Press Releases
Mar 16, 2017
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Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) spoke about the importance of federal investments in safe drinking water infrastructure.
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Mar 15, 2017
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Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing “Disrupter Series: Advanced Materials and Production”
Mar 15, 2017
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E&C Democrats requested answers from the NFL and the DEA regarding troubling allegations that NFL personnel violated various federal laws for decades involving the use and transport of controlled substances and other prescription drugs.
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Mar 15, 2017
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Pallone spoke about the importance of making careful investments in hydropower infrastructure at a subcommittee hearing.
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Mar 15, 2017
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“Any roll-back results in a high cost to consumers”
Pallone released a statement after President Donald Trump announced that he will reopen midterm review of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.
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Mar 15, 2017
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In Letter to HHS Secretary, Ranking Democrats Tell Price that Flexibility Cannot be Used to Lower Access to Care, Coverage
Ranking Democrats with jurisdiction over Medicaid sent a letter to Secretary Price reminding him that Medicaid waivers cannot be approved by the agency if they are not in line with the objectives of the program.
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Mar 13, 2017
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Senate and House Leaders wrote to the Trump Administration to ask how several actions taken by the administration could harm the CDC's preparedness for a pandemic flu outbreak.
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Mar 13, 2017
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Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement today after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing cost and coverage estimates for House Republicans’ health care repeal bill
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Mar 13, 2017
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E&C Democrats sent a letter to the Inspector General to request an investigation into the policies to safeguard the agency from conflicts of interest.
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Mar 8, 2017
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“We will expose these policies for what they are – a prescription for disaster.”
Pallone delivered opening remarks today at the full Committee markup of the Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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