Environment
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today gave final funding approval for the continuation of critical beach replenishment and flood control projects in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced. The funds were part of a conference report reconciling separate Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bills passed in the House and Senate earlier this year.
Washington, D.C. --- Stating that the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) should be strengthened with reauthorization this year, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the House Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, introduced legislation today that preserves the acts 1972 vision of both marine mammal protection and precaution, and incorporates the best ideas offered by the Bush administration and interested parties ranging from the sportfishing and public display industries to the animal welfare and environmental communities.