WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Wednesday, May 26
Coronavirus: Statement by President Biden on Investigation into Origins of COVID-19
Friday, May 28
Budget: Office of Management and Budget Releases President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2022
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Tuesday, May 25
Medical Readiness
- House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Holds Hearing on “FY 2022 Defense Health and Medical Readiness”
- House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Chair Betty McCollum (D-MN) Opening Statement
Government Funding
- House Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing on “FY 2022 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health”
- House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Opening Statement
Maternal Health
- Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Maternal Health, General Health Bills
- Senate HELP Committee Passes Bipartisan Bills to Address Maternal Mortality Crisis and Support Mental Health of Health Care Workers
Wednesday, May 26
Government Funding
- House Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing on “FY 2022 Budget Request for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”
- House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Opening Statement
Health Care: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ and Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) Announce Plans to Develop Public Option Proposal to Lower Health Care Costs
Coronavirus
- House Energy and Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on “A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence”
- Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Opening Remarks
Thursday, May 27
Coronavirus: House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders Write to Tech CEO’s About COVID-19 Vaccine Disinformation
- Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) Releases New Report on CDC Pandemic Response and Recommendations for Agency Reform
Nominations: Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Nominations of Taryn Williams for Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy and Doug Parker for Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
Medicare Coverage: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Congressman Michael Bennet (D-CO) Introduce Bill to Ensure Medicare Beneficiaries Receive Coverage for Cancer Detection Technologies
REGULATORY UPDATE
Tuesday, May 25
HHS: HHS Announces Additional Biden Administration Health Staff Appointments
- Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Provides Technical Assistant to Arizona to Revise Crisis Standards of Care
- HHS Dedicates $4.8 Billion from American Rescue Plan to COVID-19 Testing for Uninsured
Thursday, May 27
HHS: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Statement on Swearing in of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Friday, May 28
HHS: Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget