Press Releases
Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Sri Lanka, submitted testimony at a House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia hearing yesterday. The title of the hearing was "Political Crises in South Asia: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal".
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives last night approved a water resources development conference report that authorizes $15 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move ahead with small-scale watershed restoration projects like stream bank restoration in Marlboro, said U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), who requested the project be included in the final report.
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 after the House passed the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act.
Newark, NJ - United States Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and United States Representative Frank Pallone today joined with child health advocates and beneficiaries of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) to call on Congress to approve the reauthorizing measures that will be before both the House and Senate this week. In New Jersey, S-CHIP, known as FamilyCare, provides health benefits for 126,000 children and over 80,000 adults, who would otherwise not have coverage.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Interior has agreed to investigate Sandy Hook Partners' lease agreement to redevelop Fort Hancock.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, denounced the tactics of the Committee Republicans that prevented a markup of the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act from moving forward.
Washington, D.C. – Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, joined with Committee Democrats in denouncing Republican tactics aimed at delaying today’s markup of H.R. 3162, the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP Act).
At approximately 5:55 p.m., the Committee’s Minority Members objected to dispensing with a reading of H.R. 3162, prompting the Chief Clerk to begin reading the full 465-page 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 statement this morning at a full committee markup of the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill yesterday introduced an expansive health care bill to provide insurance coverage for millions of children and improve and strengthen Medicare for America's seniors and people with disabilities.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ,) co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, made the following statement yesterday on the floor of the House of Representatives referencing the Turkish war trials at the end of World War I, in which top Turkish government officials were found guilty of genocide. This is the third in a series of speeches the New Jersey congressman plans to give on the House floor in an effort to continue to build support for the Armenian Genocide Resolution.