When Washington Republicans attempted to take away health insurance from New Jersey children, Senator Lautenberg put a stop to their effort. Senator Lautenberg has taken on HMOs and insurance companies when they put profits and red tape ahead of patients.

He’s worked to devote greater emphasis to research on women’s health issues and bring home funding to improve children’s health care. As a result of his hard work, Senator Lautenberg recently received the “2007 Community Health Defender Award” from the National Association of Community Health Centers and the New Jersey Primary Care Association for his efforts to provide health care coverage to thousands of New Jersey families.

Lautenberg Protects Children’s Health Insurance in New Jersey
In a victory for New Jersey families and children, Senator Lautenberg defeated an attempt by Senate Republicans to take health insurance away from 3,000 New Jersey children. Now he is working on expanding the children’s health insurance program so more of our children receive the care they need.

Lautenberg: We need stem cell research and an end to the Bush ban
Senator Lautenberg is an unwavering supporter of stem cell research to help find cures for diseases like Diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The Senator voted in favor of legislation to repeal President Bush’s ban on federal funding for new embryonic stem cell research.

Protecting the public from secondhand smoke and tobacco-related disease
Senator Lautenberg is one of the strongest advocates of preventing tobacco-related illness in Congress, authoring the law that bans smoking on airlines and the law that bans smoking in buildings that house Federally funded offices that serve children. These two Lautenberg laws have spared millions from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

Healthcare funding for New Jersey
Senator Lautenberg has fought to maintain Federal funding for New Jersey’s hospitals and rejected cuts proposed by the Bush Administration that would put Medicare and Medicaid patients at risk.