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March 11, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following opening statement this morning at a subcommittee hearing entitled: How Do We Fix Our Ailing Food Safety System."


March 9, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement praising President Obama for signing an executive order lifting the Bush administration's restrictions on federally funded human embryonic stem cell research:


March 9, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that he is working to secure federal funding for the five shovel-ready shore protection and dredging projects along the Jersey Shore.


March 5, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today introduced legislation in the House that will reverse a U.S.


March 4, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), David Reichert (R-WA), and John A. Yarmuth (D-KY) were joined by 116 of their colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation today that would prohibit the dumping of industrial waste into rivers and streams.


March 4, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Frank Pallone, Jr.


March 3, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic Striped Bass in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone of the United States in order to enable coastal populations to return to historical abundances.


March 2, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- Acting to strengthen the health care safety net for the growing number of Americans in need, President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.


February 27, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 omnibus bill that includes their request of $238,000 to expand the Visiting Nurses Association of Central New Jersey (VNACJ) telehealth program.