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April 17, 2006

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following statement today at the ribbon-cutting for the week-long effort at Rutgers University to advocate on behalf of increased college education funding.


April 13, 2006

WASHINGTON United States Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), joined by U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, today called on the Bush administration to cut the endless web of Medicare bureaucracy that is affecting millions of New Jersey seniors and persons with disabilities.


April 12, 2006

Union Beach, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) was joined today by environmentalists and fishermen to demand General Electric (GE) end years of stall tactics and begin cleaning up contamination it dumped in the Hudson River over three decades.


April 11, 2006

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today to refute the rosy scenario U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt painted during a visit with seniors in Brick.


April 10, 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter sent today, a group of New Jersey lawmakers expressed their strong opposition to portions of the Bush administration's proposal to remove the moratorium on oil and gas drilling off the coast of Virginia. Signing the letter were Senators Frank R.


April 10, 2006

Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today said he opposed plans by the Atlantic Sea Island Group to build an artificial island off the coast of Sea Bright to import liquefied natural gas (LNG).


April 5, 2006

Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced legislation this week in the U.S.


April 4, 2006

Washington, D.C. -- Eleven members of Congress today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of the more than 20,000 victims of the 1984 Union Carbide chemical disaster in Bhopal, India.


April 4, 2006

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today sharply rebuked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for considering a secret proposal that would allow refineries, chemical plants, and other polluters to increase toxic emissions.


April 3, 2006

Brick, NJ --- With the U.S. House of Representatives set to vote on a fiscal year 2007 budget this week, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.