Press Releases
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a ‘Stand with Planned Parenthood’ press conference to call attention to the work they do for women’s health care and to combat partisan calls to defund the organization. Pallone is the Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over health care.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s announcement that the United States has reached a historic settlement with BP to resolve the civil lawsuit over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The $20.8 billion settlement is the largest settlement with a single entity in the department’s history.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) made the following statement on the need for federal reforms for gun safety.
“In the Absence of Definitive Information on Crumb Rubber, Our Children Cannot be the Guinea Pigs”
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement urging Committee Republicans to prioritize hearings that examine the safety of turf fields.
CDC and FDA Release First-Ever Data on Flavored E-Cigarette Use by Children
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, with the first-ever release of data on flavored electronic-cigarette use by youths, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) renewed his call on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to finalize a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed rule to assert jurisdiction over all unregulated tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.
The Congressman Highlights Consumer Confusion in Call for Improved Communication Procedures
WASHINGTON, DC – At the end of Passport Awareness Month, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today asked the Department of Transportation to implement additional procedures to ensure travelers are properly informed of passport requirements, so that lines of communication on foreign travel remain clear.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, delivered a statement on the sharing economy at a Subcommittee hearing on “The Disrupter Series: How the Sharing Economy Creates Jobs, Benefits Consumers, and Raises Policy Questions.” The sharing economy describes online platforms, such as Uber and Airbnb, which allow buyers and sellers to communicate and exchange goods and services directly.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, expressed his support for the decision by Royal Dutch Shell to stop offshore oil and gas exploration in the Arctic.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded progress made on the Deal Lake dredging project, which is made possible by federal Sandy relief funds. A federal funding allocation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service provided $1.5 million of the total $1.66 million cost of the project. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) provided the remainder. Earlier today, DEP announced that it has awarded the contract for the project.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) made the following statement on Pope Francis’ address to the joint meeting of Congress.
“It was a great honor to hear Pope Francis address Congress in the Capitol and to be in the presence of his historic visit. Never before had a Pope addressed a joint meeting of Congress, and rarely before has the House of Representatives more desperately been in need of such a unifying voice.