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March 5, 2008

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, issued the following statement after violence broke out in Armenia over the weekend that resulted in death of eight people and left more than 100 injured.


March 5, 2008

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following statement today on the House floor in support of passage of The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act. Pallone's Health Subcommittee marked-up the bill last October. A vote on the legislation is expected later this evening.


March 3, 2008

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, announced today that seven new Medicaid regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) would cost the state of New Jersey $28.9 million this year and $357.3 million over five years.


February 28, 2008

WASHINGTON – Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chair Charles B.


February 27, 2008

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and lead House sponsor of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, joined U.S. Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Max Baucus (D-MT), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM),Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Jon Tester (D-MT) at a rally to celebrate Senate passage of its version of the legislation.


February 26, 2008

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following opening statement this morning at a subcommittee hearing entitled: "Covering Uninsured Kids: Reversing Progress Already Made."


February 26, 2008

Washinton, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, sent the following letter to Armenian President-Elect Serzh Sargsyan today congratulating him on his victory. He will be inaugurated on April 9.

February 26, 2008

The Honorable Serzh Sargsyan


February 21, 2008

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision yesterday seriously curtailing patients' rights. The Court ruled 8 to 1 that medical device manufacturers are immune from liability if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the device before it was marketed.


February 21, 2008

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement denouncing the Bush administration's new Medicaid regulations that were announced today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).


February 19, 2008

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.