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Robert E. Andrews is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1990 to 2014. During his tenure, he was known for his work on health care issues, particularly related to Medicare and home health benefits. Andrews served on several committees, including the Committee on Education and Labor, where he focused on education reform and labor rights. He was also involved in various initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life for his constituents in New Jersey.
I thank my friend for yielding and my friends from Pennsylvania and Minnesota for sponsoring this bill. Tonight, we stand united and strong for the release of Pastor Youcef. Although the legal case for his release is overwhelming, as Mr…
I thank my friend for yielding. First, let me say I agree with my friend from California that the highest priority in higher education ought to be avoiding that doubling of student loan rates this summer. We should get to work on that…
Recognizing that reforming this country's health care system could wait no longer, congressional Democrats passed and President Obama signed the historic Affordable Care Act into law nearly two years ago.
Nearly 680,000 Pennsylvanians no longer face the uncertainty that their health insurer can drop their health coverage when they need it the most.
Nearly 7.7 million Pennsylvania residents can no longer be subjected to a lifetime limit cap on their health coverage.
This law takes control of health care away from the multibillion dollar insurance industry and returns it to American families where it belongs.
Employers could see even more savings through the elimination of pre-existing condition underwriting, medical loss ratio standards, states successfully combating unreasonable premium increases.
More than 32,000 young adults in Pennsylvania may now have coverage through their parent's health plan because of the law.
I want to thank you for making such a good faith effort to raise an issue we really need to raise.
One hundred sixty days ago, the President of the United States came to this Chamber and put forward a plan to create jobs for our country. One of the ideas that he had to create jobs for our country was to put our construction workers back…
I want to thank General and Mr. Secretary, Secretary Hale for your service to our country and particularly, Secretary Panetta and Mr. Hale, your accessibility to members of this committee and the Congress.
That means that the gentleman must support President Obama's appointments to the Labor Board?
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