An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the report of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate regarding the refusal of Dr. Ralph de la Torre to appear and testify before the Committee.

Bill: 118-sres-837
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2024-09-23
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees

Legislative rules and procedure

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6405-6407; text: 09/23/2024 CR S6334)

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-09-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution informs and certifies to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia that&nbsp;Dr. Ralph de la Torres, Chairman and CEO of Steward Health Care Systems LLC, failed to comply with a subpoena issued by the Senate&nbsp;Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.</p>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 837 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 23, 2024 Mr. Sanders , from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions , reported the following original resolution; which was placed on the calendar September 25, 2024 Considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the report of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate regarding the refusal of Dr. Ralph de la Torre to appear and testify before the Committee.

Whereas the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate (referred to in this preamble as the Committee ) is currently conducting a duly authorized investigation into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care Systems LLC; Whereas, on July 25, 2024, the Committee issued a duly authorized subpoena to Dr. Ralph de la Torre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Steward Health Care Systems LLC, directing him to testify before the Committee on September 12, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.; Whereas, on September 4, 2024, counsel for Dr. de la Torre submitted to the Committee objections to the compelled testimony under the subpoena issued by the Committee and indicated Dr. de la Torre's intent to decline to comply with the subpoena; Whereas, having considered the legal objections that had been submitted by counsel for Dr. de la Torre, the Committee overruled those objections in their entirety on September 5, 2024, and ordered and directed that Dr. de la Torre comply with the subpoena issued by the Committee to testify at 10:00 a.m. on September 12, 2024; and Whereas Dr. de la Torre has refused to comply with the subpoena by the Committee as ordered and directed by the Committee: Now, therefore, be it

That pursuant to sections 102 and 104 of the Revised Statutes ( 2 U.S.C. 192 , 194), the President of the Senate shall certify the report of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, detailing the refusal of Dr. Ralph de la Torre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Steward Health Care Systems LLC, to appear and testify before the Committee, to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, to the end that Dr. de la Torre be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law.

tv_txt: III Calendar No. 522 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 837 [Report No. 118–230] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 23, 2024 Mr. Sanders , from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions , reported the following original resolution; which was placed on the calendar RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the report of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate regarding the refusal of Dr. Ralph de la Torre to appear and testify before the Committee.

Whereas the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate (referred to in this preamble as the Committee ) is currently conducting a duly authorized investigation into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care Systems LLC; Whereas, on July 25, 2024, the Committee issued a duly authorized subpoena to Dr. Ralph de la Torre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Steward Health Care Systems LLC, directing him to testify before the Committee on September 12, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.; Whereas, on September 4, 2024, counsel for Dr. de la Torre submitted to the Committee objections to the compelled testimony under the subpoena issued by the Committee and indicated Dr. de la Torre's intent to decline to comply with the subpoena; Whereas, having considered the legal objections that had been submitted by counsel for Dr. de la Torre, the Committee overruled those objections in their entirety on September 5, 2024, and ordered and directed that Dr. de la Torre comply with the subpoena issued by the Committee to testify at 10:00 a.m. on September 12, 2024; and Whereas Dr. de la Torre has refused to comply with the subpoena by the Committee as ordered and directed by the Committee: Now, therefore, be it

That pursuant to sections 102 and 104 of the Revised Statutes ( 2 U.S.C. 192 , 194), the President of the Senate shall certify the report of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, detailing the refusal of Dr. Ralph de la Torre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Steward Health Care Systems LLC, to appear and testify before the Committee, to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, to the end that Dr. de la Torre be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law.

September 23, 2024 Placed on the calendar