Senate Aging Committee: 'Half the Country, Zero Hearings' menopause hearing

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Publisher: U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging · Published: September 17, 2026 · Accessed: September 17, 2026

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• The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a full committee hearing titled 'Half the Country, Zero Hearings: Meeting the Moment to End the Menopause Care Gap in America' on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 3:30pm in room SH-216.
• The hearing was convened by Chairman Rick Scott (R-FL) and Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); member statements were filed by both.
• Four witnesses appeared: Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD (Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo); Lynne M. Coslett-Charlton, MD, MSCP, FACOG (gynecologist, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Pittston, PA); Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, JD (Executive Director, Birnbaum Women's Leadership Center at NYU Law); and Suzanne Silverman Fenske, MD, FACOG, ABOIM, MSCP (double board-certified gynecologist, founder of TaraMD, Women's Health Ambassador to the HHS Office on Women's Health).
• The committee page records the hearing as a live event with member statements and witness testimony; it is the primary record of what was said, and it does not announce any change to coverage, formularies, or clinical guidance.