Press Releases
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today applauded former Vice President Al Gore for calling on Congress to address the critical problem of global warming. Gore appeared before a joint hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality and the House Science and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced a bill, known as the 'Spousal Reunification Act', today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation would allow non-immigrant visitors, who are married to or children of permanent resident aliens residing and working in this country, to visit the United States. Permanent resident aliens are individuals who have come into this country legally and are gainfully employed.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) was joined by 16 others today in introducing bipartisan legislation that would allow U.S. citizens who own property in the Turkish occupied portion of the Republic of Cyprus to seek financial remedies with either the current inhabitants of their land or the Turkish government.
Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that the Ocean Fire Company of Sea Bright has been awarded a $67,830 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG). The purpose of the AFG program is to award grants directly to fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations to enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public, as well as that of first-responder personnel, with respect to fire and fire related hazards.
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 at a hearing today on H.R. 493, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007.
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 at a hearing on improving the Medicare Physician Payment System.
"The Subcommittee will come to order. Today we are holding a hearing on "Exploring Options for Improving the Medicare Physician Payment System".
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 at a hearing on improving the Medicare Physician Payment System.
"The Subcommittee will come to order. Today we are holding a hearing on "Exploring Options for Improving the Medicare Physician Payment System".
Washington, D.C. In an effort to improve access to quality medical care for nearly two million American Indians and Alaska Natives, Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Rep. Don Young (R-AK) today introduced long-overdue legislation to reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) the cornerstone legal authority for providing health services to these communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, United States Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ) reintroduced legislation to allow New Jersey to regulate these facilities for environmental, health, and safety reasons.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans Subcommittee of the Natural Resources Committee, today pressed Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), about funding for updating fisheries data systems.