Frank Pallone

States are on the front lines of this national emergency, providing much of the support for those in need.

This is not a crisis that we can resolve overnight, and it requires ongoing federal and state attention.

The Energy and Commerce Committee has also been at the forefront of passing critical legislation.

The Committee also conducted a 2-year bipartisan investigation into opioid distribution practices.

This is not a crisis that we can solve overnight; and it requires ongoing federal and state attention.

Today's hearing continues the Committee's ongoing, bipartisan efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.

Yes. Here is an example: So, unlike other addictive industries, for example--addiction is part of the deception that is going on here--the tobacco industry doesn't know which users are addicted to smoking, the alcohol industry doesn't know…

We need a record of that so that, when we do audit these platforms for either financial or social harms, that the deletions are also included and marked.

This hearing should serve as an important reminder to all online platforms that we are watching them closely.

Representative McKinley actually pushed Mr. Zuckerberg pretty hard on some specific ads he had seen illegally selling opioids without prescriptions on Facebook.

Following our hearing on Cambridge Analytica, Facebook made significant changes to its privacy policies.

I think this is a very important hearing.

The most common use of deepfakes is nonconsensual pornography.

If bad actors can make people believe a lie, then they can manipulate us into taking actions we wouldn't otherwise take.

Americans increasingly rely on the internet for fundamental aspects of their daily lives.

I think that we reduced by $23 billion the amount of cost to the healthcare system because what that Act has tried to do was provide upstream help in terms of interventions before you end up in the emergency room or the hospital.

In 2014, President Obama signed into law the Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act, a law that I sponsored...

Despite serving communities that have had much higher rates of infant mortality, Healthy Start grantees have shown their ability to bring their communities' overall infant mortality rate below the national average, demonstrating the…

As the author of the Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act, which was signed into law by President Obama in 2014, I have long supported this cause, and I am glad we are taking further steps today.

I agree with Chairwoman Eshoo, who said that these are--this is a group of very commonsense, rational proposals, and I look forward to the witnesses' testimony.

It also includes critical support for families who face these unimaginable tragedies.

The first bill, H.R. 2271, the Scarlett's Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act, will improve investigations, data collection, surveillance, and research into sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexpected death in childhood.

Today, the Health Subcommittee continues its bipartisan work to improve health outcomes and healthcare coverage.

May I inquire how much time remains on each side. The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Wexton). The gentleman from New Jersey has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 12 minutes remaining.

The bills we are considering reflect Democrats' continued commitment to achieving universal coverage and making healthcare more affordable and accessible for all Americans.