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Campaigners for tighter health limits on toxic PFAS chemicals are taking their fight to Congress where a committee last week approved a bill that would require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set regulations that it has so far avoided implementing.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Frank Flakes or Pallone Puffs - which has a better ring?
Cereal wasn't on the menu but it was on everyone's mind Friday afternoon when Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. was presented with a Wheaties box adorned with his smiling face.
The Science Coalition Champion of Science Award was given to him at a conference to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) - a cooperative between Rutgers, Princeton and a handful of corporations.
WASHINGTON — Companies responsible for dumping chemicals again would pay a special tax to clean up polluted sites under legislation introduced Thursday by a powerful New Jersey Democrat.
The tax would fall on corporations, especially those involved in manufacturing chemicals or petroleum products. Such taxes expired in 1995 and Congress has rebuffed efforts to restore them.
A $37 million beach replenishment project will begin in December at three New Jersey spots that badly need it: Long Branch, Sea Bright, and Monmouth Beach.
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-6th Dist., announced the project along with members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, state officials and his brother, Long Branch Mayor John Pallone, from Long Branch's boardwalk Friday.
The Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 includes the following measures:
LONG BRANCH - The federal government should be allowed to negotiate the cost of brand name drugs with their manufacturers, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone told seniors here Monday in a bid to build support for a bill he is sponsoring.
WASHINGTON — New Jersey officials are one step away from gaining access to $100 million in federal funds they can use to help replace Newark's lead pipes.
Legislation allowing the state to transfer funds from its Clean Water State Revolving Fund to the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cleared the U.S House late Tuesday and went to President Donald Trump for his signature.
WASHINGTON — Upset about high drug prices? Congress may finally do something.
House Democratic leaders on Thursday announced they would move ahead with legislation allowing federal government would be allowed to negotiate lower prices for insulin and dozens of other drugs.
WASHINGTON — If Congress is going to take steps to address climate change, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. will be out front.
Pallone, D-6th Dist., chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, through which most legislation addressing the issue will flow.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House sought to block President Donald Trump's efforts to allow oil rigs off the Jersey Shore by voting Wednesday to prevent new leases for oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean.
The measure, which passed 238-189, also would prohibit leases in the Pacific. A second piece of legislation approved by the House would keep the rigs away from Florida's Gulf Coast.