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March 18, 2022

Five community projects in Middlesex County will share more than $3.7 million in federal aid under a $1.5 trillion spending package passed by the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

The projects are:


March 18, 2022

With gas prices at or near record highs, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. has asked oil company executives to explain why fuel costs so much. Pallone, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has asked executives of BP, Chevron, Devon Energy Corp., ExxonMobil, Pioneer Natural Resources, and Royal Dutch Shell to testify on April 6 at a hearing on high gas prices.


January 24, 2022

More than $35 million in funding from the federal bipartisan infrastructure bill will be used to repair two waterways in Middlesex County, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone said Thursday.


January 24, 2022

If you are losing faith that Washington can respond rationally to the climate crisis, Rep. Frank Pallone, chairman of the committee handling climate policy, might be able to cheer you up.


November 24, 2021

New Jersey has 114 Superfund sites – the most in the nation – and the pace at which these savagely polluted quagmires are cleaned up is unacceptably slow.


August 23, 2021

Here are a few facts that should infuriate us all:


June 9, 2021

An incoming tide of federal dollars aims to lift a few boats, bait shops and seafood markets in the Garden State.

New Jersey is set to receive another $9.5 million in COVID-19 relief money for the state's fishing industry, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-6th, announced Tuesday.


March 9, 2021

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — With New Jersey's commercial fishing industry about to receive a second round of federal coronavirus aid, boat owners and those who run fishing-related businesses say the extra money is helping keep them afloat amid a sea of red ink.


March 9, 2021

Anyone who believes in science knows by now that America has been a global villain when it comes to climate change, even before President Trump arrived and turned up the heat.


March 3, 2021

The most powerful New Jerseyan in Congress is spearheading a sweeping plan to fight climate change and lay a foundation for a cleaner economy in America.