Press Releases
New Brunswick— Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a roundtable discussion with health care providers and environmental advocates titled, “How Climate Change Impacts Our Health” at the Chandler Health Center in New Brunswick to raise awareness of the potential effects of climate change on public health in New Jersey.
Washington, D.C. –Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement today after reports that the Trump administration is planning an executive order seeking an expansion of drilling off the U.S. coastline.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement after U.S. forces conducted a tomahawk missile strike targeting a Syrian government airfield.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) have released The Connected Government Act as a discussion draft to ensure that Americans are able to access federal websites on their mobile devices.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the Ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce committee, stressed the importance of Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program. The Brownfields program was created in 2002 by legislation authored in the House by Pallone and the late Republican Ohio Rep. Paul Gillmor.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) recognized Equal Pay Day, when, over three months into the year, women's wages catch up to what men earned in the previous year. An American woman working full-time, year-round will earn, on average, 80 cents for every dollar made by her male counterpart.
New Brunswick, NJ —Today outside of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Edison Environmental Center, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06), state and local elected officials and local environmental groups stood in solidarity against President Trump’s anti-environmental agenda and abandonment of the fight against climate change.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (NY-20) introduced the Brownfields Authorization Increase Act to boost funding to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites across the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order on climate:
“President Trump’s Executive Order on climate is a shortsighted and negligent attack on the health and safety of our communities.
Long Branch, NJ – Today in a letter to Richard Mroz, President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) requested that BPU audit JCP&L to ensure that the company is not using ratepayer funds to underwrite its lobbying campaign for Monmouth County Reliability Project (MCRP).