the Trump administration's blatant refusal to participate in our committee's legislative process has been a common theme since President Trump took office in January.
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.
The bottom line is, when you start cutting money from the Prevention Fund, you are cutting prevention programs for kids, adults, the disabled, and, most importantly, the opiates. CDC spends a significant amount of money from the Prevention…
How much time remains on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 45 seconds remaining.
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 242, nays 174, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 606]…
I want to thank the ranking member of the Rules Committee. I just want to express the tremendous frustration that I have and that Democrats have in general with the way the Republican leadership has handled the CHIP bill, IPAB, and…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 307, nays 111, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 604] YEAS--307 Abraham Aderholt Aguilar Allen Amash…
May I inquire as to how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Kentucky has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Then you have the Prevention Fund, which is used for children's lead poisoning programs, children's vaccines, and for the opioid program that the Republicans say they care so much about. These are going to go away in order to pay for CHIP…
I am also troubled by the maze of contracts with numerous companies for overlapping missions, a patchwork that is failing to turn the lights back on in Puerto Rico.
Reports indicate nearly 70 percent of Americans on the island are without electricity.
The New York Times recently described the situation of Puerto Rico, quote, 'like going back in time'.
This is a humanitarian crisis, and our Government owes it to the citizens in these Territories to do everything it can to fix it.





