Frank Pallone

As we examine ways to address the plastic waste crisis, we must consider what happens to materials both before and after they reach the consumer.

It is essential that we consider any and all technologies that can reduce our dependence on fossil fuel and boost our decarbonization efforts.

I hope we can continue to work together to find ways to facilitate the development and deployment of advanced safer, cleaner, and more flexible nuclear technologies.

Today's hearing continues the committee's series on building a hundred percent clean economy.

At the beginning of the year, I joined Chairmen Tonko and Rush--and other Committee Democrats--in releasing the CLEAN Future Act, a bold plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution in order to combat climate change.

There are still a lot of people and communities struggling and we must continue to do more.

It is critical that we look at substance use disorder as a complex but treatable disease of the brain.

I am concerned that the administration may be falling behind on some of the deadlines in the SUPPORT Act.

This includes proposals to address the need for more addiction medicine providers, to dismantle barriers to treatment.

We have made progress, but our work is far from complete.

I look forward to hearing testimony about the impact that recent federal funding and policy changes are having and what more we can do.

We must also address the emergence of synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl.

This committee has taken action to reverse this trend.

Today, the subcommittee will continue its bipartisan work to combat an ongoing and devastating epidemic involving opioids and substance use.

We all know the statistics. In 2018, over 67,000 Americans died from a drug overdose.

Supporters have emphasized that this bill is urgently needed to combat the youth e-cigarette epidemic that is getting worse every day and is being driven by flavored products. I am proud of the broad coalition of support that this…

I want to thank my colleague from New York for yielding me this time. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record the following letters of support for H.R. 2339: First, a letter from 76 leading public health organizations; second, a letter from…

I am prepared to close the Committee on Energy and Commerce's portion, and I reserve the balance of my time.

May I inquire about the amount of time remaining on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Pingree). The gentleman from New Jersey has 3 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining. {time} 1015

I want to say that Ms. Pelosi has been so much out front on trying to move this bill and always thinks of herself as a mom or, as she says, a grandmother first, and that is why she so cares about the children. Madam Speaker, I yield 1…

I look forward to working with Mr. Walden and the rest of our colleagues.

I introduced the bipartisan Don't Break Up the T-Band Act.

We support the goals of Chairman Pallone and Representative McNerney's RESILIENT Networks Act.

The FIRST RESPONDER Act would repeal the T-Band auction mandate, and includes strong provisions to address the shameful acts by some states of diverting 9-1-1 fees intended for the maintenance and upgrade to Next-Generation 9-1-1.

That is why I'm also pleased to discuss the FIRST RESPONDER Act today.