WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Wednesday, January 20
Regulatory Review: President Biden Announces a Regulatory Freeze Pending Review of Former President Trump’s Last-Minute New or Pending Rules
Thursday, January 21
White House:
- President Biden Signs Executive Order on Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery
- President Biden Signs Executive Order on a Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain
- President Biden Signs Memorandum to Extend Federal Support to Governors’ Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19 and to Increase Reimbursement and Other Assistance Provided to States
- President Biden Signs Executive Order on Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats
- President Biden Signs Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis
- President Biden Signs Executive Order on Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID-19 and to Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security
- President Biden Signs Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Tuesday, January 19
Medicare and Medicaid: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Write to Outgoing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to Rescind Procedural Guidance to Withdraw Approval for Section 1115 Demonstrations.
Wednesday, January 20
Veterans’ Affairs: Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jerry Moran (R-KS) Urges President Biden to Work with Congress to Improve the Lives of Our Nation’s Veterans
REGULATORY UPDATE
Tuesday, January 19
HHS: President Biden Names Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
- President Biden announces Temporary Leaders for HHS Agencies and Operating Divisions
Thursday, January 21
WHO: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Remarks at the World Health Organization Executive Board Meeting
EVENTS
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Full Committee Organizational Meeting for the 117th Congress
Thursday, January 28, 1:00 PM
Virtual Hearing via Cisco WebEx