Frank Pallone

Ultimately, Congress is the appropriate forum to settle the net neutrality debate.

We need to put more money into it.

If the effort continues on the Republican side to repeal or sabotage the ACA or cut back on Medicaid, that this type of treatment will be even more difficult for people to access.

I still think we need a lot more funding for some of these things that you are mentioning.

I totally agree with everything that the chairman has said.

I just wanted to start out, Mr. Doherty, by getting a commitment that you will provide the committee with timely information and answers to our questions as we move forward.

These were positive steps in the right direction, but committee Democrats have repeatedly stated that they were never enough.

91 Americans lose their lives to opioid overdose each day and millions more are battling this chronic and potentially deadly health condition.

A full and appropriate review of this issue requires the presence of CMS.

It is clear, Mr. Chairman, the Nation is in crisis and Congress must do more to address the opioid epidemic.

Advancing efforts to respond to this crisis also means Congress has a responsibility to figure out what went wrong, how it went wrong, and how to make sure something like this never happens again.

In addition to supporting positive bipartisan laws and increase funding for substance abuse initiatives, Republicans must end their pursuit of taking away health coverage for millions of Americans.

While I am pleased to hear from the witnesses before us today, I am disappointed that you did not invite the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS.

I am not happy, and I am not going to tolerate the agency not responding to us.

Do you commit that your Commission will not threaten broadcasters' license transfers based on the content of the reporting?

I appreciate working that out, because I think that is important.

I am trying to clear the air, because I am concerned about the impact of either silence or an overly lawyered response.

Under the law, the FCC doesn't have the authority to revoke a license of a broadcast station based on the content of a particular newscast.

It is frankly disgusting that press is able to write whatever it wants to write and that The New York Times, NBC News, ABC, CBS, and CNN are the enemy of the American people.

I am particularly concerned that there are still reports that residents do not have access to food or medicine.

If nearly a million Americans lack access to reliable clean water that this poses a major health concern.

A lack of reliable electricity has created serious risks to the health of American citizens in Puerto Rico.

The fact that the President would call this a 10 is absurd, in my opinion.

At a recent press event with the Governor of Puerto Rico, President Trump said that he would give his administration a 10 on its response efforts in Puerto Rico. But I have to be honest with you, from what I hear from my mayors and council…

Many Puerto Ricans are actually coming from the island to our states, in particularly in New Jersey, in my district.