Press Releases
Washington, DC -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), introduced legislation last week entitled the Dean Gallo Cancer Patient Compassion Act of 2006 that would waive the 24 month Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) waiting period for terminal cancer patients who are uninsured. The legislation, HR 5615, is named in memory of former New Jersey Congressman Dean Gallo, who passed away in 1994 after a battle with prostate cancer.
New Brunswick, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today joined New Jersey HIV/AIDS patients, activists, health care providers and state officials to decry legislation to reauthorize the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act that would disproportionately impact New Jersey HIV/AIDS patients.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed an appropriations bill that includes language authored by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) encouraging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to clarify that waste transfer stations on railroad properties should be subject to the same laws and regulations as other solid waste facilities.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) last night secured $450,000 in federal funds for the National Park Service to design and construct a 2.1-mile addition to the bike path at Sandy Hook.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that he has secured $300,000 in federal funds to support construction of the second phase of the South Amboy Intermodal transportation project. The funding will provide for the construction of high-level platforms at the South Amboy train station.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Resources Committee, today denounced legislation House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo (R-CA) is trying to move through committee that would allow states to opt out of established offshore drilling moratoria. The New Jersey congressman gave the following statement today at a House Resources Committee hearing on H.R. 4761.
Washington, D.C. --- Twenty-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday urged the chairman and ranking members of the three committees with jurisdiction over a bill reauthorizing the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to expedite their review and report the legislation out favorably so it can come up for a vote of the full House.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), co-chairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, today sent letters to 32 Armenian organizations inviting them to join the co-chairs in cosponsoring a unified Capitol Hill event to commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. A copy of the letter from the co-chairs and a list of the Armenian organizations that the letter was sent to, follows.
June 8, 2006
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, lauded the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill for its commitment to Armenia, Nagorno-Karabahk, and military parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The New Jersey congressman gave the following statement during floor debate on the legislation.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, gave the following statement last night on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives recognizing the plight of displaced persons in Nagorno-Karabakh, and calling for the U.N. to provide them aid: