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February 6, 2006

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to the $2.7 trillion Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 federal budget President Bush submitted to Congress today that did not include any funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in Central New Jersey.


February 6, 2006

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to drastic Medicare cuts included in the $2.7 trillion Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 federal budget President Bush submitted to Congress today.


February 6, 2006

Plainfield, NJ -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), local pharmacists, independent pharmacy owners, and New Jersey elected officials joined together today at Rapps Pharmacy in Plainfield to discuss the flawed Medicare Prescription drug benefit and the impact it is having on community pharmacists.


February 3, 2006

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a Member of the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee, made the following statement today regarding the decision by the Federal District Court in New York to allow claims in a WTC-related class-action lawsuit related to air quality at the World Trade Center site to go forward.


January 31, 2006

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to President Bush's State of the Union Address.


January 23, 2006

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following statement at a press conference this afternoon at the Statehouse in which he joined New Jersey Citizen Action to highlight the devastating effects the Republican budget reconciliation bill would have on New Jersey.


January 18, 2006

Washington, D.C. -- In light of reports that Medicare beneficiaries have been unable to access their medications since the new prescription drug benefit plan took effect on January 1, 2006, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.


January 17, 2006

Washington, D.C. --- Today, 56 members of Congress sent a strong message to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing a proposal that would weaken federal rules that help local communities know the amount of harmful chemicals released into the environment.


January 17, 2006

Washington, D.C. -- Despite the fact that over 25 percent of New Jersey seniors live in Monmouth, Middlesex or Ocean counties, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is not currently planning on holding an informational forum on its Medicare prescription drug plan in these counties. In response, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.