{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/mi-congresswoman-haley-stevens-introduces-thyroid-disease-care-act-2025-boost", "MI Congresswoman Haley Stevens Introduces Thyroid Disease CARE Act of 2025 to Boost Medical Research and Protect Women", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Haley M. Stevens", "S001215", "stevens.house.gov", "stevens", "https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Congresswoman Stevens\u2019 legislation builds on her leadership holding RFK Jr. accountable and advancing science-based public health policy\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL) introduced the Thyroid Disease CARE Act of 2025, landmark legislation aimed at advancing research, awareness, and care for thyroid disease\u2014an often-overlooked health issue that disproportionately affects women.\n\nThe bill is the latest step in Stevens\u2019 ongoing effort to defend science-based healthcare policy, building on her leadership in moving to impeach RFK Jr. for cutting lifesaving medical research, spreading dangerous public health misinformation, and undermining trust in science.\n\n\u201cAs RFK Jr. attacks medical science and undermines public trust, Congress must do the opposite,\u201d said Congresswoman Stevens. \u201cI\u2019m standing up for science by advancing real solutions for Michigan women with thyroid disease\u2014investing in research, awareness, and care so families can get the answers and care they deserve.\u201d\n\nThe thyroid gland regulates essential bodily functions. Disorders such as hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can disrupt nearly every system in the body. One in eight women will develop a thyroid disorder during her lifetime, with women facing ten times the risk of men. Despite these numbers, thyroid disease remains under-researched, particularly in understanding why women are so heavily affected.\n\nBy strengthening research and education, the legislation aims to improve outcomes, reduce disparities, and ensure patients receive earlier, more effective care.\n\nThe legislation has been endorsed by leading medical and patient advocacy organizations, including the Thyroid Cancer Survivors\u2019 Association, American Thyroid Association, and Bryn Silverman, Producer of Expression of Illness: A Louisvillian\u2019s Thyroid Cancer Experience.\n\n\u201cAs a physician who treats thyroid disorders and sees their impact on patients\u2019 lives, I understand the need for greater insight into their causes and for advances in our tools to diagnose and treat them,\u201d said Dr. Paul Ladenson, American Thyroid Association. \u201cMore funding for thyroid research is long overdue. That\u2019s why I was thrilled to join Congresswoman Haley Stevens in support of the Thyroid Disease CARE Act. It\u2019s time for more Federal resources to be directed to understanding and managing a set of diseases that affect so many Americans, especially women.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs a thyroid cancer survivor, I know very deeply the urgent need for research into thyroid disease,\u201d said Bryn Silverman. \u201cSo often our experiences as people living with thyroid disease are misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all; our quality of life is undervalued and our symptoms are overlooked. The Thyroid Disease CARE Act has the potential to change thousands of people\u2019s lives and expand the vocabulary we as patients have to make informed decisions about our healthcare.\u201d\n\nThe Thyroid Disease CARE Act would:\n\nAuthorize funding for thyroid disease research through the Department of Health and Human Services, opening new opportunities for Michigan-based researchers and medical institutions.\n\nIdentify critical gaps in diagnosis and treatment.\n\nLaunch a national public awareness campaign focused on populations most at risk, including women.\n\nExpand access to evidence-based thyroid care for health care providers and health systems.\n\nCommission a national study on disparities in thyroid disease prevalence, detection, treatment, and outcomes.\n\nThe full text of the bill can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/mi-congresswoman-haley-stevens-introduces-thyroid-disease-care-act-2025-boost"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.701460987329483, "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"}