Press Releases
Washington, D.C. --- The House Resources Committee today approved an amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) to the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act that prevents the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) from imposing new fees on recreational fishermen.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense late yesterday voicing concern that the Pentagon seems unwilling to work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to keep the Fort Monmouth Veteran Community Outpatient Clinic on Fort Monmouth land after the Fort is closed in 2011.
Monmouth Beach, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today denounced the inclusion of a provision in a must-pass appropriations bill that would allow offshore natural gas drilling as close as three miles off the U.S. coast.
Washington, D.C. U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged the U.S. Department of Defense to prioritize local job creation and economic development when it is making a final decision on the sale of Fort Monmouth. The two New Jersey lawmakers made their request in a letter to Joseph W.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and co-chairman of the House Coastal Caucus, issued the following statement today after the House Appropriations Committee approved, by a vote of 37-25, an amendment by U.S. Rep.
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today called on Richard Polo, the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District, to survey the Shark River Inlet in Belmar, New Jersey. In a letter sent to Commander Polo, Pallone asked that the team examine the river for possible shoaling.
Washington, DC -- Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today unveiled legislation establishing an inter-agency task force to address the increase in infertility rates among Americans, citing the threat it poses to public health and the solvency of Social Security and Medicare.
WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of New Jersey lawmakers today reiterated their call for public hearings in New Jersey to afford Garden State residents the same rights as other states in voicing their concerns about drilling off the Atlantic coast. U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg, as well as, U.S.
Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today once again called on House Republicans to join House Democrats this week in extending the deadline seniors have to sign up for a private prescription drug plan so they don't face a Bush prescription drug tax that would remain with them for the rest of their lives.
Washington, D.C. --- After hearing from New Jersey independent pharmacists about the problems they are encountering with the new Medicare prescription drug plan, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.