On May 23, 2017, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent this letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch that outlined several legislative reform recommendations as the Senate moves forward with crafting their own proposal for the repeal and replacement of Obamacare.
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On Friday, May 19, the Chamber, along with 7 other trade associations representing insurers, hospitals, physicians and employers, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. The letter outlines serious concerns about the continued uncertainty around funding for cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments and the negative impacts uncertainty will have on millions of Americans if it is not addressed.
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On Friday, May 19, the Chamber, along with 7 additional trade associations representing insurers, hospitals, physicians and employers, sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney. The letter outlines serious concerns about the continued uncertainty around funding for cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments and the negative impacts uncertainty will have on millions of Americans if it is not addressed.
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This letter was sent to Chairman Brady and the members of the Committee on Ways and Means expressing the Chamber’s commitment to comprehensive tax reform.
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This letter was sent to the members of the House Subcommittee on Health opposing any amendments that may be offered to the Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 that would allow the importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States or that would undermine the preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations. The Subcommittee is marking up the bill tomorrow morning.
May 17, 2017
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This letter was sent to the Chairman Tim Walberg and Ranking Member Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan of the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions in advance of the Subcommittee’s hearing entitled “Regulatory Barriers Facing Workers and Families Saving for Retirement.” The letter expresses the Chamber’s support for policies that encourage employment based retirement saving plans and investment in individual retirement accounts and outlines the Chamber’s policy recommendations – all of which can be found in greater detai
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On May 16, 2017,he Chamber sent a letter to Senator Johnson and Senator McCaskill offering our support for S. 584, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act.
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Dear Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member McCaskill,
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges the Committee to favorably report S. 951, the “Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017,” which was introduced by Senators Portman and Heitkamp and would make long-overdue improvements to the federal regulatory process. Enactment of the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) is a long-standing, top priority for the Chamber.
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On May 16, the Chamber submitted these written comments to the Department of Treasury in response to Executive Order 13789 issued on April 21, 2017.
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