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April 24, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Keansburg, New Jersey will be receiving more than $1.47 million in federal funding to repair or replace the city’s police station that was damaged as a result of Superstorm Sandy.

Issues: New Jersey

April 24, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to the proposed regulations issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes:

Issues: Health Care

April 23, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Long Branch, NJ will be receiving more than $1.5 million in federal funding to repair two of the city’s recreational parks, Manahassett Park and Jackson Woods Park, both of which were damaged as a result of Superstorm Sandy.

Issues: New Jersey

April 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) spoke out against reports that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is planning to shift a portion of the Sandy relief package to disasters in other regions of the country.

Issues: New Jersey

April 17, 2014

WOODBRIDGE, NJ– Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) participated in Google’s Online Safety Roadshow, an innovative program designed to teach young adults how to stay safe on the internet, at Fords Middle School in Woodbridge, New Jersey.


April 16, 2014

BELFORD, NJ – Today Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) visited the Belford Seafood Cooperative to highlight the potentially damaging impacts of seismic testing off the coast of New Jersey.


April 14, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the contract for dredging Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek in Belford, New Jersey. The $2 million contract has been awarded to M.E.R.I.T. Inc., a small business located in Newark, New Jersey.

Issues: New Jersey

April 11, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee released the following statement regarding the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today:

Issues: Health Care

April 11, 2014

Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement this afternoon in response to news that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution calling for recognition of the Armenian Genocide on a vote of 12-5.


April 10, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Michael Grimm (NY-11), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, welcomed members of the Armenian community to Capitol Hill to commemorate the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.