Press Releases
Signs House Democrats’ Petition to Force Vote on Bill to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Suspected Terrorists
Legislation would Help Keep Plastic out of Nation’s Waterways
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that the House of Representatives unanimously passed his bill to protect U.S. waterways from synthetic plastic microbeads.
WASHINGTON, DC – As the world gathers in Paris to take meaningful action on climate change, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, continued his efforts to fight back against House Republicans’ assault on climate action. In advance of a vote tomorrow on H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today announced a U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant award of $939,300 to Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT)
As the World Meets in Paris to Address Growing Threat of Climate Change, House Republicans Continue to Ignore Reality & Block Progress
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, condemned House Republican’s latest assault on action to combat climate change.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that New Jersey Transit will be saved from a $50 million cut due to an agreement that preserves the High Density States Program – known as the 5340 Program – in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015. Pallone is a member of the Conference Committee, which is made up of a bipartisan, bicameral set of Members negotiating between the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of the legislation.
Pallone Seeks to Clarify, Update Nutrition Information & Address Misleading Health Claims
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Lake Takanassee, Deal Lake and Wesley Lake will be included in a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study to address flood risks of vulnerable coastal populations in areas that were affected by Hurricane Sandy. All coastal lakes in Monmouth County will be included in the study.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that he has been selected by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) to be a member of the Conference Committee that is tasked with negotiating final surface transportation legislation – the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015. The Conference Committee, made up of a bipartisan, bicameral set of Members, will negotiate between the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of the legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded Committee-passage of the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which he introduced earlier this year with Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI-06). The legislation would prohibit the sale or distribution of personal care products that contain synthetic plastic microbeads.