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May 21, 2019
Cortez Masto, Senate Democrats Introduce Resolution in Defense of Women's Reproductive Rights
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 16, 2019
Letter to Sen. Roy Blunt, Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senators Hassan and Warren Lead Colleagues in Requesting Increased Funding in FY2020 Budget for Title X Program
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 8, 2019
Letter to Acting Director Vitiello and Commissioner McAleenan - Reinstatement of Policy Against Holding Pregnant Women in Immigration Detention
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 18, 2019
Letter to Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray - Senators Warren, Hassan, and Colleagues Request HELP Hearing to Assess the Impacts of Title X Rule
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, HHS - Rescind Proposal That Would Undermine Health Care by Burdening Women Seeking Coverage for Reproductive Care With Cumbersome, Duplicative Billing Process
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Letter to Secretary Azar - Cantwell, Democrats Call On Trump Administration to Rescind Proposal That Would Undermine Women's Health Care Proposal Would Burden Women Seeking Coverage for Reproductive Care With Cumbersome Billing Process
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar II, HHS - Rescind Proposal That Would Undermine Health Care by Burdening Women Seeking Coverage for Reproductive Care With Cumbersome, Duplicative Billing Process
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 1, 2018
Letter to The Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Sens. Menendez, Blumenthal Lead Group of 31 Senators in Letter to Pompeo Opposing Elimination of Women's Rights Report
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - House Leaders Decry Omission of Reproductive Health in Annual Human Rights Report
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 31, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Murray, Cantwell Slam Trump-Pence Administration's Proposed Damaging Changes to Title X Family Planning Program, Call for Reversal
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 12, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Nikki Haley, Permanent Representative to the United Nations - US Opposition to International Breastfeeding Resolution
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 12, 2018
Letter to Health Insurance Company CEO's - Lawmakers Press Major Health Insurers To Ramp Up Their Efforts To Reduce Racial Disparities In Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 27, 2018
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Democrats Seek Documents from HHS on Gag Rule for Title X National Family Planning Program
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Chairman Crowley, Sens. Warren, Murray, and Hassan and Reps. Barbara Lee and Nita Lowey Oppose Title X Domestic Gag Rule
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 25, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs - Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Appropriations Committee to Prioritize International Family Planning Programs in Upcoming Spending Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 26, 2018
Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Push To Protect Patients From Discrimination
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 14, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - End Unlawful Attacks on Women's Health Care
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Murray and Cantwell Demand Trump Administration Reinstate Birth Control Coverage for Millions of Women
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 10, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Eric D Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services - Provide Answers on its Interference with Health Care of Young Women in HHS Custody
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 26, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, the Hon. Alexander Acosta, and the Hon. Eric Hargan - Reverse Birth Control Access Rollback
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 16, 2017
Shaheen, Hassan Join Senate Democrats to File Amicus Brief in Support of Planned Parenthood; Stand Up for Women's Health & Rights in Texas
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 12, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, and Ms. Candice Jackson - Clarify Confusing Sexual Assault Guidance for Schools
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 4, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Medicaid Family Planning Demonstration Funding
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 25, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Thomas E. Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Cuts to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 21, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Challenge Trump Administration Over Move to Slash Teen Pregnancy Prevention; Democrats Say Action "Short-Sighted," Will Make it Harder to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 2, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Reverse Course on Anti-Women's Agenda
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 1, 2017
Letter to Mrs. Seema Verma, CMS Administrator Nominee - Protection of Women's Healthcare
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 14, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Title X and Women's Healthcare
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 19, 2017
Letter to Hon. Donald Trump, President-elect - Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 6, 2017
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Urges Republicans to Stop Trying to Defund Planned Parenthood
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 19, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Protect Women's Right to Choose
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 14, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary - Applauding the Final Rule Protecting Title X Health Care Providers
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 7, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Compliance with Title X Requirements to Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 20, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services - Senators Push to Protect Women's Access to Contraceptive Coverage
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 27, 2016
Sanders Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion
Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 24, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Disband the Select Panel
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 19, 2016
Sen. Booker Introduces Legislation to Protect Women's Access to Birth Control
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 14, 2016
CNN - Full transcript: CNN Democratic Debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
March 7, 2016
Transcript of the Fox News Democratic Presidential Town Hall
Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 2, 2016
Sanders Statement on Key Abortion Law Case
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2016
Roe v. Wade
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 28, 2015
Sanders Statement on Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooting
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 1, 2015
Democrats Object to House GOP's Planned Parenthood Investigation
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 28, 2015
Letter to Fred Upton, Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee, Joe Pitts, Chairman of Subcommittee on Health, Tim Murphy Chairman Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - Planned parenthood videos
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 24, 2015
Sanders Statement on Shutdown Threat
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 22, 2015
Senate Blocks Bill on Abortions
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 17, 2015
Providing for further consideration of Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015; Providing for consideration of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act
Sen. Peter Welch
Aug. 3, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Helms Amendment and Women's Health
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the United States - Investigate Planned Parenthood
Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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May 21, 2019
Cortez Masto, Senate Democrats Introduce Resolution in Defense of Women's Reproductive Rights
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 16, 2019
Letter to Sen. Roy Blunt, Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senators Hassan and Warren Lead Colleagues in Requesting Increased Funding in FY2020 Budget for Title X Program
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 8, 2019
Letter to Acting Director Vitiello and Commissioner McAleenan - Reinstatement of Policy Against Holding Pregnant Women in Immigration Detention
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 18, 2019
Letter to Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray - Senators Warren, Hassan, and Colleagues Request HELP Hearing to Assess the Impacts of Title X Rule
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, HHS - Rescind Proposal That Would Undermine Health Care by Burdening Women Seeking Coverage for Reproductive Care With Cumbersome, Duplicative Billing Process
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Letter to Secretary Azar - Cantwell, Democrats Call On Trump Administration to Rescind Proposal That Would Undermine Women's Health Care Proposal Would Burden Women Seeking Coverage for Reproductive Care With Cumbersome Billing Process
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar II, HHS - Rescind Proposal That Would Undermine Health Care by Burdening Women Seeking Coverage for Reproductive Care With Cumbersome, Duplicative Billing Process
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 1, 2018
Letter to The Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Sens. Menendez, Blumenthal Lead Group of 31 Senators in Letter to Pompeo Opposing Elimination of Women's Rights Report
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - House Leaders Decry Omission of Reproductive Health in Annual Human Rights Report
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 31, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Murray, Cantwell Slam Trump-Pence Administration's Proposed Damaging Changes to Title X Family Planning Program, Call for Reversal
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 12, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Nikki Haley, Permanent Representative to the United Nations - US Opposition to International Breastfeeding Resolution
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 12, 2018
Letter to Health Insurance Company CEO's - Lawmakers Press Major Health Insurers To Ramp Up Their Efforts To Reduce Racial Disparities In Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 27, 2018
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Democrats Seek Documents from HHS on Gag Rule for Title X National Family Planning Program
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Chairman Crowley, Sens. Warren, Murray, and Hassan and Reps. Barbara Lee and Nita Lowey Oppose Title X Domestic Gag Rule
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 25, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs - Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Appropriations Committee to Prioritize International Family Planning Programs in Upcoming Spending Bill
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 26, 2018
Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Push To Protect Patients From Discrimination
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 14, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - End Unlawful Attacks on Women's Health Care
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Murray and Cantwell Demand Trump Administration Reinstate Birth Control Coverage for Millions of Women
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 10, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Eric D Hargan, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services - Provide Answers on its Interference with Health Care of Young Women in HHS Custody
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 26, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, the Hon. Alexander Acosta, and the Hon. Eric Hargan - Reverse Birth Control Access Rollback
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 16, 2017
Shaheen, Hassan Join Senate Democrats to File Amicus Brief in Support of Planned Parenthood; Stand Up for Women's Health & Rights in Texas
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 12, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, and Ms. Candice Jackson - Clarify Confusing Sexual Assault Guidance for Schools
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Aug. 4, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Medicaid Family Planning Demonstration Funding
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 25, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Thomas E. Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Cuts to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 21, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Challenge Trump Administration Over Move to Slash Teen Pregnancy Prevention; Democrats Say Action "Short-Sighted," Will Make it Harder to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 2, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President - Reverse Course on Anti-Women's Agenda
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 1, 2017
Letter to Mrs. Seema Verma, CMS Administrator Nominee - Protection of Women's Healthcare
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 14, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Title X and Women's Healthcare
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 19, 2017
Letter to Hon. Donald Trump, President-elect - Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 6, 2017
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Urges Republicans to Stop Trying to Defund Planned Parenthood
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 19, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Protect Women's Right to Choose
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 14, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary - Applauding the Final Rule Protecting Title X Health Care Providers
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 7, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Compliance with Title X Requirements to Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 20, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services - Senators Push to Protect Women's Access to Contraceptive Coverage
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 27, 2016
Sanders Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 24, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Disband the Select Panel
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 19, 2016
Sen. Booker Introduces Legislation to Protect Women's Access to Birth Control
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 14, 2016
CNN - Full transcript: CNN Democratic Debate
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
March 7, 2016
Transcript of the Fox News Democratic Presidential Town Hall
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 2, 2016
Sanders Statement on Key Abortion Law Case
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 22, 2016
Roe v. Wade
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 28, 2015
Sanders Statement on Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooting
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 1, 2015
Democrats Object to House GOP's Planned Parenthood Investigation
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 28, 2015
Letter to Fred Upton, Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee, Joe Pitts, Chairman of Subcommittee on Health, Tim Murphy Chairman Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - Planned parenthood videos
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 24, 2015
Sanders Statement on Shutdown Threat
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 22, 2015
Senate Blocks Bill on Abortions
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 17, 2015
Providing for further consideration of Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015; Providing for consideration of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act
Sen.Peter Welch
Aug. 3, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Helms Amendment and Women's Health
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the United States - Investigate Planned Parenthood
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
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