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Excerpt: A Portrait of Leadership, A Fighter for Health:
The Honorable Paul Grant Rogers
Writers: Roger Bulger MD,
Shirley Sirota Rosenberg
Editors: Shirley Sirota Rosenberg, Anne Wood
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Win Some, Lose Some
In each session of Congress, thousands of bills are introduced. Many are new; others are left over from inaction during the previous session. Most are never passed into law.*
Congressional hearings are not limited to consideration of legislation however. They can also involve oversight of a law’s implementation or of a general issue under a committee’s sphere of jurisdiction.
Under almost any criterion, the bulging portfolio of public law Paul Rogers passed during his tenure in the House of Representatives marks him as one of the most successful legislators in that chamber. The more than 50 laws he brought to fruition affected the entire spectrum of health, including the biomedical research underlying new treatments; the burgeoning field of genetics; regulation of food, drugs, and medical devices; education of healthcare rofessionals; expansion of health services; extension of consumer education and rights to patients; and setting standards for environmental health. He also spotlighted health and environmental issues through carefully orchestrated oversight hearings.
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* John Dingell (D-Mich.), Rogers’ longtime friend and eventually a chairman of the full Commerce Committee, reintroduces his national health insurance bill each session. His bill is identical to the bill his father had authored before him with no chance of enactment.
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