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November 30, 2005

Sayreville, NJ ---With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) preparing to weaken reporting requirements for chemical facilities and refineries, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.


November 16, 2005

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the House Resources Fisheries and Oceans Subcommittee, today issued an open challenge to the Bush administration and the Republican Congress to fully fund ocean and coastal programs following the recommendations of the U.S.


November 16, 2005

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the House Fisheries and Oceans Subcommittee, said today that the House Resources Committee approved legislation he introduced earlier this year that provides additional support to regional and local ocean clean-up efforts.


November 10, 2005

Washington, D.C. --- In response to a letter sent by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to conduct an analysis of the environmental justice impacts of the former Ringwood Superfund site on the surrounding community and to consider re-listing Ringwood as an active Superfund site.


November 9, 2005

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Conference Report that includes funds for the continuation of critical shore protection projects in Monmouth County, said U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).


October 28, 2005

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to the announcement of a criminal indictment of Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff I. Lewis Libby:


October 28, 2005

Washington, D.C. --- In the wake of new record profits posted by the largest oil and gas corporations, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced plans to introduce legislation that would impose a windfall profits tax on those companies and return the money to American consumers struggling with high energy prices.


October 27, 2005

(Washington, DC.) Representatives Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today reacted with disappointment to Congresss failure to pass a resolution of disapproval on the proposed final Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) list submitted by President Bush to the Congress.