Health Care
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Monmouth Family Health Center has been awarded a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant of $1,627,907.
Today, at a passing of the gavel celebration on Capitol Hill, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the first three hearings the Committee will hold later this month after it has officially organized for the 116th Congress:
Hearing 1: Assessing the environmental and economic impacts of climate change. There is no more pressing issue for our economy, our communities and our planet than climate change, and this is the first of many hearings the Committee will hold on this growing crisis.
Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to affirm lower court rulings that prevent states from blocking Medicaid access for providers like Planned Parenthood.
Pallone is the Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over health care.
Washington, D.C.- Today Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a roundtable at Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) with administrators and health professionals to discuss investments by the RWJBarnabas Health System in the MMC campus and the center's growing role as a healthcare leader in New Jersey. Investments in MMC's Comprehensive Breast Center, for example, have led to national recognition for its use of robotics for mastectomies.
Washington, D.C.- Today at Robert Wood John Hospital in New Brunswick, Senator Robert Menendez, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Trump's Medicare prescription drug proposal:
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) touted H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act as it was signed into law today by President Trump. Pallone, the Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was one of the lead negotiators on the final bipartisan bill that overwhelmingly passed the House and Senate earlier this fall.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) introduced a resolution that would authorize the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives to intervene in a pending federal lawsuit on behalf of the House to defend the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06), the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees healthcare, cosponsored the bill.
Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (NJ-06) bill to provide increased funding to combat illicit opioid importation today passed the House of Representatives unanimously. H.R 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, will also expand the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to prevent illegally manufactured opioids, such as fentanyl, from arriving overseas through the mail.
Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (NJ-06) bill to increased funding to combat illicit opioid importation today passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee. H.R 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, will also expand the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to prevent illegally manufactured opioids, such as heroin and fentanyl, from arriving overseas through the mail.