Frank Pallone

Where the administration has been slow to act, Congress must step in.

A crisis of this magnitude demands swift and decisive action.

I thank Ms. Livingston for testifying today and sharing her parents' story.

This drug represents an unprecedented threat to the United States--and we must do everything we can to stop its flow into our communities.

We cannot arrest our way out of the opioid crisis, and fentanyl is no different.

I am committed to providing Americans suffering from opioid use disorder access to the quality treatment they need.

We have to think differently about how to counter the spread of fentanyl. The old approaches simply will not suffice.

We cannot arrest our way out of the opioid crisis and fentanyl is no different.

Fentanyl represents the third 'wave' in the opioid crisis.

I would like to specifically thank Representatives Eshoo and Shimkus for their bipartisan work to introduce the Next Generation 9-1-1 Act of 2019.

Smart spectrum management is also critical for public safety.

If we manage our airwaves correctly, new wireless technologies, including 5G, promise to meaningfully improve the lives of Americans.

Spectrum is at its heart a bipartisan issue. It is a rural and an urban issue.

Today, the Trump FCC goes one way, the Commerce Department and NTIA go another.

Unfortunately, despite the hard work of incredibly skilled career civil servants... I am increasingly concerned that this administration is not up to the task.

If we manage our airwaves correctly, new wireless technologies, including 5G, promise to meaningfully improve the lives of Americans.

We have a reliable pipeline system, but we never want to find ourselves in a different situation.

We must stay ahead of our enemies and keep it that way.

This bill, along with three other bipartisan bills addressing cybersecurity of our Nation's energy systems, were favorably forwarded to the full committee recently.

I am pleased Secretary Perry established the Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, or CESER, office to focus specifically on these pressing issues.

Today we are here to get an update from Federal agencies about how they are addressing cyber threats to our electricity grid.

As the Federal agency with the leading expertise on our Nation's electricity grid and the cybersecurity threats against it, it is imperative that we arm DOE with the tools and authorities to protect our electricity system, from the…

This reauthorization is important in order to continue critical research, surveillance, education, early detection, and intervention programs for people living with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, and their families.

It's important that we ensure that the authorizations of these programs do not expire;

The need is overwhelming. We don't have our arms around this yet.