Health Care
LANCASTER, PA – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) participated in a roundtable discussion at Lancaster Farm and Home Center in Lancaster, PA. The roundtable’s discussion is part of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s 21st Century Cures initiative, which seeks to examine the steps Congress can take to accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices that treat or cure diseases in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s release of a study which found that the number of young people who have never smoked but used e-cigarettes tripled between 2011 and 2013. Congressman Pallone has repeatedly called on the Food and Drug Administration to finalize proposed regulations regarding the manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products:
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) hosted an event with New Jersey health leaders to discuss the misguided Hobby Lobby decision by the Supreme Court earlier this summer and other women’s health issues.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. hosted an event at PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) being signed into law and promote a bill he wrote to extend funding for the program, which is due to expire after September of next year.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman introduced legislation to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through 2019. Without this legislation, no new funding for the CHIP program will be available after September of 2015. Reps.
Today, Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with representatives of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) to discuss efforts to cut back on smokeless tobacco use among players and fans. Today’s meeting was also attended by Matt Myers, President of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids.
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement in response to the conflicting rulings by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on whether the federal government can offer tax credits to individuals and families who purchase health coverage through the federal insurance exchange:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a markup at which H.R. 669, the “Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act,” and H.R. 4771, the “Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act” were approved and passed out of the full Committee. The bills, both introduced by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the senior Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, now await action in the full House of Representatives. Both bills received bipartisan support from the Committee.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a markup at which H.R. 669, the “Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act,” and H.R. 4771, the “Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act” were approved and passed out of the Subcommittee. The bills, both introduced by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the senior Democrat on the Subcommittee, will now move to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for a final vote.