Health Care
WASHINGTON – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and cleared the way for Republican states to restrict reproductive health care across the country:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Supreme Court’s ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which unanimously rejected an effort by conservative activists to undermine the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decades-old approval of mifepristone as a safe and effective medication:
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called for federal protection of the right to full reproductive health care services, including abortion, contraception, and IVF.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today introduced a bill that would prohibit tianeptine, commonly known as “gas station heroin,” from being marketed to consumers. Tianeptine is an unapproved drug that is marketed as a purported dietary supplement and sold under labels such as “Neptune’s Fix.” Ingestion of the drug has led to an increase in calls to poison control centers and severe adverse effects requiring visits to emergency rooms nationwide.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today celebrated the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and vowed to fight Republican attempts to repeal the landmark legislation. President Obama signed the ACA into law on March 23, 2010. A record 21.4 million Americans enrolled in quality health care under the Affordable Care Act in 2023, including 397,000 New Jerseyans.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement today that it will ban ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos, including imports, representing the first rule to regulate an existing chemical under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act:
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement on President Biden’s State of the Union Address:
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today hailed the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ)’s redesignation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the announcement of a bicameral funding agreement for public health care programs: