Press Releases
As Medicare negotiates lower prices, we are slashing drug costs for New Jersey residents
Frank Pallone Jr.
Special to the USA TODAY Network
EDISON, NJ – Congressman Pallone has secured $1 million in federal community project funding to expand the Minnie B. Veal Community Center, transforming it into a comprehensive hub that will better serve the city’s senior residents.
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) is highlighting legislation in his House Energy and Commerce Committee – H.R.
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09):
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) has secured $1.1 million in federal community project funding, contributing to a broader effort for vital infrastructure upgrades at Asbury Park’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. This funding will be used to install a new screening system designed to filter out harmful debris, protect essential pumping systems, and improve the overall efficiency of the plant’s wastewater treatment processes.
Monmouth Beach, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced he has helped secure $55,581 in federal funding for the Borough of Monmouth Beach. The funding was made possible through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) Program and will be used by the Borough to replace more than 5,000 feet of fire hose.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the top Democrat on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, today praised the Biden-Harris Administration’s successful negotiation of Medicare prescription drug prices for the first time in the program's history—a direct result of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced $679,000 will be awarded by the Biden-Harris Administration to the Flammang Lab at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to fund research aimed at protecting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. This grant is part of a larger $9.7 million announcement that comes from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) focused on the recovery of this imperiled species.
New Brunswick, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today led a roundtable discussion at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to highlight the alarming findings of a new report released by his committee. The report, led by Pallone, thoroughly investigates the wide-ranging impact of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in 2022, which overturned the right to abortion care established by Roe v. Wade in 1973.