Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following what Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called “unacceptable” delays and inaction by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Congressman has stepped up his call for the banning of electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, on airplanes.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) introduced the Equality Act as an original cosponsor of the bill. The Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it illegal to discriminate against someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
WASHINGTON, DC – With prescription drug abuse on the rise, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today applauded Health Subcommittee passage of the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced a $350,000 grant to Rutgers University’s Papers of Thomas Edison project from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced more than $5.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for various housing and economic development programs in Monmouth County and municipalities in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties.
2016 proposed summer flounder quota is 25 percent lower than 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, made the following statement on a proposal announced today by the Obama Administration to strengthen rules on coal mining near streams and wetlands, which would increase protections against mountaintop removal mining.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $513,812 grant to Rutgers University-New Brunswick and a $288,729 grant to Middlesex County College through the Student Support Services Program (SSS).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22), a Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, have introduced the TELEmedicine for MEDicare (TELE-MED) Act of 2015.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, with the House of Representatives’ passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced biomedical research funding in the legislation to support progress toward treatments for rare diseases.