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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 support of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007. The legislation is the work of a bipartisan bicameral agreement that will allow Congress to send President Bush a bill before the September 30th deadline. Pallone spoke in support of the legislation during House floor debate tonight.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, joined Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer and several families who have benefited from the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at a press conference today to highlight a bipartisan agreement that will be voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives later today. The New Jersey congressman issued the following remarks.
Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House leaders today announced a bicameral agreement to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for an additional five years. CHIP provides health coverage to American children whose parents do not qualify for Medicaid, but can’t afford private insurance.
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 at a press conference at the National Press Club unveiling a new report from FamiliesUSA on the number of uninsured Americans.
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 today after President Bush once again issued a veto threat of legislation to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at a nationally televised press conference this morning.
President Bush says progress is being made in Iraq, but many of the examples he pointed to in a nationally televised speech last week were overestimated or overly optimistic.
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 on the House floor this afternoon in support of the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act of 2007. The New Jersey congressman is one of the original authors of a bill that passed the House earlier this year.
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 after hearing that the Bush administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent surveys out to the states asking how they would deal with the children enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) if the program is not reauthorized by September 30th of this year.
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 "Answering the Call: Medical Monitoring and Treatment of 9/11 Health Effects."
Belmar, NJ -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today during the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) Town Meeting in Belmar.