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 Welcome to our new website! I hope you will use it as a vehicle to contact me and become more involved in our campaign. By joining our team, you can help us tackle issues important to New Jersey and at the same time, promote Democratic Party initiatives and candidates. The domestic issue of greatest concern to me is the state of our nation’s health care system. It is inequitable, under funded and, in many ways, just plain broken. Now, with Democrats in control of both the House and the Senate, we have the opportunity to embark on real change and protect the health of our population, a goal always high on our party’s platform. Unlike Republicans, we will not sit back and permit 47 million people to go without health insurance. As chairman of the House Health Subcommittee, I am leading the effort to expand children’s health insurance. My Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act passed the House on August 1. It will allow New Jersey to continue to provide health care coverage to over 126,000 low-income children, and 80,000 parents, all currently enrolled in NJ FamilyCare. Furthermore, it will provide new funding to reach out to the 101,000 New Jersey children who are currently uninsured, but who are eligible for NJ FamilyCare or Medicaid. We will not let President Bush and his allies in Congress throw roadblocks in our path toward insuring our nation’s children and protecting the elderly, while having few qualms about waging a war overseas with a far higher price tag. Democrats have an imposing legislative agenda ahead of us in other areas as well. As Communications Chair of the House Democratic Policy Committee, I am part of the leadership team developing our message and advancing our ideas on issues related to the war in Iraq, the environment, education, jobs and transportation. As we undertake these federal initiatives, I remain always guided by my concern for how they will impact New Jersey families. For this reason, it is important that I receive feedback from you. Help me shape our Democratic message and promote candidates who share our common ideals. And please, take a moment to "get active" on my team. Frank |
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