U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, and Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) have led 14 of the their colleagues in a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar demanding urgent answers to questions on the nation’s deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as supply transparency.
The letter follows… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2021 Omnibus and COVID bill put before the House of Representatives. The House passed a larger relief package that has been blocked by Senate Republicans for 219 straight days and a government funding package that was passed nearly five months ago.
“It is unconscionable it took this long,” said Rep. Pascrell.… Read more »
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on America’s nursing homes, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) is leading a bipartisan bill to protect long-term care residents and enhance accountability among the nation’s worst-performing facilities. More than 500 facilities nationwide have consistently failed to meet federal safety and care requirements. Of these 500, only a select few are… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on cotton products made by the Xinjiang Production and Construction… Read more »
Today, Ways and Means Democrats, led by Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), demanded that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) resolve all remaining inquiries on economic impact payments (EIPs) before the end of the year. In their letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, the lawmakers also requested that… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35), the Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, and Danny Davis (D-IL-07), the Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support have written to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar lambasting his move to… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today wrote a third letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell calling on the Reserve to act with greater urgency to help the nation weather the pandemic. Pascrell again demands that the Reserve invoke Section 14(2)(b) of its charter to buy up more state and municipal debt to give communities greater flexibility to fight COVID-19, and urges the… Read more »
Continuing their crusade against politicization of the fight against COVID-19 by the Trump administration, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today rang new alarm bells in at the White House’s elimination of the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In March 2019, the Trump government… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Danny Davis (D-IL-07), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Trade, and Mike Thompson (D-CA-05), the Chairman of the Subcommittee… Read more »
A group of members are calling for increased transparency of the $175 billion Provider Relief Fund (PRF) passed by Congress as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to support frontline health care providers battling COVID-19. In a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, the members seek answers on a series of HHS guidances that… Read more »
