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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-07), co-chair of the Congressional Rare Disease Caucus and member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, hosted Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) advocates for a press conference on Capitol Hill today, including Nirali Shah of Basking Ridge, New Jersey who spoke about her mother, Sonal Shah, who lost her fight with ALS in November 2015. Lance and Shah used the gathering of ALS advocates in Washington to push for new efforts to spur medical innovation.
FLEMINGTON, N.J. --- Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-07) met with Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns, III, recently in Flemington to discuss the opioid and drug abuse epidemic. Following the meeting, Kearns gave his support to Lance’s bipartisan legislation, H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Congressman Leonard Lance’s Opioid Review Modernization Act (H.R. 4976) picked up major momentum Wednesday, sailing through the House Energy and Commerce Committee and advancing to the House Floor for consideration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-07) today introduced bipartisan legislation that will help address the rampant opioid and drug abuse epidemic by reforming and improving the medical drug approval and label process within the federal Food and Drug Administration. H.R. 4976, The Opioid Review Modernization Act, will be introduced in the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee where Lance is a senior member.
WESTFIELD, N.J. --- Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-07) welcomed Lisa Bibbo and her son Michael to his Westfield District Office where the Bibbos presented Lance with a special honor for his championing of the Lymphedema Treatment Act. Lance is an original cosponsor of the bipartisan legislation that seeks to close the Medicare coverage gap for equipment and therapies needed by the nearly six million Americans afflicted with Lymphedema.