Frank Pallone

A recent study by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration found 84 percent of Americans are worried about their privacy and security online.

It was also a strong recognition of pro-consumer and pro-innovation policies that Democrats have championed for years.

The court's decision was a major victory for Internet consumers and small businesses.

Today's hearing comes weeks after the FCC's sweeping net neutrality victory before the DC Circuit.

I look forward to hearing more from our witnesses about the legislation's impact on our trauma care system.

However, there are gaps in our current system and unfortunately sometimes the determination of whether a person survives or dies depends on if the injury occurs near a good trauma center and I think we'd all agree that this is unacceptable.

Whether it's a gruesome sports injury or an injury from an accident on the interstate or a gunshot wound, we depend on our trauma care system to provide the services necessary to save lives and prevent disability.

We must ensure that the proper systems and sites of care are in a place to provide timely lifesaving care to all injured Americans.

Improving our national trauma care system is an issue that I've championed for years with my colleague and fellow Texan, Representative Mike Burgess.

To close. Again, Mr. Speaker, I will say that, after thoughtful consideration, I not only support the conference report, but I would urge my colleagues on the Democratic side to support the conference report. While I continue to believe…

I just want to again point out that the effort here is not only bipartisan, but we are also working with the administration to try to address this epidemic. And one of the things that we were trying to do with the legislation, but it…

After much thought, I have decided to support the conference report on S. 524. It is not perfect and does not nearly do enough from a funding perspective, but it makes some important steps that would allow us to begin to address the opioid…

I will continue to reserve the balance of my time until we get to closing remarks.

I applaud my colleagues--you, Congressman Barton, and Congresswoman Castor for their work on this important bill.

I would particularly like to thank Ranking Member Frank Pallone, who travelled to Tampa to see the Chronic Complex Clinic.

Few programs are as critical to the wellbeing of our nation's citizens as Medicaid.

I cannot support a delay in the expansion of the competitive bidding program. Competitive bidding for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) has saved the Medicare program billions of dollars. And lowering…

The RFS program that Congress established in 2005 and amended significantly in 2007 has helped extend our domestic fuel supply.

The transportation sector is our country's largest consumer of oil and the second largest emitter of carbon pollution.

There are also a number of constituencies, particularly equipment manufacturers and their customers including small boaters, who still have concerns about increasing the percentage of ethanol.

The RFS program that Congress established in 2005 and amended significantly in 2007 has helped extend our domestic fuel supply.

The transportation sector is our country's largest consumer of oil and the second largest emitter of carbon pollution.

There are also a number of constituencies--particularly equipment manufacturers and their customers, including small boaters--who still have concerns about increasing the percentage of ethanol.

Every year, EPA must balance many different factors with the needs and desires of many assorted players throughout the fuel supply chain.

It is also important that we listen to the American people about the best ways to ensure that they have more control over their information.