Celebrating 25 years of success from the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health.

H. Res. 458 · 114th Congress · Oct 1, 2015 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

commends the ORWH for its work over the past 25 years to improve and save the lives of women worldwide and must remain intact for this and future generations;

(2)

recognizes that there remain striking sex and gender differences among many diseases and conditions on which the ORWH should continue to focus;

(3)

encourages the ORWH to continue to focus on ensuring that the NIH supports biomedical research that considers sex as a biological variable across the research spectrum; and

(4)

encourages the Director of the NIH to continue to consult and involve the ORWH on all matters related to the influence of sex and gender on health, especially those pertaining to the consideration of sex as a biological variable in research with vertebrate animals and humans.

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Oct 1, 2015viewing Introduced in House Mrs. Noem (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Ms. Speier, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Schakowsky, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Lummis, Ms. Moore, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Hahn, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Meng, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Norton, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Kuster, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Esty, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Graham, Ms. Lee, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Comstock, Ms. Gabbard, Mrs. Black, Ms. McSally, Ms. Foxx, Mrs. Roby, Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Ms. Plaskett) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Celebrating 25 years of success from the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health.

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