Press Releases
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the House Appropriations Committee has approved $700,000 he requested for the Partnership for Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Science, Inc. (PMAFS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service's James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook. The funding was included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Crime, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the House Appropriations Committee has approved $1.9 million he requested for organizations that help children in Central New Jersey. The funding was included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Crime, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
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 afternoon at a subcommittee hearing entitled "State Fiscal Relief: Protecting Health Coverage in an Economic Downturn."
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issue, issued the following statement today after the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its Fiscal Year (FY) FY 2009 appropriations bill.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today assailing President Bush for vetoing the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following statement on the House floor this afternoon urging his colleagues to support overriding President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act of 2008.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08), U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) and House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Chairwoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA-39) today announced the introduction of comprehensive legislation designed to regulate the process by which the Justice Department allows U.S. Attorneys to engage in pre-trial agreements with corporate offenders and award federal monitoring contracts.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement this afternoon after President Bush announced he was lifting an offshore drilling moratorium executive order that had been extended until 2012 by President Clinton.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today urged President Bush to begin releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in order to help reduce record gas prices at the pump.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent the following letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II Regional Director Steve Kempf urging the agency to place an immediate moratorium on the expansion of flood zones in the Bayshore area of Monmouth County.