Press Releases

Washington, D.C. ---- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, gave the following statement today at a Committee hearing on the President Bush's Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 budget with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt.

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) 2008 budget.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced legislation that places a permanent ban on drilling off the Jersey Shore and all North and Mid-Atlantic states from Maine to Virginia. U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement in response to the U.S.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ,) co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, made the following statement today at a press conference announcing the introduction of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, which calls on the President and the U.S. Government to properly recognize the atrocities committed against the Armenian people beginning in 1915 as genocide. He was joined today by the other lead sponsors of the legislation, U.S. Reps.

Washington, D.C. --- Last night, the U.S. Senate passed legislation advocated by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) that gives the Edison Memorial Tower Corporation an additional six months of eligibility to receive federal matching funds to renovate the Edison Memorial Tower in Edison. The legislation, which was introduced by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) in the House, passed that chamber last week. The legislation now heads to the president's desk for final approval.

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement in response to President Bush's State of the Union Address.

"The president's health care proposal is a non-starter. At a time when we need to confront the growing number of uninsured and the skyrocketing price of health insurance, the president has created a plan that would actually make both problems worse.