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 in response to comments by President Bush that Congress should focus on tax proposals instead of strengthening the successful State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Interior to investigate the three-year-old lease agreement between the National Park Service (NPS) and Sandy Hook Partners (SHP) involving the redevelopment of Fort Hancock. The New Jersey congressman formally requested the investigation in a letter sent today to Earl Devaney, the Inspector General at the Interior Department. (A COPY OF THE LETTER FOLLOWS.)
Trenton, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement tonight through his legislative aide, Tim DelMonico, at a public hearing on a summer flounder, scup and black sea bass fishery management plan.
Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, introduced legislation yesterday that would prohibit the commercial harvesting of blackfish, also known as tautog, in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone of the United States in order to enable coastal populations to return to historical abundances.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will resume and improve a 30-year offshore water sampling program it abruptly discontinued in May.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously approved a resolution introduced earlier this year by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) that supports the goals and ideals of National Clean Beaches Week, which occurs this year between June 29th and July 5th.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) testified before the Senate Environment & Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality on reauthorization of the BEACH Act. The New Jersey congressman's testimony follows.
Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Sri Lanka, introduced a resolution in the House this week expressing the serious concern of Congress regarding the worsening situation in Sri Lanka. The New Jersey congressman was joined by his co-chair on the Caucus, U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL), in introducing this bill.
Long Branch, NJ - U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement through his district representative, Alex Maldonado, at a press conference this afternoon with public officials and environmentalists voicing support for the acquisition of the Takanassee Beach Club.
Jersey City, NJ -- After touring the Jersey City Medical Center, a facility which provides medical services to a large population of uninsured children, U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Albio Sires (D-NJ) today said they are working in Washington to strengthen the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), known in New Jersey as FamilyCare, so that it would reach thousands of more uninsured children in New Jersey.