I appreciate you and Mr. Rush holding this long-overdue oversight hearing on the 2011 Pipeline Safety Act.
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 Medicare Part D program has been a great success for our Nation's seniors and for people with disabilities.
Woman, if we want to speed the pace of innovation and development of new treatment and cures, we must increase funding to NIH. We all know the numbers. NIH has $8.2 billion less to spend in fiscal year 2015 than it had in fiscal year 2003…
I just want to urge support for this amendment. We need to make sure that emerging scientists from all populations understand Congress' commitment to ensuring that the funding is there to support our biomedical workforce. Requiring the…
While I appreciate the efforts of the amendment's sponsors, I cannot support the Young-Harris amendment. As currently drafted, the amendment threatens to undermine the independent peer review process that is the bedrock of NIH funding by…
Woman, this amendment would require the NIH to report on their specific efforts to attract more women and racial and ethnic minorities into the biomedical workforce. It is clear that we must reverse the harmful trend of limited…
I just want to join with my other colleagues, Mr. Green and also the chairman, that we do understand the purpose of the Polis amendment, but we do have problems with it at the same time. We would like to have a conversation with Mr. Polis…
I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette), the Democratic sponsor of the bill who has worked so hard to bring us to this day with this bill on the floor. Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Chairman, my father-in-law, Lino Lipinsky de…
I would ask my chairman to proceed with another Republican because the gentleman seems to have more people.
How much time remains on each side? The CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey has 11 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 14\1/2\ minutes remaining.
As I have said before, it is not a bad idea to reconsider the merits of a policy enacted in the wake of the 1973 oil embargo.
Medicaid's 50 years of efficient, comprehensive, and sometimes life-saving health coverage of our most vulnerable populations is certainly something that is crucial.





