Frank Pallone

We need to enact policies that include all the uninsured, and that is why we are here today.

So in addition to taking action against those firms, FDA also issued a warning letter to Dollar Tree...

But, in the FDA's Safety and Innovation Act, Congress required that the commercial importers register with the FDA...

To assist, Congress reauthorized GDUFA, which allowed FDA to collect generic drug user fees, which could then be used to hire additional inspectors.

Despite this, FDA's foreign drug inspection program continues to be challenged by the same longstanding issues that have persisted for years.

As has been mentioned today, this committee has been examining FDA's foreign drug inspection program for nearly two decades.

FDA must ensure that any company, whether brand or generic, that wishes to market drug products in the U.S. adheres to the same quality standards.

Today, the committee continues its longtime work of conducting oversight of the FDA's foreign drug inspection program.

If all of the States were willing to put aside this partisanship and act in the best interest of their residents, I think we would be much closer to the goal of universal coverage.

I was one of the drafters of the ACA and obviously very proud of that fact, and I do believe that the ACA could have and still can achieve almost universal coverage.

But also doesn't it just not make sense from a cost point of view, because if those people got preventive care and were able to see a doctor, they wouldn't end up in the hospital emergency room because they wouldn't get as sick.

I have a bill that would allow people 50 to 65 to buy Medicare as a medical option.

Yet millions more would be covered today if it were not for the continued resistance of Republican Governors to the law's Medicaid expansion.

Thanks to the ACA, young Americans can stay on their parents' plans until they turn 26 years old.

A one-size-fits-all system that rations care and restricts access and blows a hole in the budget is not where many of us are at.

I firmly believe that today we would be very close to universal coverage had it not been for the sabotage and for the refusal of Republican Governors to expand Medicaid.

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, more than 20 million Americans have gained the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their loved ones have health insurance.

Congressman Veasey's bill that we are considering today, the Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act, would make that offer even more generous, correct?

The only Federal law that protects people with preexisting conditions is the Affordable Care Act.

It doesn't make any sense. You get sick, you spread disease.

When Washington politicians promise you something for free, you better hold on to your wallets.

We need to work together. Americans are asking us, begging us to improve our healthcare system.

Delay and denial of care is how government-run healthcare systems control costs.

Doctors and hospitals could see payment cuts of 40 percent. Forty percent. How would they keep their doors open?

To close. Mr. Speaker, Americans are receiving more unwanted and illegal robocalls than ever before. The rising tide of illegal robocalls has quickly turned from a nuisance to a real threat on the way we all view and use our telephones…