Power Play: Washington Week in Review July 11

WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Monday, July 11

Public Health: Fact Sheet on the Biden Administration’s 21 Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence

Tuesday, July 12

COVID-19: Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials

Wednesday, July 13

Public Health: Fact Sheet on President Biden’s Cancer Panel Member Appointees and Cancer Cabinet Priority Actions

Thursday, July 14

Reproductive Health: Vice President Harris Delivers Remarks in Roundtable Discussion with State Legislators on Reproductive Rights

Readout of Meeting

Reproductive Health: Readout of White House Meeting with Mayors on Reproductive Rights

Friday, July 15

Reproductive Health: Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act

Saturday, July 16

Reproductive Health: Vice President Harris Delivers Remarks Before Meeting with Pennsylvania State Legislators

Readout of Meeting

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Monday, July 11

Disability Equity: Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray Urges Department of Justice to Ensure Protections for People with Disabilities on the Internet

Reproductive Health: Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray Pushes to Ensure Access to Over-the-Counter Birth Control as FDA Considers First-Ever Application

Tuesday, July 12

Reproductive Health: Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto Introduce Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022

Wednesday, July 13

Reproductive Health: Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Reproductive Care in Post-Roe America

Chairwoman Patty Murray Opening Remarks

Reproductive Health: Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Elizabeth Warren Call for Senate and House Funding Support for Title X Family Planning Program

Medicare: House Energy and Commerce Committee Holds Hearing for H.R. 3630, Lymphedema Treatment Act to Ensure Medicare Coverage for Lymphedema Patients

Chairman Frank Pallone Opening Remarks
Chairman Frank Pallone Applauds Passage of Bill

Thursday, July 14

FDA: HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray Issues Statement on FDA User Fee Negotiations

FDA: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers Release Statement on FDA User Fee Negotiations

Veteran’s Health: Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester and House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs Chairman Mark Takono Issue Statement on Watchdog Reports on VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program

Friday, July 15

Mental Health: Senate HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray Issues Statement on Launch of 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Infant Health: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal Praises House Passage of Legislation to Ease Formula Supply Chains

Reproductive Health: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Floor Statement on the Women’s Health Protection Act

Reproductive Health: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Floor Statement on the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

REGULATORY UPDATE

Monday, July 11

HHS: Biden-Harris Administration Secures 3.2 Million Doses of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

HHS: Six Operation Fly Formula Flights Scheduled for Week of July 11

Wednesday, July 13

HHS: HHS Issues Guidance to Nation’s Retail Pharmacies Clarifying Their Obligations to Ensure Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Services

Friday, July 15

HHS: HHS Announces U.S. Transition to 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Begins July 16

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Remarks

CMS: CMS Proposes CY 2023 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS 1772-P)