{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fletcher.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4278", "Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher\u2019s Bipartisan Bill To Improve and Develop Pediatric Medical Devices Passes Congress", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Lizzie Fletcher", "F000468", "fletcher.house.gov", "fletcher", "https://fletcher.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher\u2019s (TX-07) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis\u2019 (FL-12) bipartisan bill to improve and develop pediatric medical devices by reauthorizing the Pediatric Device Consortia (PDC) grant program and allowing profits for certain Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) devices, passed the House of Representatives for a second time. The bill was included in a larger bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, which now heads to President Biden\u2019s desk for signature.\n\n\u201cOur children deserve the same commitment to the development of life-saving and life-changing devices that we make to adults,\u201d said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. \u201cI am glad to have partnered with Congressman Bilirakis in this bipartisan effort to bring beneficial treatments and technologies to children across our country. I look forward to seeing President Biden sign this important legislation into law.\u201d\n\nIn May, Congresswoman Fletcher introduced this legislation as H.R. 7679. The bill passed the Energy and Commerce Committee later that month and passed the House in June.\n\nThe PDC program funds five consortia throughout the United States. The Southwest National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (SWPDC) is anchored by Texas Children\u2019s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fletcher.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4278"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8303672075271606, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}