Press Releases

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 this afternoon after the Bush administration released a Medicare "trigger" proposal that would shift more costs to America's seniors.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, today asked the Acting Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for help in a fraud case in New Jersey in which $2 million was defrauded from Medicaid.

Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that the Highlands Volunteer Fire Department has been awarded a $42,864 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG).

Seaside Heights, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans Subcommittee, today announced that he will introduce legislation tomorrow in Washington that will bring much-needed flexibility to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2007.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, extending the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 through the end of 2008. The bill was passed by a vote of 384 to 23.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr.

Washington, D.C. ---- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement today on President Bush's Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 budget.

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 on "Covering Uninsured Kids: Missed Opportunities for Moving Forward."