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December 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing about the future of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the Ranking Member the Subcommittee on Health, called on Congress to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) before the end of the year at the hearing.

Issues: Health Care

November 21, 2014

Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement after the Senate passed an amended version of his Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act, H.R.

Issues: Health Care

November 21, 2014

Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement after being nominated by the House Democratic Caucus to become the next Ranking Minority Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee:

“I am deeply honored to have been chosen by my colleagues to serve as Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.


November 14, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter to Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging the agency to evaluate the safety of oral care products, such as toothpastes and gum, that contain polyethylene microbeads.


October 9, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sent a letter to Robin Ikeda, Acting Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), to express his concern regarding the use of recycled rubber tire crumbs in synthetic turf fields and the potential health risks that they pose.


October 9, 2014
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) said in an Oct. 3 interview he is hoping to extend the bill that provides specialized health care and financial compensation for 9/11 first responders. "It is important that we don't forget these first responders and other people who put their life on the line, and we have to make sure that they are treated," he said.

September 15, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4771, the “Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act,” which was introduced by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and Congressman Joe Pitts (R-PA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health.

Issues: Health Care

September 12, 2014

HAMILTON, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, delivered the keynote address today at a conference hosted by NJ Spotlight in Hamilton that focused on the future of long-term health care services for patients and providers in New Jersey.


September 11, 2014

Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the senior Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement in response to the U.S.

Issues: Health Care

September 9, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 669, the “Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act,” which was introduced by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the senior Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. The bill received bipartisan support and passed out of the Energy and Commerce Committee in July.

Issues: Health Care