WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rogers (WA-05) today led the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee in marking up 19 bills to improve patients’ and caregivers’ health and wellbeing. The markup included the bipartisan DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2024 (H.R. 7406), which Rogers introduced to reauthorize the INCLUDE Project at the National Institutes of Health and increase funding for Down syndrome research to $250 million annually for the next five years.
Rodgers says nearly all of the bills have broad bipartisan support.
She adds that it is no secret that she has a mission to improve the lives of those with disabilities.
Additionally, the committee will be considering Representative Diana Harshbarger’s (R-TN) bipartisan Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act, which several members from both sides of the aisle have cosponsored.
The 19 pieces of legislation will now move to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee for further markup. If they pass the full committee, they could move to the House Floor for a vote.
