Press Releases
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), praise the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for proposing to add the contaminated areas along the Raritan Bay in Old Bridge and Sayreville to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund Sites. The EPA's announcement came one day after the lawmakers wrote a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the agency to designate the site as a Superfund site.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), sent the following letter today to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The lawmakers wrote to urge that the EPA place the contaminated areas along the Raritan Bay in Old Bridge and Sayreville on the National Priorities List of Superfund Sites. They also requested that the EPA aggressively pursue cleanup cost recovery from all parties that have contributed to the contamination.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., who is spearheading the health reform effort in Congress, issued the following statement on Tuesday on the release of a report showing that nearly 2.4 million people in New Jersey went without health insurance at some time over the past two years:
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 the fifth in a series of hearings focused on making health care work for American families. Today's hearing addresses how to save money by improving quality and lowering costs.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-09), U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) introduced reform legislation on Thursday that would set standards of accountability and responsibility in the use of "deferred prosecution agreements" and the related use of highly-paid monitors to oversee the agreements.
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 the fourth in a series of hearings focused on making health care work for American families. Today's hearing addresses the need to bolster the public health system, which will be a vital component to making health reform sustainable and improving health outcomes.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., put the focus on the role of public health as an important ingredient in reforming the health care system with a public hearing by the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee that included a presentation by Commissioner Heather Howard, who heads the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that four community health centers in his district will receive funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released $338 million to expand services offered at community health centers nationwide.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), along with 17 members of Congress, issued the following letter to President Barack Obama today. The letter concerns recent reports that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has excluded shovel-ready beach renourishment projects from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers list of projects to receive funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. announced on Thursday economic recovery funds for New Jersey communities that will create clean energy jobs, reduce energy bills and improve energy efficiency. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will provide formula grants for projects that reduce total energy use and fossil fuel emissions, and improve energy efficiency.