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PALO ALTO, CA – Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following statement today after reports that the CDC was pressured by Trump Administration officials to change COVID-19 testing guidelines to exclude people who do not have symptoms, even if they’ve recently been exposed to COVID-19:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the State of California’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties, which will provide disaster relief funding for individuals and state and local governments.
As I write this to you, Congress is in a rare session on a Saturday. We’re here to vote on legislation to protect the U.S. Postal Service. I never imagined that an institution so revered by the American people and placed in our Constitution by the framers would come under attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), and Doris Matsui (CA-06) sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai requesting a briefing about the communications-related impacts of the wildfires and rolling blackouts in California.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representatives Anna Eshoo (CA-18), Mike Thompson (CA-05), John Garamendi (CA-03), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) and 26 other Republicans and Democrats in the California delegation, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) wrote to the President today asking him to immediately grant
This is an urgent e-newsletter about the wildfires that have engulfed the Bay Area, and most especially the CZU Lightning Complex fire in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties in our Congressional District that is threatening thousands of homes and forcing the evacuations of tens of thousands of residents.
PALO ALTO, CA—Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) held a press conference today at the Hamilton Avenue Post Office to call on the Trump Administration to immediately end its campaign of sabotage against the U.S. Postal Service. Representative Eshoo announced that she will return to Washington, D.C.
Palo Alto, CA – Today, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) sent a letter to California Attorney General Becerra, urging him to open a criminal investigation of Postmaster General DeJoy to determine whether California laws have been violated by taking recent actions to hamper the state’s vote by mail efforts.
PALO ALTO, CA – Representative Anna G. Eshoo released the following statement today celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Social Security Act, which was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent letters to nine health and dental insurance companies today seeking information on their policies and practices amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Christine Hall
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Eshoo was not happy with one of the contractor's testimony that the website had "unexpected volumes" of traffic.
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By Grant Gross
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By Stephanie Condon
Republicans in Congress this week ratcheted up the pressure they're putting on the Obama administration to explain why the Obamacare website HealthCare.gov is so flawed, and in many instances, Democrats echoed their complaints. They've also, however, warned their GOP colleagues against taking the complaints too far.
By Amy Schatz
The partisan divide we’ve seen on President Obama’s health law was once again on display this morning, with Republicans complaining about the law and calling for delays. Committee Democrats defended the law but notably, many also complained about the website and pressed for answers on what went wrong and how to fix it.
By Erin McClam
Top executives of the companies that built the troubled Obamacare website were grilled by Congress on Thursday about the glitches that have plagued the system since it opened earlier this month.
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By Aliyah Frumin
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By Lisa Mascaro
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