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December 5, 2025

LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today welcomed the decision by the State Health Planning Board last night to defer their decision to issue a recommendation on the closure of Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) hospital in Long Branch. 

 


December 4, 2025
LONG BRANCH, N.J. – At today’s final State Health Planning Board hearing on RWJ Barnabas Health’s plan to close Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) hospital in Long Branch, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) delivered testimony in opposition to RWJ Barnabas’s plan to close one of New Jersey’s best hospitals.
 
“Simply put, RWJ Barnabas’ plan to close the Long Branch hospital puts profits over people. Period.

December 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today condemned the Trump Administration for abruptly re-suspending 14 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees who had been briefly reinstated after sounding the alarm about the collapse of the nation’s disaster response system.

 


December 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement after the Third Circuit affirmed that Alina Habba was never legally serving as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey:

 


November 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. and New Jersey’s Democratic House Members sent a letter today to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner urging the Trump Administration to reverse a policy change that would destabilize housing for the most vulnerable New Jersey residents.

 


November 25, 2025

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. is telling residents in the clearest possible terms that next Thursday, December 4 at 10am is the final public meeting before the state decides whether RWJ Barnabas can close Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) hospital in Long Branch.

 


November 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded the federal court’s dismissal of the cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge found that Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as interim U.S. Attorney violated federal statute, rendering every action she took, including the indictments, invalid.


November 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today welcomed news that the Trump Administration’s draft 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program does not include the Atlantic Ocean.


November 17, 2025

LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today called on the New Jersey Department of Health to schedule an additional in-person public hearing in Long Branch after hundreds of residents were denied entry to the State Health Planning Board’s November 13 hearing on the proposed relocation of Monmouth Medical Center hospital. 

 


November 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement after Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson abruptly resigned following months of criticism over his inexperience and absence during major disasters: