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Candidate Notes on 07-HR2064

 


07-HR2064 on Apr 26, 2007

Requires emergency contraception to be included on the basic core formulary of the uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents for the pharmacy benefits program of the Department of Defense.

Introductory statement by Sponsor:

Sen. CLINTON: Last year, the FDA made emergency contraception available over-the-counter for women 18 years of age and older. Research shows that emergency contraception is safe and effective for preventing pregnancy. More than 70 major medical organizations, including the America Academy of Pediatrics, recommended that Plan B be made available over-the-counter.

Women deserve access to this medically approved drug and our servicewomen are no different. By providing access to emergency contraception, up to 95% of those unintended pregnancies could be prevented if emergency contraception is administered within the first 24 to 72 hours. For survivors of rape and incest, emergency contraception offers hope for healing.

Current Department of

Defense policy allows emergency contraception to be available at military health care facilities. Currently, it is available at some facilities, but not others. The Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act would simply ensure broader access by including emergency contraception on the basic core formulary, BCF, a list of medications stocked at all military health care facilities.

There is a real need for this legislation. According to the Pentagon, the number of reported sexual assaults in the military increased approximately 24% in 2006 to nearly 3,000. We have reports from women & health providers in the military who have sought emergency contraception on an emergency basis and have been unable to obtain it quickly enough.

Ensuring that emergency contraception is more broadly available at military health care facilities is a fair, commonsense step that everyone should be able to agree on. It is my sincere hope that my colleagues join me in supporting this important legislation.

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Democrats participating in 07-HR2064

Neil Abercrombie s1oHawaii Democrat
Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat
Tammy Baldwin s1oWisconsin Democrat
Evan Bayh s1oIN Democratic Jr Senator
Leonard Boswell s1oIowa Democrat
Rick Boucher s1oVirginia Democrat
Barbara Boxer s1oCA Democratic incumbent
Michael Capuano s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Benjamin Cardin s1oMaryland Democrat
Russ Carnahan s1oMissouri Democrat
Hillary Clinton s1pNY Democrat Jr Senator
Steve Cohen s1oTennessee Democrat
Joe Courtney s1oConnecticut Democrat
Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
Elijah Cummings s1oMaryland Democrat
Susan Davis s1oCalifornia Democrat
Peter Defazio s1oOregon Democrat
Bill Delahunt s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Rosa DeLauro s1oConnecticut Democrat
Lloyd Doggett s1oTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
Keith Ellison s1oMinnesota Democrat
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Russell Feingold s1oPOTUS Democrat
Dianne Feinstein s1oCA Democrat Sr Senator
Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Gabby Giffords s1oArizona Democrat
Charles Gonzalez s1oTexas Democrat
Luis Gutierrez s1oIllinois Democrat
Tom Harkin s1oIA Democrat Jr Senator
Jane Harman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Ruben Hinojosa s1oTexas Democrat
Mazie Hirono s1oHawaii Democrat
Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Jay Inslee s1oWashington Democrat
William Jefferson s1oLouisiana Democrat
Tim Johnson s1oSD Democrat Sr Senator
Stephanie Tubbs Jones s1oOhio Democrat
Patrick Kennedy s1oRhode Island Democrat
John Kerry s1oMA Democrat Jr Senator
James Langevin s1oRhode Island Democrat
Rick Larsen s1oWashington Democrat
Frank Lautenberg s1oNJ Democrat Sr Senator
Sander Levin s1oMichigan Democrat
Joseph Lieberman s1oCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
Carolyn Maloney s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Claire McCaskill s1oMO Democratic challenger; state Auditor
Betty McCollum s1oMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Jerry McNerney s1oCalifornia Democrat
Robert Menendez s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Michael Michaud s1pMaine Democrat
Barbara Mikulski s1oMD Democratic incumbent
Dennis Moore s1oKansas Democrat
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Grace Napolitano s1oCalifornia Democrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton s1oDistrict of Columbia Democrat
John Olver s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Frank Pallone s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Ed Pastor s1oArizona Democrat
Ed Perlmutter s1oColorado Democrat
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Steven Rothman s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Tim Ryan s1oOhio Democrat
Linda Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
Loretta Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz s1oFlorida Democrat
Charles Schumer s1oNY Democratic incumbent
David Adam Smith s1oWashington Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Democrat
Chris Van Hollen s1oMaryland Democrat
Anthony Weiner s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Robert Wexler s1oFlorida Democrat
Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat
Albert Wynn s1oMaryland Democrat



Republicans participating in 07-HR2064

Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican



Independents participating in 07-HR2064

Bernie Sanders s1oVermont Independent



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 80
Republicans: 1
Independents: 1