We want those scientists to work for the Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health.
Frank Pallone
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Frank Joseph Pallone is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 6th congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Pallone has been a prominent advocate for health care reform, environmental protection, and consumer rights. He has played a key role in shaping legislation related to public health and climate change, often speaking out against policies he views as detrimental to these areas.
I just think it is important to keep in mind the types of people we would be affecting if we restrict Title 42.
Today, we are here to discuss a special hiring authority available to the Department of Health and Human Services which is informally known as Title 42.
Many members have supported using the OCO funding, the Overseas Contingency Operation funding, to offset the cost of repealing the SGR.
I have always suggested the overseas contingency operation fund, or the PEACE dividend, as it is called, for the pay-for.
I don't know whether or not the House or the GOP leadership... would be willing to put it on the agenda for a long-term fix.
I think the answer is yes, so let us just go to the second, whether you believe that if the SGR mechanism is eliminated, we will still need to retain the fee schedule.
I have no additional speakers at this time, so I'll reserve the balance of my time.
I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield).
Part of the reason is personal because my mother passed not long after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
NIH funds critical biomedical research in all 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Not only has the general health of the Nation improved, but these gains have added an estimated $3.2 trillion annually to the U.S. economy since 1970.
Thanks in large part to NIH research, Americans are living longer, living healthier and suffering less from morbidity and mortality of countless diseases when compared to the past.
NIH is the driving force behind the biomedical research that has advanced and continues to improve the health of Americans and strengthen the U.S. economy.
As we continue to work our way out of the recession towards a thriving economy that offers economic opportunities to all Americans, we must out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.
It was clear from your testimony that you believe credentialing for technologists will do a great deal to improve patient safety.
Radiation undoubtedly saves lives because it has reshaped the world of diagnostics and has offered patients less invasive alternatives.





