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- Holt Introduces Legislation to Support Small Businesses - 3/12/2010 ...more
- Holt Introduces Farm to School Bill to Fight Childhood Obesity, Support Local Farmers - 3/5/2010 ...more
- Holt Calls For Congressional Investigation Into FBI Handling of Anthrax Attacks - 3/3/2010 ...more
Telephone Town Hall
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Tonight, Tuesday March 9 at 7:30 p.m., Rep. Holt will hold a live, one-hour telephone town hall with Central New Jersey residents, discussing the economy, health insurance reform, clean energy, and other issues raised by those on the call. If you would like to join the telephone town hall, please call 1-87-RUSH-HOLT. To listen to a recording from Rep. Holt’s last telephone town hall, click here.
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Credit Card Bill of Rights
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Last year, Rep. Holt helped pass the Credit CARD Act, legislation to end unfair practices of the credit card industry and provide protections for consumers facing excessive credit card fees, high interest rates, and incomprehensible agreements that companies can revise at will. In supporting the bill Holt said, “I have been inundated with calls and letters from constituents who rightly are outraged by sudden and arbitrary increases in their credit card interest rates. Their hard-earned taxpayer dollars were used to shore up financial institutions to prevent an economic collapse, and in return, some of the very same financial institutions turned right around and doubled the interest rate they charged their customers.” On February 22, much of the law went into effect. Click here to read a summary of the law’s provisions, by enactment date.
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Recovery for New Jersey
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Congress passed and President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to save and create jobs, help struggling families, and establish sustainable growth for our economy. Visit a special section and an interactive map to see how New Jersey benefits. |
Health Insurance Reform
“There has been much discussion in the media and among the public about the legislative process for passing health reform. Despite all the confusing and heated discussion, what remains is the fact that we still need to fix our health insurance system. The current system is too expensive and leaves too many people without good, secure coverage. Families are paying higher and higher premiums for less coverage. Many people must stay in their jobs for the medical benefits and are afraid to start a small business or try a new line of work. Our businesses are struggling to afford health care for their employees and find themselves at a competitive disadvantage compared to companies in other countries. Those problems have not gone away and must be addressed.” – Rush Holt
Rep. Holt supports reform that bans exclusions for a “pre-existing condition,” such as cancer or diabetes or pregnancy. No one should face lifetime or annual caps on insurance benefits, where insurance companies cut you off and leave you with a large hospital bill. Medicare would be improved by closing the prescription drug “doughnut hole,” expanding its coverage of preventative medical services, and putting more emphasis on keeping seniors well rather than just paying for procedures and equipment.
Rep. Holt has met with Central New Jersey primary care providers, patients, community health centers leaders, and others on the front lines to discuss health insurance reform.
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Click here to read the text of the House bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Click here to read an overview of the Affordable Health Care for America Act and click here for a detailed summary.
Click here to read frequently asked questions about health insurance reform.
Click here to read Rep. Holt’s floor statement supporting the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Click here for the issues section on health care
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Video Update from Washington
Rep. Rush Holt highlights how investments in health care are helping to create jobs.
Latest eGenda: Cutting Through Red Tape, Getting Answers on Anthrax, Financial Sanity
As your Representative, I work hard each day to help solve your everyday problems, cut bureaucratic red tape, and get results for you when you are not getting fair treatment from the government or other agencies. This is all part of the concept of representative government… Washington bureaucrats may believe the 2001 Amerithrax investigation is over, but I do not, nor do the families of the victims, the postal workers, and other residents of our region from whom I've heard. We deserve and need to know what happened and that our government is ready for another bioterrorism attack. What is needed is a comprehensive investigation, ideally in the form of a bipartisan, Congressional commission, to examine the many questions regarding the investigation…. When families add a new expense to their budgets - whether it is a vacation, a new gym membership or a night at the movies with the grandchildren - we have to make cuts elsewhere. It is common sense, kitchen table economics. This same, “pay-as-you-go” principle helped bring the federal budget to record surpluses by the end of the 1990s, before it was discarded. Read more.
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