Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced Wednesday that the Asbury Park Fire Department was awarded a $269,310 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. Funds under the SAFER program are intended to support the hiring of firefighters and the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D NJ-06) issued a statement in celebration of India’s 70th Independence Day Anniversary.
Long Branch, NJ –The National Park Service (NPS) announced that it will be holding public engagement events on August 12 and August 20 for its proposal to increase Sandy Hook’s camping and parking fees. There will also an open house to discuss the proposal on August 31. The announcement comes after Pallone wrote NPS Director Jonathan B. Jarvis requesting that NPS hold a public hearing on the fee increases and provide information on the fee differences between Sandy Hook and other parks.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D NJ-06), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded news that the Energy Department’s (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability will help provide $30 million for joint research on smart grid and energy storage under the U.S.–India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy Research. The Energy Department and the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology will commit $1.5 million per year for five years to the expanded research effort.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ– Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ 06), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called for immediate funding to address the growing Zika crisis. At the Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission in Edison NJ, Pallone criticized House Republicans for failing to provide the $1.9 billion in funds requested by President Obama to respond to the Zika threat and playing politics with an urgent public health issue. Last month, House Republicans began one of the longest recesses in American history rather than address the crisis.
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D NJ-06) made the following statement on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to deny an appeal of its ruling that prevented New Jersey from implementing its sports betting law. The citizens of New Jersey, by a two to one margin, have already approved a constitutional amendment by referendum to allow sports betting at casinos and racetracks, and the state legislature acted to give it effect.
Washington, D.C - With authority granted through the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today will begin exercising greater oversight over electronic cigarettes and cigar sales to young adults. Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06), a co-author of the law, applauded the FDA’s new actions.
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference in Asbury Park to advocate for legislation he has introduced to provide additional funding to the EPA’s Brownfields Program, which will help clean up and redevelop brownfields sites across the country. The event took place at a lot next to Springwood Avenue Park, which is being assessed for cleanup and redevelopment with a portion of a $400,000 Brownfields Grant that was awarded to Asbury Park in May.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that two projects under the direction of Dr. Cristi Palmer at Rutgers University, New Brunswick have been awarded $2.9 million in federal grants through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative. The funding was authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and will support a broad range of agricultural research and extension activities. Specifically, Dr.
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sent a letter to National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis urging the NPS to withdraw its proposal to increase Sandy Hook’s camping and parking fees starting next year. In the letter Pallone called on NPS to hold a public hearing on the fee increases and provide information on the fee differences between Sandy Hook and other parks.