Frank Pallone

I remind my colleague from Texas that his vote for this bill will result in 61,900 people from his congressional district losing health coverage and care. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield).

I remind my colleague from Indiana that his vote for this bill will result in 37,800 people from his congressional district losing health coverage and care. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Michael F…

I remind my friend from Kentucky that his vote for this bill will result in 44,000 people from his congressional district losing health coverage and care. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette). Ms…

I remind my colleague from Mississippi that his vote for this bill will result in 69,600 people from his congressional district losing health coverage and care. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gene Green)…

I remind my colleague from Michigan that his vote for this bill will result in 43,500 people from his congressional district in Michigan losing health coverage and care. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr…

I remind my colleague that, in Mr. Barton's case, his vote for this bill will result in 64,900 people from his congressional district in Texas losing health coverage and care. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity today to discuss the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act.

It is only one of many assaults on public health and the environment being rolled out by the Trump Administration and the Republican Congress.

H.R. 806 puts the public health and safety of the American people at risk.

H.R. 806 is a broad attack on the successful health based standards and protections for all criteria pollutants.

Congress did not enact the Clean Air Act to be a regional economy killer.

PDUFA has been incredibly successful at bringing reviews of new drug applications down by more than half.

It will cost at least $40 billion to reach 98 percent of the population.

Tax cuts alone won't get it done, especially in areas where there is not a strong business case, like tribal lands.

We must include broadband in our efforts to overhaul the nation's infrastructure.

In these uncertain economic times, deploying more secure, high-speed internet means providing more opportunities for more people.

Thanks to Medicaid expansion under the ACA, 1.6 million people with substance use disorders now can receive the treatment they need.

Just two weeks ago committee Republicans rushed Trumpcare through the committee, a bill which repeals the Affordable Care Act.

Fentanyl is dangerous not only to users but also to our law enforcement and public health officials.

I mean, the problem that I see is that the Republican bill with regard to the expansion eliminates the essential services guarantee.

Should the ACA be repealed, we clearly would expect the opioid crisis, and by extension the fentanyl crisis, to worsen.

Our efforts to curb the opiate epidemic, I believe, could be severely impacted if those now receiving treatment lose their health insurance.

The Affordable Care Act, through the expansion of Medicaid, extended health insurance coverage to hundreds of thousands of Americans in urgent need of treatment for opioid use disorders.

The opioid epidemic in our country continues to grow at an alarming rate.

Without adequate treatment options for those suffering from an opioid addiction, this problem will only worsen and so will the deaths and destruction we have seen play out across the United States.