Frank Pallone

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recently vetoed legislation that would allow out-of-state carriers to sell policies in Arizona.

Now I don't think we can move back to a system with zero patient protections, putting insurance companies back in charge.

If H.R. 371 were enacted, it would completely dismantle New Jersey's existing risk pool.

The only choices offered by this proposal are for insurance companies. They are the only ones who gain.

Allowing Americans to purchase insurance coverage across state lines is not a new idea.

It is not fair to our Nation's seniors, and it is not fair to our Nation's doctors.

We really must move beyond the sustainable growth rate in Medicare's payment policy. It is unstable, unreliable, and unfair.

We need to stop kicking the can down the road.

I am pleased we are having a hearing in the Health Subcommittee on something other than repealing the Affordable Care Act.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

I think the budget cannot and should not be balanced on the back of children and poor people. The stakes are too great for us and for them.

I think declining health indicators, for example, pose a significant security risk on regional and global levels, says the Government's worldwide threat assessment.

I think that is impact for taxpayer dollars. That is how lives are saved, but it is also how we advance our broader national interests and resilient and stable societies, one community at a time.

Congresswoman Lowey, I was in New York when Secretary Clinton entered into an agreement to look at conditional cash transfers.

We needed civilians to go do nation risk prevention. That is what stabilization is about.

It doesn't seem like much money, but it has a huge impact on the ground.

Thank you for all your support over the years of both Armenia and Israel.

I would urge the subcommittee to approve the $3.1 billion in military assistance for Israel in the next fiscal year.

If there was some kind of language that could be reported out of the subcommittee that directs the Department of State to remove any official or unofficial restrictions on diplomatic contact between the United States and Nagorno Karabakh.

I would ask, though, that you include $8 million in FMF and $2 million in IMET funding for Armenia in fiscal year 2011.

I would ask that at a minimum you continue that parity, but I also think it would be a good idea--and I am not going to get into this, you can refer to my written testimony--to try to narrow this waiver, because again we are seeing more…

The State Department has failed to follow through on congressional intent to deliver funds to Nagorno Karabakh.

This is something that is very unlikely to end up in some despot's bank account in Switzerland.

I hope that we can do two things. One is that we can at least maintain the level of funding from FY10.

Half of the people who are sick today worldwide are sick, needlessly, from water-borne disease.