November 4, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today announced she will appoint the following six Democratic Members of Congress to serve on Republicans’ latest radical Select Committee.  Pelosi also announced that Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky of Illinois will serve as Ranking Member.

“I am proud to name six strong champions of women, families and facts to stand up against the latest Republican assault on women’s health,” Leader Pelosi said.  “Hard-working families deserve better than a taxpayer-funded Republican Select Committee fixated on dismantling women’s health.  As Republicans try to take affordable family planning and lifesaving preventive care away from millions of American women, Democrats will be in the room to fight for the truth.”

Each of the Members to be appointed has served on one of the three committees with jurisdiction over women’s health issues: Energy & Commerce, Judiciary and Oversight & Government Reform. 

The following Democratic Members will serve on the Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health:

•          Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky of Illinois

•          Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York

•          Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado

•          Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California

•          Congresswoman Suzan DelBene of Washington

•          Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey

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