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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, lauded the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which was approved by the House last night, for its commitment to Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and military parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The New Jersey congressman issued the following statement.
(Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ-06) and Rep.
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 markup of legislation reauthorizing the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA), the Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA) and the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA).
Washington, D.C. – Committee leaders responded today to a new report issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that ignores widely accepted data indicating that six million uninsured children are eligible to participate in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) or Medicaid. The HHS report asserts that there are approximately one million eligible but uninsured children nationwide, an estimate six times lower than what the leading research indicates.
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 on H.R. 1424, the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007.
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted on and passed gang legislation introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), which is closely tied to the Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 introduced by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and co-sponsored by Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ).
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 on discussion drafts concerning Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) Reauthorization, Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Reauthorization, drug safety and certain pediatric pharmaceutical and device legislation.
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 "H.R. 1328, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007."
Washington, D.C. --- One day after at least 200,000 gallons of partially treated sewage were released from the Asbury Park sewage treatment plant before workers arrived and realized there was a problem, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced plans to introduce federal legislation that would require all sewage treatment facilities in the nation have alarm systems placed in their facilities so that accidents can be detected immediately.
Washington, D.C. --- One day after hearing that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not plan to continue a 30-year offshore water sampling program, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) urged in a letter to EPA Region 2 Administrator Alan Steinberg that the agency reinstate the program. (A COPY OF THE LETTER FOLLOWS.)