Press Releases
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the United States Postal Service will resume mail carrier operations at the Oceanport Post Office on June 1, 2016. The Oceanport Post Office was temporarily closed after a fire in July of 2015.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) demanded that FEMA take swift action to process claims for victims of Hurricane Sandy in a meeting with Roy Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in Pallone’s Washington, DC office.
WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act – or the SANDy Act, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 389-2. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) voiced support for a new policy for transgender students to be voted on by the Highland Park Board of Education on Monday night.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Asbury Park will receive two grants from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program, totaling $400,000. The community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct environmental site assessments, and prepare two cleanup plans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), voted against the National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, voted no on H.R. 5243, the Zika Response Appropriations Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 241-184.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) praised the Obama Administration’s announcement that the Department of Labor has updated overtime protections for nearly 5 million more workers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention announced that in 2015, the uninsured rate fell to 9.1 percent nationwide and 6.9 percent in New Jersey, down from 14.4 percent and 17.5 percent in 2013.