Bill Pascrell

Let me be clear. Throughout my years in Congress, I have always supported the Hyde amendment and have been against any government funding of abortion. Moreover, I have voted with the conviction that we, as Members of Congress, should not…

If the Republican budget is a doubling down on the policies that brought us to the brink, which is contained in this budget, my brother from New Jersey presents a budget which I think quadruples down on the economic policies and lack of…

Now we have two cities here--St. Augustine talked about it. We are looking at a city very optimistically, and unfortunately we have to go back to your figures. We have had exactly six quarters of growth in this administration. You want to…

Sorry, Mr. Chairman. This misguided budget is a doubling down on the same failed policies that we know don't work and brought us to the brink. {time} 1830 What our ranking member did not point out is that there was a loss of 653,000 jobs…

The bill before us certainly isn't perfect. It contains cuts to many programs important to New Jersey families and several policy riders that I do not support. Cuts to Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and the Women and Infant…

There is nothing more notoriously and pointlessly complex than doing your taxes twice.

It is not getting us to the Promised Land.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I really am honored to be on the floor with two great congressmen, Congressman Pallone and Congressman Lance. I know the three of us served in the New Jersey legislature. John Adler was a great New…

I come to the floor to speak about basic notions of fairness and democracy. As a former member of the House Transportation Committee, let me acknowledge that I understand the importance of a strong and robust FAA Reauthorization Bill…

On March 30th, I was unavoidably detained and missed three rollcall votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote #202 on agreeing to the Norton Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. Had I been present I would…

You are entitled to your opinions, but you are not entitled to your own facts.

I must inform her, and I do seriously respect your position, but that movie has been seen over and over again.

As I see it, we are asked to cut health and retirement entitlements to pay for tax entitlements for the wealthy.

Block grants and vouchers are not the answer.

Some of our witnesses today believe the best way to reform Medicare would be to privatize the program.

According to the Standard and Poor's Index on Healthcare, in 2010, health costs covered by private insurance rose by 7.75 percent compared to Medicare, which increased at a modest 3.3 percent.

What concerns me most about the commission's proposals and about the Ryan roadmap is that we are talking about cutting basic benefits for our seniors, our retirees, our widows, our children, and the disabled.

And every proposal I have heard coming out of the majority lately entails the federal government defaulting on its end of the bargain, cutting benefits for my constituents, our constituents, benefits that they have a legal, moral, and…

I think that Glenn Hackbarth brings some unique qualities to our Committee in that the recommendations from MedPAC, many of them were incorporated into the affordable health care bill, which is now the law of the land.

Clearly the CBO and the CMS scored all the legislative language.

I am convinced that this hearing would result in good, because when reasonable people will conclude that the greatest majority of Muslims, like every other community in this country, are patriots.

So let's be, put everything on the table in context, Mr. Chairman.

We need to put things in context so we understand.

Islam is a beautiful religion, Mr. Chairman, but this hearing was not on Islam. It is on the Muslim community.

We want to protect this country. We love this country. Democrats don't love it any more than Republicans and vice versa.