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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Cammack joined her colleagues to reintroduce a bipartisan resolution to recognize June 2024 as Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month. The Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month resolution encourages education and awareness about Alzheimer’s disease, advocates for Alzheimer’s disease research, and support to individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias and their caregivers.
The Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month resolution is endorsed by the Alzheimer’s Association and Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM).
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL-03) and Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA-02) introduced a resolution expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Speech-Language-Hearing Month, which occurs each May.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL-03), Congressman Seth Magaziner (D-RI-02), Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) introduced the Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act (ABC Act).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack's Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act (H.R. 2706) passed the House Energy & Commerce Committee's full committee markup by a vote of 46-0.
The bill is named for Charlotte Woodward, an adult with Down syndrome who received a lifesaving transplant over a decade ago. It prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the organ transplant system and upholds, clarifies, and builds upon rights established in the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack's Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act (H.R. 2706) passed the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee markup by voice vote this afternoon.
The bill is named for Charlotte Woodward, an adult with Down syndrome who received a lifesaving transplant over a decade ago. It prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the organ transplant system and upholds, clarifies, and builds upon rights established in the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack and Senator Rick Scott introduced a resolution in the U.S. House and Senate, respectively, expressing support for Americans who are starting and growing families through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Kat Cammack joined Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) and 82 colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden demanding that he take a cognitive exam. The letter calls on the Cabinet to swiftly begin the process for invoking the 25th Amendment if President Biden is unwilling or unable to sit for an assessment. Jackson's letter follows four previous letters sent urging President Biden to take a cognitive exam, which have all been ignored.
Another open-enrollment period, another year in which health care will become more expensive. Call it adding insult to injury: Not only are Americans paying more these days for gas and groceries — in 2024, they’ll experience the pain of the biggest surge in health-care costs in more than a decade, with prices expected to jump an average of 6.5 percent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Exposure to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is linked to cancer and other diseases. Unfortunately, these substances may have contaminated the water of several Florida military bases, putting service members and their families at risk.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) received the 2023 Congressional Bone Health Champion Award from the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF). The national award annually recognizes four Members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, advocacy, and commitment to protect and improve the bone health of Americans. BHOF, the leading health organization dedicated to preventing osteoporosis and promoting strong bones for life, presents the awards to highlight the importance of bone health and raise awareness about the osteoporosis crisis in the U.S.