Stanford University researchers announced in December 2023 that they had discovered an “on/off switch” for breast cancer, but one healthcare policy analyst says medical breakthroughs like this could be at risk due to drug-pricing provisions in the “Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).”
U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) took part in a House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hearing on the Biden Administration's People's Republic of China (PRC) Strategy
Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first birth control pill available without a prescription in the U.S
On July 14, Representative Khanna (CA-17) voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 on the House Floor. Earlier this month, he was the lone no vote on the NDAA out of the House Armed Services Committee
Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Michael Waltz (FL-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, released the following statement on the reported vandalism and attempted arson at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco on Saturday, July 1, 2023, and the posters circulating on social media with violent rhetoric directed toward Indian diplomats
Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) issued the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval to the Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi
Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) joined Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-36) and other state and local officials at the groundbreaking of five new buildings at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.
Lawmakers led by Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) sent a letter to the IRS calling on the agency to make the free pilot electronic tax filing system available to more taxpayers next filing season.
In response on June 25, 2023 general election in Guatemala, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), the first Member of Congress to be born in Central America, and Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued the following statement:
On June 30, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Don Beyer (VA-08) reintroduced The Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act following the Supreme Court's decision to block the Biden Administration's Student Debt Relief Plan
Pro-Choice Caucus Vice Chair Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and reversed nearly half a century of legal precedent:
On June 26, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) along with U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that San Jose State University (SJSU) will receive a total of $534,510 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to support three STEM research initiatives
Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s student loan plan that canceled up to $20,000 in student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients and up to $10,000 in loan debt to non-Pell Grant recipients
Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) and fellow democratic members of the House Committee on Financial Services announced the introduction of a slate of reform bills in response to the recent bank failures that triggered the worst crisis for the sector since 2008.
On June 21, 2023, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) and fellow Members of the Congressional Equality Caucus reintroduced the Equality Act to ensure explicit nondiscrimination protections for all LGBTQI+ Americans.
Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) issued the following statement after today’s announcement that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is awarding over $1,800,000,000 to California from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program to connect every American with affordable, high-speed internet
On June 24 Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision
On June 20, Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Representative Ken Buck (R-CO), and Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced the National AI Commission Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to create a national commission to focus on the question of regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI)