Frank Pallone
In this May 13, 2021 photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats are committed to passing legislation this year to curb prescription drug prices. In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing legislation that imposes a steep tax on drugmakers refusing to deal with Medicare. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
To curb drug prices, Democrats still seeking a balance

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 12, 2021 08:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo Edouard Joseph, 91, right, clasps his hands as geriatrician Megan Young, left, prepares to give him a COVID-19 vaccination at his home in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. A majority of Americans agree that government should help people fulfill a widely held aspiration to age in their own homes, not institutional settings, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
AP-NORC poll: Government should help Americans age at home

By Emily Swanson And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar May. 03, 2021 08:03 AM EDT

In this image from video, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (House Energy and Commerce Committee via AP)
Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on speech responsibility

By Marcy Gordon And Barbara Ortutay Mar. 25, 2021 04:07 PM EDT

Maura Sullivan looks at a photograph of her children, Tyler, Gillian and Neil, at her home, Friday, March 19, 2021, in Lexington, Mass. The memory of the coronavirus pandemic’s awful toll in nursing homes is still raw. Now, the COVID-19 relief bill is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to institutionalizing disabled people. “What we really want is that when our loved ones need support, we are going to be able reach out and get that support without another battle,” said Sullivan, who has two sons with autism. “We don’t want to have our kids cut out just because the potholes need to be fixed in the states.” (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
COVID-19 law sparks dialogue on nursing home alternatives

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Mar. 24, 2021 12:14 AM EDT

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., left, listens as Jung Kim, right, speaks at a news conference Monday, March 8, 2021 in Middletown N.J. Kim says his bait and tackle shop sustained losses of 60 to 65% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, and says two rounds of federal aid will help him keep his doors open this year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
NJ fishing community says virus aid helps keep it afloat

By Wayne Parry Mar. 08, 2021 02:09 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2021, file photo, people wait in line at a 24-hour, walk-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic hosted by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. States are scrambling to catch up on coronavirus vaccinations after bad weather last week led to clinic closures and shipment backlogs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Drug executives: Big jump in vaccine supply is coming soon

By Matthew Perrone And Lauran Neergaard Feb. 23, 2021 09:57 AM EST

FILE - In this March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant grows at the Compassionate Care Foundation's grow house in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. New Jersey's ballot question on legalizing recreational marijuana has led to more than $2 million in fund raising by interest groups, the state Election Law Enforcement Commission said Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
AP News Guide: A look at New Jersey's elections

By The Associated Press Nov. 03, 2020 07:12 AM EST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, walks to his office from the Senate floor, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
House panel approves bill to combat doping in horse racing

By Andrew Taylor Sep. 09, 2020 01:15 PM EDT

File- This Dec. 4, 2017, photo shows the Pfizer company logo at the company's headquarters in New York. The federal government has agreed to pay nearly $2 billion for 100 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the U.S. drugmaker and its German partner BioNTech. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
US signs contract with Pfizer for COVID-19 vaccine doses

By Darlene Superville Jul. 22, 2020 08:23 AM EDT

Victorian State Premier Daniel Andrews addresses a press conference in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Two schools have been closed in Melbourne after students tested positive for the coronavirus. Victoria state has recorded 17 new cases and Andrews said there would be “significant community transmission” among the new cases. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)
The Latest: SKorea continues upward trend in new infections

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2020 02:29 AM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

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Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on "COVID-19/Unemployment Insurance" on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)
Outcry as some nursing homes try to grab stimulus checks

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 09, 2020 05:32 PM EDT

Members of the Illinois National Guard work with the public at the state's new drive-thru COVID-19 testing facility at Rolling Meadows High School Friday, May 22, 20202 in Rolling Meadows, Ill. The test is self-administered by the person being tested, and the test kits are passed through the partially-opened car window. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald via AP)
Federal coronavirus testing plan puts burden on states

May. 25, 2020 05:46 PM EDT

Richard Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, arrives for a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing to discuss protecting scientific integrity in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Thursday, May 14, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Whistleblower: US still lacks virus plan, Americans at risk

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Richard Lardner May. 14, 2020 12:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder of Muslimgirl.com, sits in a Spotify recording studio as she and and a cohost record a pilot for her new potential podcast, in New York. After recently being threatened with Islamophobic and violent comments, the 27-year-old New Jersey congressional candidate was publicly supported by dozens of female leaders, including Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)
Women leaders condemn threat against congressional candidate

By Luis Andres Henao Apr. 30, 2020 11:27 AM EDT

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Probe sought in Trump administration's ouster of scientist

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Apr. 22, 2020 06:34 PM EDT