Bill Pascrell

I thank Chairwoman Lowey and Ranking Member Granger. I support this supplemental. It is very necessary. The destruction in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and the terrible earthquake last month, with its ongoing aftershocks, make this…

I have a great deal of respect for both you and the chairman, but there is a parting of the ways here. I want to urge my colleagues to stand against the administration's vicious assault on Medicaid. That is how I perceive it. The expansion…

I want to state for the record that on January 16, 2020, I missed one roll call vote. Had I been present, I would have voted: yea on rollcall Vote 22, H.J. Res. 76.

Truth matters, Mr. Speaker. Truth matters. Truth is not Democratic or Republican. Truth is not partisan. It is the basis of any society that hopes to be and hopes to remain civilized. And so, when a faction decides that facts are flexible…

I thank the chairman and Mr. Brady. I thank Messrs. Blumenauer and Buchanan for the great job that they did. I also thank Mr. Lighthizer. He is a different kind of guy, and I really believe that he was essential to getting to this vote…

At least 10 are so-called red States where the average deduction exceeded $9,000, including South Carolina, Idaho, Arkansas, and West Virginia. SALT benefits flow to all communities, like my hometown of Paterson. SALT relief empowers…

We are here today because of the failure of so many to cast aside narrow ambition to confront the threats standing before us. Offered the chance to investigate this government together, the President and his party stonewalled and…

I want to state for the record that on December 11, 2019, I missed one roll call vote. Had I been present I would have voted: Yes--Rollcall Vote 671--Table Motion to Reconsider H. Res. 758.

I want to thank Frank Pallone, Richard Neal, and Bobby Scott for all their hard work on the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. The science and innovation behind lifesaving drugs is light-years beyond our wildest imagination. As…

I thank Mr. Scott for his comments. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of our brave men and women in blue who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities. In recognition of their service, my co-chair, the…

This bill has strong support from several law enforcement groups, including Concerns of Police Survivors, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the Fraternal Order of Police, the National Association of Police Organizations…

Chairman, and ranking member, I rise today on behalf of our oceans and the communities, economies and ecosystems they support. My home State of New Jersey boasts a multibillion dollar commercial and fishing industry. That's 50,000 jobs and…

If there ever was a monopoly, this is it.

At the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans hearing last year, my constituent Carol Podesta-Smallen said that her monthly benefits were on the verge of being cut by 61 percent--read that--from $2,600 to $1,022…

For years, multiemployer pension plans offered working-class Americans something almost priceless: a nest egg for their retirement. This security was provided through collective bargaining benefit plans. Workers put in their own…

It is important to emphasize the marketplace has been governed by zero federal regulation.

These bad actors must be held accountable.

I thank you for the opportunity to highlight the need for transparency and regulation in the badly corrupted primary and secondary live-events ticket marketplace.

In my neighborhood in Paterson, New Jersey, that is called thievery.

The combined behemoth dominates a $9 billion per year industry and holds over 80 percent of market share.

We must continue to urge fair market competition to lower healthcare costs, and allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices in a similar manner as the Veterans Administration.

It is time again that we look here.

The marketplace has been governed by zero federal regulation.

It is time for Congress to turn the page, pass legislation to add regulation, impose some order, and stop bad actors who make a living by ripping off regular folks daily.

I come before you today as an advocate for thousands of my constituents in Ohio's 9th congressional district who are struggling to afford their prescription medicine.