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WHITE HOUSE UPDATE

Saturday, June 5

HIV: Statement by President Joe Biden Recognizing the 40th Year of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Tuesday, June 8

Supply Chain: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to Address Short-Term Supply Chain Discontinuities

  • Report on “Building Resilient Supply Chains”

Thursday, June 10

Coronavirus: President Biden Announces Historic Vaccine Donation: Half a Billion Pfizer Vaccines to the World’s Lowest-Income Nations

Friday, June 11

Coronavirus: United States and G7+ Plan to Defeat the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2022 and Prevent the Next Pandemic


LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Tuesday, June 8

Coronavirus: Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans Send Letter to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Requesting Investigation Update on Origin of COVID-19

FY 2022 Appropriations

  • House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on President’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget With HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra
    • Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) Opening Statement

Nominations

  • Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Nominations of Dawn O’Connell to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and Miriam Delphin-Rittmon to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
    • HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) Urges Confirmation for Public Health Preparedness, Mental Health Nominees

Wednesday, June 9

Coronavirus: Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) Statement on U.S. Plan to Donate Additional COVID-19 Vaccines Globally

FY 2022 Appropriations

  • House Budget Committee Holds Hearing on “President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget”
    • Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) Opening Statement
  • Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Holds Hearing on “President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the United States Department of Health and Human Services”

Thursday, June 10

FY 2022 Appropriations

  • Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on “President’s FY 2022 HHS Budget”
    • Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) Opening Statement
    • Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) Opening Statement
  • Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Holds Hearing on “Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Food and Drug Administration”

REGULATORY UPDATE

Monday, June 7

HHS: FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Alzheimer’s Drug, Aduhelm

Wednesday, June 9

HHS

  • HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Reminds Insurers & Providers that COVID-19 Vaccines and Testing Must be Free for Patients
  • NIH Announces Study Testing “One-Stop” Mobile Clinics To Deliver HIV, Substance Use Care

Friday, June 11

OMB: Biden Administration Releases First Regulatory Agenda

  • HHS Regulatory Agenda – Spring 2021

HHS

  • FDA Extends Expiration Date for Refrigerated Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine to Increase Availability of Vaccine
  • HHS Issues Revised Notice of Reporting Requirements and Reporting Timeline for Recipients of Provider Relief Fund Payments

EVENTS

Senate Finance Committee

Hearing on “Mental Health Care in America: Addressing Root Causes and Identifying Policy Solutions”

Tuesday, June 15, 10:00 AM

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

Hearing on “Booster Shot: Enhancing Public Health Through Vaccine Legislation”

Tuesday, June 15, 10:30 AM via Webex

House Education and Labor Committee

Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Wednesday, June 16, 9:00 AM

Senate Finance Committee

Hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget with Secretary Yellen

Wednesday, June 16, 10:00 AM

Senate Special Committee on Aging

Hearing on “21st Century Caregiving: Supporting Workers, Family Caregivers, Seniors and People with Disabilities”

Thursday, June 17, 9:30 AM

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