Bill Pascrell

I commend you for standing up, standing tall, and I wish you success in your job.

How did you arrive at the 40 percent in the first place?

Is there any reason that this is not the existing standard for all 501(c)(4) organizations?

So the exemption is very important in terms of revenue.

the president has pursued an all-of-the-above energy plan, which has included a vast expansion of oil and gas production

your party is bringing two bills to the floor this week, which would once again seek to recklessly expand offshore drilling

If we can't raise enough money to do the things that we want to do, then we need to deal with the person who seeks care, whether he is in control of his health.

I want to state that today, June 18th, I regrettably missed several rollcall votes. Had I been present I would have voted: `nay''--rollcall Vote 248--On Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 266--Providing for consideration of H.R…

I strongly advocated for the continuing care hospital pilot in ACA.

I had a personal interest in it, a professional interest in it--is the Innovation Center.

The Congress directed CMS to test the model.

I am astounded, Administrator Blum, as to how candid you have been, not just today, about fraud in the system.

I think it is un-American, Mr. Chairman, if I can use those terms. I think that is a good word to describe it.

Thank you, Congressman Smith, for your great service to your State and your country. Madam Speaker, we've lost a great man. When Senator Lautenberg passed away Monday morning, last Monday, I lost a good friend. The Silk City has produced…

I stand to urge my colleagues to support this amendment to provide $5 million in additional funding for Firefighter Assistance Grants. This funding would be equally divided between the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and Staffing…

If we have been derelict, then we have to change what the laws are, period.

We don't need unsubstantiated, politically motivated, and irresponsible accusations against one another.

Frank Lautenberg was my friend for 45 years. We drank the same water in Paterson, New Jersey. He was a person of very small means when you looked at his mom and dad. They worked in the factories in Paterson, New Jersey, as so many other…

I think it is critical that this Committee continue its investigation into what we all agree--let's make that clear.

As the House considers H.R. 1919, the Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2013, I would like to voice my specific concerns with one provision within the legislation. While the underlying bill seeks to address the issue of…

When we put the Affordable Care Act together, the purpose of that was to look at, one of the specifics was Medicare and to reduce the cost.

I will have you know. But we must remember that the President offered the proposal in the context of a broad, large deficit-reduction package that requires both spending cuts and increased revenues.

Today, May 17th, I missed several rollcall votes. Had I been present I would have voted: ``nay''--rollcall vote 155--On Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 216--Providing for consideration of H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory…

I rise, Madam Speaker, in strong opposition to the Pay China First Act. This is a Pyrrhic proposal if I ever saw one. By the way, the firefighters are in town today and tomorrow, and I'm going to go to every firefighter I see in…

From every account that I have seen, private contracting threatens the very health of America's senior citizens and people with disabilities.