BUD — Budget/Appropriations
Advancing health system legislative and regulatory issues including: programs to reduce health disparities; the development of a collaborative, interdisciplinary translational cancer research program; expand access to specialized health care through telehealth; the importance of developing advanced function fabrics for our armed services; and the role of computational medicine in understanding of disease onset and progression.
Lobbyists: DAVID LESSTRANG (covered position: 1996 -2001: Dep. COS and LD, Rep. Jerry Lewis; Jan. 2005- Jan. 2007: Dep. Staff Dir., Com. on Approps; Jan. 2007-Jan. 2011: Professional Staff, House Com.on Approps; Jan. 2011-Aug. 2018: Clerk, Sub. on Interior, Environ. and Related Agencies.); DAVID STEWART (covered position: Nov '15-Apr '18, Maj. SD Ways and Means; June '13-Nov '15, Pol Dir, Speaker Boehner; Dec '08-Jan '11: Pol Adv, Rep Boehner; Jan '11-June '13, Asst for Policy, Rep Boehner; Apr '07-Dec '08 Dep COS and LD, Rep English); KARA-MARIE URBAN (covered position: 2018: Intern, Senate Finance Cmte; 2018: Intern, Export-Import Bank; 2019: Intern, House Ways and Means Cmte)