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More Accessible Health Care for Northwest New Jersey Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C. โ€“ Veterans from Sussex County and surrounding areas of northwest New Jersey will soon have another location to receive health care from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to U.S. Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11). The VA says it now expects to open a Community Based Outpatient health care Clinic (CBOC) in Newton on January 9 at 222 High Street. A formal ribbon-cutting ...ceremony will be scheduled shortly thereafter.

โ€œFor over two years, I have been working with my Congressional colleagues, Sussex Freeholders, state legislators and veterans leaders to bring greater access to health care to veterans in Sussex County by convincing the VA to establish a community health clinic,โ€ said Frelinghuysen. โ€œOf course, there have been bureaucratic obstacles along the way, but we would not back down in our efforts to get VA to do its job to serve those who have served us in uniform.โ€

The Newton clinic will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Previously, Frelinghuysen was instrumental in the establishment of a veterans outpatient clinic in Morris Township. The VA's New Jersey Health Care System consists of two main โ€œcampuses" in East Orange and Lyons in Bernards Township with additional satellite clinics in Elizabeth, Hackensack, Hamilton, Jersey City, Paterson, Piscataway and Tinton Falls. Many veterans from Sussex County now use the Morris Township clinic - more than an hour's drive from parts of the county.

Financial support for the Sussex CBOC will be provided through the annual Military Construction-VA Appropriations bill drafted by Frelinghuysenโ€™s House Appropriations Committee. This legislation provides advanced funding for veterans health care, fully funds veteransโ€™ benefits and programs and contains the dollars to house, train, and equip military personnel, provide housing and services to our troopsโ€™ families, and help maintain military base infrastructure.

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I am pleased to announce the winners of the Congressional App Challenge! Congratulations to Kelly Wallert (Wayne Hills High School), Sangjun Ko (Wayne Hills High School) and Sruthi Soorian on their winning app "Book Browser."

After reviewing their work and that of all the other contestants, I remain confident that the future of our nation's technological prowess is in the most capable hands. Great job to all that participated!

To check out "Book Browser," and the other win...ning apps, visit the official winners' website here:

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Over 2150 students signed up to participate in the 2016 Congressional App Challenge. Listed below are the winners from each of the 123 districts that had submissions (organized alphabetically by state), along with the link to each appโ€™s demonstration video. Some offices have chosen to delay their an...
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Today I was honored to bestow the Congressional Award Medal, Congress' highest honor for young Americans, to Thiago Santos (Sparta) and Isla Okkinga (Chatham) to recognize their community service and hard work! Great NJ role models!

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Honored to work with the American Red Cross on Holiday Mail for Heroes! We can never forget those serving our nation who can't be with their families for the holidays!

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Statement of Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)
Chairman-Designate, House Committee on Appropriations

โ€œI want to offer my thanks to the House Leadership and the Republican Steering Committee for allowing me to Chair the House Committee on Appropriations.

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โ€œNext year, we have a unique opportunity to transform the size, scope and direction of government and the Appropriations Committee will be key to that effort!

โ€œWe will exercise rigorous oversight in order to make every dollar count.

โ€œMy commitment to every Member is to restore our role under the Constitutionโ€™s Article One, Section 9 โ€“ power of the purse โ€“ and to put Members back in charge of funding decisions.

โ€œI am ready to get to work!โ€

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WASHINGTON, D.C. โ€“ Declaring it a potential opportunity to โ€˜turn the cornerโ€™ on cancer, pediatric disease and mental illness, U.S. Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) today praised bipartisan House passage of the 21st Century Cures Act.

โ€œDiseases do not discriminate, and just about everyone knows somebody who has been stricken with a serious debilitating or deadly illness. Innovation and technological advances that increase productivity and our quality of life can also ...deliver more hope to patients and their families,โ€ said Frelinghuysen. We can all agree that America must renew and update our health care research and maintain our global leadership in medical innovation. This bill is a strong step forward.โ€

The 21st Century Cures Act provides $4.8 billion in new, fully paid for funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to aid in cures development, including funding for the "Cancer Moonshot." The bill encourages personalized medicine to find best treatments, incentivizes the development of drugs for childhood diseases, removes barriers for research collaboration, puts patients at the heart of the regulatory review process, and improves and strengthens Medicare to increase access for seniors to quality, affordable health care.

In addition, this package of legislation encompasses sweeping mental health reforms to strengthen the nation's mental health workforce, improve mental health care for children or adults with serious mental illness. The measure establishes the National Mental Health and Substance Use Poly Lab to drive evidence-based grant making, which can lead to new, successful treatments and approaches to a range of mental illnesses.

โ€œToday, it takes 15 years for a new drug to move from the laboratory to the local pharmacy,โ€ said Frelinghuysen. "Thatโ€™s unacceptable and one of the reasons passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, is so important."

โ€œI was pleased to vote for the legislation when it passed the House today by a strong bipartisan vote of 392-26.โ€ The bill now must be approved by the Senate before President Obama has the opportunity to sign it into law.

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I was happy to welcome #Parsippany Hills HS students to the Capitol on their visit to Washington!

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Honored to attend the 5th annual Community Hope Veterans Stand Down in #Whippany to support homeless & at risk vets and their families!

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Great Armaments Industry Collaboration Day at Picatinny Arsenal - The Arsenal's great workforce working with cutting edge companies to help the warfighter!

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Honored to deliver remarks about my work in Washington to cut red tape, grow small our small businesses and create jobs at the #Randolph Chamber of Commerce!

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Continued my Listening Tour across northern New Jersey with stops at the #Wayne and #Kinnelon Fire Departments and Montville High School!

Really enjoyed meeting and speaking with students at Brookdale Elementary School in #Bloomfield and #CedarGrove High School today!

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We mourn the passing of a great statesman, Shimon Peres. But we also join Israeli people in giving thanks for his many contributions.

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Another great fall weekend in NJ as I continued my Listening Tour to Lincoln Park Day, District XI UNICO bocce tournament in Montville and the Morristown Festival on the Green!

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ICYMI- I recently conducted my annual Superfund tour so I can personally visit and evaluate progress being made on these sites. Stops on my tour this year included: Mansfield Trail Dump in #Byram, Radiation Technology in #Rockaway Twp, Rockaway Twp Wells, Rockaway Borough Well Field, Unimatic Manufacturing Corp and Caldwell Trucking in #Fairfield.

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Enjoyed putting together USO care packages for our troops with my colleagues! Since my own deployment to Vietnam, I have always appreciated the great work of the #USO!

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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) has been named a โ€œGuardian of Small Business Awardโ€ by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The award, presented in a Capitol ceremony, was presented by NFIBโ€™s CEO, Juanita Duggan, in recognition of Rep. Frelinghuysenโ€™s โ€œstrong small business voting record in the 114th Congress.โ€

โ€œSmall business is the catalyst for our nationโ€™s economic growth, which creates almost two out of every three net ne...w private sector jobs,โ€ Frelinghuysen said. โ€œAcross my congressional district, I too often hear that small business job creators are hamstrung by excessive federal red tape and high taxes. I will continue to fight in Congress to get government off the back of our small business owners to allow them to build their businesses and create jobs.โ€

โ€œI thank NFIB for their work on behalf of the small business community. We want Americaโ€™s entrepreneurs to thrive in the years to come,โ€ Frelinghuysen concluded.

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