There were 463 deaths with cancer listed as the underlying cause reported in Illinois during the week ending June 17, a 4.8% increase over the previous week.
In a new letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Ways and Means Work and Welfare Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood (IL-16) joined Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Ways and Means Committee Republicans to call for improved oversight from the Biden Administration within the TANF program after reports exposed massive fraud in Mississippi.
There were 108 deaths with cerebrovascular disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Illinois during the week ending June 17, a 12.9% decrease from the previous week.
U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Paul Tonko (NY-20) led a follow-up letter with over 45 colleagues to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to urge HHS and CMS to allow Medicare beneficiaries access to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments for early-stage Alzheimer's or Alzheimer's disease.
There were 87 deaths with chronic lower respiratory disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Illinois during the week ending June 17, a 3.3% decrease from the previous week.
There were 39 deaths with diabetes mellitus listed as the underlying cause reported in Illinois during the week ending June 17, a 35% decrease from the previous week.
Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, voted to advance H.R. 3936, the Tax Cuts for Working Families Act, H.R. 3937, the Small Business Jobs Act, and H.R. 3938, the Build It in America Act, during a full committee mark up this week.
There were 68 deaths with Alzheimer's disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Illinois during the week ending June 17, a 6.3% increase over the previous week.
Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), a member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, joined the full Ways and Means Committee to advance bipartisan, bicameral legislation to approve agreements signed under the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade, and set robust transparency and Congressional consultation requirements for any future agreements negotiated under the initiative.