Frank Pallone

I have yet to hear a convincing explanation for why this legislation is a good idea.

If you are going to do that, then we need to have more time than just the 48 hours that occurred here today.

I would like to see us go back to a tradition, process, whatever it was, that we have at least a week prior to a legislative hearing.

This bill absolutely undermines the Federal floor and does not, and I have to repeat, does not incorporate the standards in EPA's rule.

EPA's final rule published online in December set Federal floor standards for the safe disposal of coal ash for the first time, and the rule has been decades in the making.

This bill is an unwarranted and dangerous detour that guts the new EPA rule and permanently removes critical public health safeguards.

The requirements in Representative McKinley's bill are not the same, not nearly the same, as the requirements in the EPA rule.

I don't see a need for legislation at this time.

And the FCC would not be able to bring enforcement actions against Internet service providers that did not protect that information?

If the bill were enacted, the FCC would not be able to require Internet service providers to protect sensitive customer information?

The question must always be whether legislation puts consumers in a better place than they are today.

Unfortunately, the draft before us today does not put consumers in a better place.

I would like to see this bill improved before it moves further through the legislative process so that all members of the committee can support it.

I have to take issue with Chairman Burgess' opening remarks and repeat my longstanding belief that having some Democratic support does not make a measure bipartisan.

The question must always be whether legislation puts consumers in a better place than they are today.

I do question the merits of the bill before us today. The bill simply does not strike the right balance.

Data breaches are a plague on consumers, businesses, and our economy as a whole.

Any suggestions for how legislation could ensure that companies are not burdened by duplicative enforcement?

Do you think there are any drawbacks to having FTC and FCC enforcement? Are you concerned about consumers being confused by having two enforcing agencies?

As you read this bill... would there be any protections for these types of customer info, beyond what is listed as personal information?

I am pleased to lend my support to H.R. 639, the Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act. This important public health bill aims to bring better reliability and transparency to medical therapies, while continuing to…

I don't think it is mutually exclusive to help your environmental goals and to build your economies.

I have called on Governor Christie to reconsider his decision to withdraw from RGGI because I think New Jerseyans deserve to reap the benefits of this successful, economically-efficient program.

Through 2013, RGGI states reinvested over $950 million of auction proceeds and energy efficiency, clean and renewable energy.

The Supreme Court disagrees, citing American Electric Power v. the Connecticut case.