Frank Pallone
Representative for New Jersey · Democratic · United States
“Last week, a judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the EPA from reclassifying Clean Air Act waivers as rules and basically stopping the agency from sending them to Congress for nullification. Obviously, the Republicans don't care.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“This will have devastating and cascading consequences on American households as high fuel costs ripple throughout the economy and raise prices on goods. What is worse is that inflation has already hit a nearly 3-year high.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.J. Res. 213. Republican leadership is sending us home 2 weeks early for a 2-month recess before we return after the election, and instead of using the little time we have left to address the worsening affordability crisis that the Trump a…”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“The commercial harbor craft standards simply require harbor craft vessels, such as excursion vessels, tugboats, workboats, and ferries operating within California waters, to upgrade to a cleaner diesel engine or zero-emission power, depending on vessel class.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I want to close by explaining why this resolution should be defeated. The reality is that Big Oil has raked in record profits over the course of President Trump's disastrous war in Iran.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“They would recognize that repealing these standards is to shift those costs from the responsibility of those who are generating the pollution to American workers, families, businesses, and taxpayers at a time when healthcare costs are also skyrocketing.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
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“Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Republicans are more concerned with picking fights with blue States and cozying up to corporate polluters. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“This will have devastating and cascading consequences on American households as high fuel costs ripple throughout the economy and raise prices on goods. What is worse is that inflation has already hit a nearly 3-year high. Hardworking American families cannot continue to shoulder the burden of President Trump's and Republicans' affordability crisis. Despite this, what have my Republican colleagues decided to do about it? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Instead of providing relief to the American people, we are debating a resolution that attacks vital public health protections for the State of California that slash health- harming pollution and help save on expensive fuel costs. Forget that Americans can barely afford to put food on their table or their healthcare.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I want to close by explaining why this resolution should be defeated. The reality is that Big Oil has raked in record profits over the course of President Trump's disastrous war in Iran. Some of the world's biggest oil giants have nearly doubled or even quadrupled their earnings in the second quarter of 2026 compared to last year. This is all while Americans have spent more than $105 billion more on gasoline and diesel fuel since the start of President Trump's war of choice in Iran. The problem isn't getting any better, Mr. Speaker. Gas prices are 35 percent higher compared to this time last year, and diesel prices have soared to over $6 a gallon, hitting a new record.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), the ranking member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Last week, a judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the EPA from reclassifying Clean Air Act waivers as rules and basically stopping the agency from sending them to Congress for nullification. Obviously, the Republicans don't care. They do whatever they please, like the President, so here we are wasting floor time on something that actually won't even make a difference. I can question whether these would even be sent to the Senate, to be perfectly honest. Mr. Speaker, these resolutions, as I said, are a waste of time this week. Once again, they show that the Republicans have no interest in providing much-needed relief to American families. Mr. Speaker, I strongly oppose H.J. Res. 213, like I opposed H.J. Res. 210 last night, and urge my colleagues to do the same. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“They would recognize that repealing these standards is to shift those costs from the responsibility of those who are generating the pollution to American workers, families, businesses, and taxpayers at a time when healthcare costs are also skyrocketing. The Republicans should do something about these costs instead of doubling down on these reckless CRAs. Mr. Speaker, to top it off once again, House Republicans are ignoring the law and abusing the CRA process to retroactively target legally authorized Clean Air Act waivers. Both the Government Accountability Office and the Senate Parliamentarian have ruled that California waivers are orders, and so they are ineligible to be repealed with a CRA.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“The commercial harbor craft standards simply require harbor craft vessels, such as excursion vessels, tugboats, workboats, and ferries operating within California waters, to upgrade to a cleaner diesel engine or zero-emission power, depending on vessel class. The at-berth standards require large vessels like container ships, tankers, cruise ships, and auto carriers docked at California ports to either connect to shore power or use an approved emission-control strategy. Both are designed to help decrease the use of diesel fuel. Mr. Speaker, these provisions have been on the books for years, driving investments in cleaner engines and technologies to upgrade port infrastructure and saving families billions in avoided healthcare costs.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.J. Res. 213. Republican leadership is sending us home 2 weeks early for a 2-month recess before we return after the election, and instead of using the little time we have left to address the worsening affordability crisis that the Trump administration is causing, we are wasting the last week of session on another round of useless Congressional Review Act resolutions, or CRAs. Mr. Speaker, Trump is destroying our economy while House Republicans sit on the sidelines. Let's take stock of where we are almost 2 years into this disastrous administration. We have skyrocketing diesel prices, above $6 a gallon, the highest price ever, and getting higher every day.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, in closing, I, once again, want to say that this is an important piece of legislation, and I thank the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Houlahan) for sponsoring it. Madam Speaker, I urge both sides of the aisle to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“I don't want her to leave, but what can I do. I wish her nothing but the best in her future endeavors and congratulate her for her tremendous work, truly tremendous work of making healthcare more affordable and accessible for every American. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“This bill fixes this by extending leave benefits to Public Health Service officers, and this leave includes expanded parental leave, emergency leave of absence, and leave for rest and recuperation. I thank Representative Houlahan for her leadership on this legislation and my colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee for working with us to bring this bill to the floor. I encourage all my colleagues to vote ``yes.'' Before I reserve the balance of my time, I do want to take an opportunity to thank Una Lee, who is right here, for her more than 11 years here at the Energy and Commerce Committee, most of those years serving as chief counsel for the Health Subcommittee. Una has played a critical role in every major healthcare bill that has been signed into law during that time. Una has been a trusted adviser, and she will be missed.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 2846, legislation that would extend expanded leave benefits to members of the U.S. Public Health Service Corps. The U.S. Public Health Service Corps is one of eight uniformed services in the United States. There are more than 6,000 officers who serve as physicians, nurses, and scientists across agencies to advance public health. Right now, these officers are not guaranteed the same 12-week leave benefit as members of the military are entitled to under Federal law nor are they eligible for the 12 weeks of leave that all Federal Government employees are entitled to under the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. I do believe that this legislation is a first step, and therefore, I support it and would ask my colleagues to vote for it. I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Castor), who is the ranking member of our Subcommittee on Energy.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“If we can't establish those strong guardrails, then it is my belief that we will need to establish a moratorium on constructing new data centers. This bill by itself, or even in combination with a number of other bills we are considering this week, is simply not enough, but it is a start. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“It passed the Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously nearly 2 months ago, but unfortunately, House Republican leadership did not include that bill on the floor this week. Regardless of what happens with this bill in the Senate, I will make a commitment to the American people, Mr. Speaker. Americans across the country are furious about the unchecked development of data centers and artificial intelligence. They are furious about what it means for their communities, for their jobs, or even for their lives. I promise that this bill is not the end of our focus on these issues. It is only the beginning. I have repeatedly said that we need strong guardrails on data centers and the impact they have on our communities, our environment, and our bills.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“{time} 1740 We can all agree that data centers must pay their fair share and that the data centers themselves allegedly agree, but this bill, I do believe, is one small step in that direction. The bill, as I said, isn't perfect. It also only addresses one small part of the puzzle. It does not change how wholesale generation or transmission costs are allocated at the Federal level. It doesn't push for the transparency and data-transfer mechanisms that State regulators need to ensure that data centers actually are paying their fair share. Data centers must bring their own clean electricity generation capacity onto the grid and be willing to get curtailed first when there are grid reliability issues. Now, Representative Landsman from Ohio has a bill that would kick FERC into gear to start studying some of those issues.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“That is the reality we are living in right now, where President Trump wants to continue to give Big Tech free rein to build data centers, with no Federal guardrails. This bill is a start in addressing the impact that data centers have on our power bills, but this particular bill does not go far enough to ensure that Big Tech and other data center owners fully pay for the energy use and demand that they create. The bill requires State utility regulators to consider--and I say ``consider''--mandating that the electricity prices that data centers pay fully account for all their costs that they impose on the grid. This includes new and upgraded power plants, high-voltage transmission lines, and local power lines.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“The electric grid is strained. Our clean air and water are being polluted. Noise is wearing on our communities' health and patience. People, frankly, are sick and tired of corporate special interests and Big Tech billionaires taking over their neighborhoods and threatening their utility bills, air, water, and property. Unfortunately, these very real concerns are repeatedly swept to the sidelines, minimized, or ridiculed by President Trump and Republican congressional leaders. Last month, Trump posted on social media that communities that opposed data centers must want to end up being backward and poor. The President, in my opinion, is out of touch on this issue, and the American people are demanding action.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act. Everyone knows that data centers are helping drive electricity prices to record highs this year. Just in the mid-Atlantic over the past few years, data centers have increased electric bills by over $30 billion. By and large, it has not been the data centers that have been footing the bill. It has been our constituents. This problem is happening across the Nation, from Texas to California, from Florida to Washington State. It doesn't matter if you are in a red State or a blue State. Your prices have gone up. Americans, Mr. Speaker, are concerned about what data centers and Big Tech's push for more AI means for their communities, jobs, property values, and the future. Electricity prices are skyrocketing.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“Enforcing our immigration laws is no excuse for violating constitutional rights, putting human lives at risk, or essentially killing people. Those who have died in government custody deserve more than silence. Their lives matter, and their families deserve answers and accountability. {time} 1910”
House of Representatives1 September 2026Source ↗
“The operator profits from the denial of medical care. I led 87 House Democrats in demanding answers from DHS and ICE about these deaths and failures of medical care throughout the detention system in the United States. Mr. Speaker, these detention facilities are required by Federal law to provide certain medical services, and I assure you they are not doing so. DHS, ICE, and CBP must be subject to meaningful oversight and held accountable when people suffer or die under their care. The Trump administration in June canceled a rule that required reporting of deaths even after a detainee was released from a detention facility and an investigation within 30 days. There are probably a lot more deaths than those we have been talking about tonight that are not reported by ICE since this rule was eliminated.”
House of Representatives1 September 2026Source ↗
“There was no way that clinic could take care of and do the proper thing for the people who were detained. Detainees there told me that often they waited 1 week or more to access the medical clinic. They were unable to get necessary care and medications. Some required surgery that was long delayed. In my opinion, detention should never be a death sentence, but that is what we are seeing at Delaney Hall and the other detention facilities around the country. Three people connected to Delaney Hall have now died in less than 1 year: Jean Wilson Brutus, Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, and Jose Chajon-Raxon. We have to remember their names. Their deaths demand answers about the conditions at Delaney Hall and whether ICE and its contractors protected people in their custody. Delaney Hall is a privately run detention facility.”
House of Representatives1 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank Congresswoman Norma Torres for leading this important Special Order here tonight. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to condemn a dangerous and unaccountable immigration enforcement system that is harming the very communities our government is supposed to protect. I want to focus particularly on the problems that we have and the failure of these facilities to provide basic medical services. I have seen the consequences firsthand during my visit to Delaney Hall, or my several visits, I should say, to Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. The facility has inadequate medical facilities. The medical clinic is too small and lacks adequate staff. The times I visited, there were maybe 600 or 700 people. The capacity is 1,200.”
House of Representatives1 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill on a bipartisan basis, in part because of how important it is but in part also because it honors my friend Congressman Bill Pascrell. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Since the program's inception in 1996, Congress has reauthorized this act on a bipartisan basis time and again. However, despite bipartisan efforts by our committee to continue reauthorizing these programs, the Federal authorization lapsed in 2024. Without reauthorization, research slows, surveillance weakens, and the support services that patients and families depend on are put in jeopardy. We cannot afford to lose momentum on an issue that touches veterans, athletes, survivors of violence, older adults, and countless other Americans in every one of our districts. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1493 renews three proven programs. First, it reauthorizes the CDC's TBI program, which drives our national research, surveillance, and prevention efforts.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“We know that more than 5.3 million Americans are living today with a lifelong disability caused by a brain injury, and we know who is most at risk: older adults who fall, servicemembers and veterans, athletes on playing fields across the country, victims of domestic violence, and far, far too many children. There is also the economic toll of treating, rehabilitating, and caring for these individuals throughout their lives. Mr. Speaker, Congress' investment gave us the tools to act on what the data revealed, from concussion guidelines to protect young athletes to targeted prevention for the older Americans who are most likely to be hospitalized. None of that existed before the Federal partnership and Representative Pascrell's leadership. All of that is at risk if we continue to allow this work to lapse.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“At that time, our understanding of these injuries was so limited that public health experts called TBI the silent epidemic, and we did not know how many Americans were affected each year, who was most at risk, or how many people were left with a permanent, life-altering disability. That first law authorized Federal support and programs to research TBI research and conduct surveillance, both directly and through grants to public and nonprofit organizations. Mr. Speaker, this initial Federal investment has transformed what we know now and identified what we still need to do. Because Congress chose to invest, we now know that traumatic brain injury sends more than 214,000 Americans to the hospital in a single year and that it takes roughly 69,000 lives annually, nearly 190 deaths every single day.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1493, my bill to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996. This bipartisan legislation reauthorizes through fiscal year 2030 the critical Federal programs dedicated to the prevention, detection, treatment, and surveillance of traumatic brain injuries. It also renames the national TBI surveillance program to honor the legacy of my dear friend, the late Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr., of New Jersey, who founded and led the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force for more than two decades after meeting his constituent Dennis Benigno of Clifton, New Jersey, whose son suffered a life-changing traumatic brain injury in a car crash. The Traumatic Brain Injury Act was signed into law in 1996.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I urge support for this bipartisan bill. Obviously, dental care is so important. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Kelly), a member of our committee, who has for a long time championed the healthcare concerns of low-income and underserved people.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“These programs seek to enhance dental workforce planning and development through the support of innovative programs that meet the individual needs of each funded State. I hope my colleagues will join me in this effort to strengthen and expand access to oral healthcare. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 2001, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2001, the Action for Dental Health Act, led by Representative Kelly. Access to oral healthcare is critical to ensuring a person's health and well-being. Too often, however, oral health is overlooked. Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease in both children and adults in the United States. In fact, more than one in four adults have untreated cavities, and nearly half of American adults show signs of gum disease. We need to expand access to oral healthcare, including strengthening the oral healthcare workforce. The Action for Dental Health Act reauthorizes State oral health workforce improvement programs.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3747, the AADAPT Act. This bill reauthorizes Project ECHO, or the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes grant program at the Health Resources and Services Administration. This program uses videoconferencing technology to train, advise, and support clinicians to improve access to specialty treatment in rural and underserved areas. By connecting primary care providers in rural areas with specialists in academic medical centers or other specialized settings, these providers receive the support they need to manage complex patient conditions, and rural patients are more likely to receive the care that they need closer to home. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 3747, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I urge support for this bill. It is not only bipartisan, it is very important. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1520”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“The National Cord Blood Inventory program maintains a robust inventory of high-quality cord blood units that can be used for research or transplantation. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased we are considering this bill to extend these programs. I encourage all my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 5160, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“4348 would expand research, improve testing, and coordinate vector-borne disease efforts across the Federal Government. The bill would also reauthorize funding for Regional Centers of Excellence for surveillance, prevention, and response to vector-borne diseases and reauthorize grants to State health departments to support vector-borne disease infrastructure. Tick and vector-borne disease have rapidly increased, Mr. Speaker, particularly in the northeastern part of our country. I encourage all of my colleagues to honor the legacy of Senator Kay Hagan, who died of complications from a tick-borne disease, by voting ``yes'' on H.R. 4348. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4348, the Kay Hagan Tick Act, sponsored by my colleagues Chris Smith of New Jersey and Lloyd Doggett of Texas. I understand that Mr. Kean from New Jersey is also a sponsor. This bill reauthorizes the national strategy and regional centers of excellence in vector-borne diseases. Tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, have rapidly increased over the last decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly a half million people may, in fact, be diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease every year in the United States. That is a dramatic increase from 30,000 annual cases just two decades ago. {time} 1500 H.R.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2821, the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, led by Representative Barragan and Representative Carter of Georgia. The FDA Modernization Act 3.0 would require the Food and Drug Administration to update regulations to replace references to animal tests, data, studies, models, and research in specified sections of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations with references to nonclinical tests. This would bring FDA's regulations in line with a law passed in 2022 that allowed for alternatives to animal testing in drug development, including those that leverage recent scientific advancements, such as computer modeling and cell-based assays. I encourage all my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 2821, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Carter), a member of our committee, my colleague, and the Democratic sponsor of this bill.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Providing the FDA with the authority to compel destruction and requiring the importer to pay for such destruction will provide a strong disincentive to those seeking to prioritize profits over product safety. We need to make sure Americans are not unwittingly exposed to harmful products, and this authority is going to prevent that. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 2715, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2715, the Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, led by Representatives Carter and Higgins of Louisiana. This bill would provide the Food and Drug Administration with the authority to require importers to destroy products that pose a significant public health concern, preventing them from being shipped to another port of entry. These products have, in fact, included food contaminated with salmonella, listeria, and carcinogenic unapproved animal drugs, as well as misbranded medical devices. It also includes illegal e-cigarette products that are flooding the market from places like China. These are dangerous products, Mr. Speaker.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Speaker, while I support this bill, I am concerned that the bill only helps higher income seniors who can afford to pay out of pocket for these additional upgrades beyond what is covered under the Medicare program. The universality of the Medicare program and the fact that all beneficiaries have access to the same benefits is an important principle in my opinion. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak on H.R. 1703, the Choices for Increased Mobility Act. Mr. Speaker, this bill will clarify Medicare payment rules for ultra lightweight manual wheelchairs and allow Medicare beneficiaries to upgrade to wheelchairs with titanium or carbon fiber materials at their own cost. The bill would give beneficiaries the choice to select a wide range of wheelchairs. Under the bill, seniors would have the choice to acquire a wheelchair with titanium or carbon fiber materials through the Medicare program with additional out-of-pocket costs. I am glad that the bill would require suppliers to notify beneficiaries of the additional financial liability. Mr.”
House of Representatives20 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Studies have also shown that increases in stroke rates with the time change are even higher for some of our most vulnerable populations, and that includes seniors, for example. The bottom line is, Americans' safety is put at greater risk in the days after a time change, and disrupting our sleep has been shown to lead to higher rates of fatal motor vehicle crashes, crimes like robbery and workplace injuries. Whether or not you agree what should be permanent, the bottom line is that sticking to the status quo and continuing to change our clocks is really the worst option. I am going to stand with the 56 percent of Americans in a recent poll who prefer a shift to permanent daylight savings time to give families more sunlight in the evening hours. I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time, Mr. Speaker.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to really stress, again, why I think that the status quo is bad. I mean, obviously, some people here--I think a majority--would like to see a permanent daylight savings time and some who I think are in the minority would like to see a permanent standard time. However, the bottom line is we just can't continue the status quo, Mr. Speaker, because the science and research really is clear. It shows that springing forward and falling back twice a year is harmful to our health. It makes Americans less safe, and it is very unpopular. Studies have shown increases, as I mentioned before, in heart attacks and strokes, mood and sleep disturbances, and hospital admissions in the days after a time change.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Passing this bill now also in the peak summer months gives everyone-- and that is schools, workplaces, transit systems--time to plan for this change well in advance of the darkest winter months, and I think that is important also. I am also confident that we are setting ourselves up to succeed this time around so Americans can reap the benefits of eliminating the time change. Again, it is the time change that really is the problem. Most of us, whether you are for permanent daylight savings time or permanent standard time, don't want to see the switching back and forth. I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and, again, I reserve the balance of my time, Mr. Speaker.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I just want to address the issue that was mentioned that in 1974 Congress voted to move to permanent daylight savings time and then reversed that decision. I think that 50 years later, things are different. First of all, in the 1970s, when that was the case, things have changed in the sense that schools have pushed start times later in many districts, including in my district and dramatically fewer kids walk to school. Also, remote and hybrid work has had significant impact on Americans' commuting patterns. Things are not the same today as they were in the 1970s in terms of what people did and how they worked and how they went to school.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗