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Health Care

May 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. –Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the following statement after Republicans advanced the largest Medicaid cut in history in their budget reconciliation bill:


May 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.


April 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) has reintroduced the INFANTS Act, legislation that would require infant formula and baby food to be tested for toxic heavy metals and harmful bacteria.

Issues: Health Care

April 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today led all House Democrats from New Jersey in sending a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., urging him to reverse the Trump Administration’s decision to rescind $11.4 billion in federal public health funding—including $350 million allocated to New Jersey.


March 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today slammed the Trump Administration’s decision to rip away $11 billion in public health funding — including $350 million already promised to New Jersey — calling it a “political stunt” that will endanger lives and destabilize the state’s health system.


March 19, 2025

Long Branch, NJ –– Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) hosted a virtual Medicaid town hall today in New Jersey's 6th Congressional District. Pallone spoke about the need to protect Medicaid for New Jersey families and push back on President Trump’s extreme policies.


March 3, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Just one week after every single House Republican voted to slash Medicaid, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Lauren Zalepka, a longtime disability advocate and past president of The Arc of Monmouth and incoming Board President for The Arc of New Jersey, will be his guest at President Donald Trump’s 2025 address to the Joint Session of Congress.


February 28, 2025

LONG BRANCH, NJ – At the Long Branch Senior Center today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sounded the alarm on Republican plans to gut Medicaid by at least $880 billion – a move that could force seniors out of nursing homes, shut down long-term care facilities, and pile even more strain onto New Jersey hospitals already struggling to stay afloat.


February 24, 2025

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is calling on the three New Jersey Republicans to prevent devastating cuts to Medicaid, which could strip health care from millions of Americans -- including nearly 1.8 million New Jerseyans -- under the House Republican’s budget proposal.