WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Monday, June 21
Coronavirus: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Allocation Plan for 55 Million Vaccine Doses to be Shared Globally
Tuesday, June 22
Coronavirus: Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Thursday, June 24
Coronavirus: Remarks by President Biden Highlighting the Importance of Getting Vaccinated
Friday, June 25
Workforce: President Biden Signs Executive Order Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Government
Coronavirus: White House COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force Holds Meeting to Address Inequities and Impact of Long-COVID
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Tuesday, June 22
Coronavirus
- Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on “Vaccines: America’s Shot at Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic”
- Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) Urges Action to Increase Vaccine Confidence to End COVID-19 Pandemic
- Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-MT) Introduces Comprehensive Bill to Permanently Expand Pandemic Support to Homeless Veterans
- Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) Introduce Cures 2.0 Draft to Advance Research in COVID-19 Long-Term Effects and Establish Permanent Telehealth for Medicare Beneficiaries
Drug Pricing
- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) Releases Principles for Lowering Drug Prices for Americans
- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) Reintroduce “Lower Costs, More Cures Act” to Tackle Prescription Drug Prices and New Treatments
Disability: Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) and Center for American Progress’s Mia Ives-Rublee Push for Investment in Home Care on Anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C. Supreme Court Decision
Wednesday, June 23
Coronavirus: Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) Announce New Oversight as Part of Bipartisan Pandemic Preparedness Effort
Public Health: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) Release Statement on House Passage of Bipartisan Bills for Newborn Screening and Tribal Data Collection
Thursday, June 24
Nominations
- Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing to Consider Nomination of Melanie Egorin for Assistant Secretary of Legislation for Health and Human Services
- House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal Introduces HHS Assistant Secretary Of Legislation Nominee Melanie Egorin At Senate Finance Committee Hearing
- Senate Confirms Dawn O’Connell as Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and Miriam Delphin-Rittmon as Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
Coronavirus: Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) Introduce the Bipartisan VALID Act to Establish Regulatory Framework for Diagnostic Testing
Mental Health: Senate Passes Bill to Improve Rural Veterans’ Mental Health Care
Public Health
- House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Holds Hearing on “Empowered by Data: Legislation to Advance Equity and Public Health”
- Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Opening Remarks
- Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Opening Remarks
- Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) Opening Remarks
- House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) Release Statement on House Passage of Bipartisan Bills for Newborn Screening and Tribal Data Collection
Reproductive Health: Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano (D-CA) Releases Statement on House Passage of Bill to Provide Contraception for Veterans
Friday, June 25
FY 2022 Appropriations: Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Fiscal Year 2022 Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA Funding Bill
REGULATORY UPDATE
Monday, June 21
CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Release Report Showing Almost 10 Million Americans Enrolled in Coverage During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Friday, June 25
SAMHSA: SAMHSA Distributes Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grants, Directing $3.3 Million in Mental Health Support Funding to 33 Colleges
EVENTS
House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations
Hearing on “Catalyst for Change: State and Local IT After the Pandemic”
June 30, 2021 10:00 AM
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
Hearing on “Building Trust and Battling Barriers: The Urgent Need to Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy”
July 1, 2021 9:30 AM