[2020 Census]
Rep. Maloney: “This should not be a partisan issue. If Republican Senators want the people in their states to get the federal funds they are due—for healthcare, education, and a host of other programs—they should make sure they are fully counted.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Congressional Democrats Call for Census Deadline Extension
NY Attorney General Seeks to Stop Trump’s Healthcare Discrimination Actions
[Healthcare Protections]
James: “The Trump Administration has tried again, again, and again to repeal, dismantle, and chip away at the many protections in the ACA, but we won’t allow President Trump’s desire to strip Americans of these vital health care protections…”
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DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION REQUIRING COLLECTION OF COVID-19 RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS
[COVID-19\Racial Demographics]
Congresswoman Barbara Lee: “Centuries of structural racism has created a system where African Americans and other communities of color struggle to access quality health care – making the current crisis even more deadly.”
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ILLINOIS CONGRESSWOMAN UNDERWOOD DISCUSSES CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS WITH HEALTH OFFICIALS
[COVID-19\ Coronavirus Response]
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. Symptoms can include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. There are simple everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses.
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CONNECTICUT SENATOR MURPHY SLAMS TRUMP ON CARELESS CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
[Coronavirus\Trump Administration]
Senator Murphy: “You presented a briefing to members of the Senate three weeks ago in which many of us expressed alarm that the administration had not sent a supplemental request to Congress at the outset of this epidemic.”
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DEMOCRATS TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY AZAR: ABANDON PLAN TO UNDERMINE CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
[Healthcare\Civil Rights]
House Democrats: “This proposed rule is misguided with potentially dangerous consequences for the Americans we represent and the programs our Committees oversee. It will eviscerate uniform nondiscrimination protections that apply to all HHS programs.”
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES PRAISES LEGAL WIN AGAINST TRUMP’S DISCRIMINATORY “REFUSAL OF CARE” RULE
[Healthcare News\Trump White House]
New York Attorney General Letitia James: “Health care is a basic right that should never be subject to political games. Once again, the courts have blocked the Trump Administration from implementing a discriminatory rule that would only hurt Americans. The refusal of care rule was an unlawful attempt to allow health care providers to openly discriminate and refuse to provide necessary health care to patients based on providers’ ‘religious beliefs or moral objections.”
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES ASKS COURT TO BLOCK TRUMP’S DISCRIMINATORY HEALTHCARE RULE
[Healthcare News]
NY AG James: “The Trump Administration’s repeated attempts to strip coverage away and deny access to care for millions of Americans is shameful.”
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