Press Releases
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. (D-NJ) today introduced legislation that will expedite drug reimbursements to pharmacists and abolish the practice of co-branding that unfairly benefits large chain pharmacies.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. expressed his strenuous opposition to a mandatory saltwater license directly to Dr. William Hogarth, Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today at a House Resources Committee hearing today.
In response to questions from Pallone, a senior member of the House Resources Committee, Hogarth admitted that the Bush administration planned to implement a mandatory recreational saltwater angler registration system and to charge anglers $20 to $25 annually.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today assailed President Bush for assigning U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff a significant role in our nation's avian flu response plan. The New Jersey congressman held a roundtable discussion with local officials in his congressional district last month on local preparedness for an avian flu pandemic.
Washington, D.C. --- Federal legislation has now been introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to fight the trading of illegal body parts. Last week, U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Gene Green (D-TX), both members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the Safe Tissue Act in the House of Representatives. The legislation was introduced in the Senate by U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) recently.
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today applauded the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) for declaring that the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site poses a public health hazard, but urged officials to work with other agencies and gather health information directly from residents in order to expedite further study into the impacts of the paint sludge contamination.
Middlesex, NJ -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), federal and state officials, and New Jersey elected leaders joined together today to announce $15 million in proposed federal funds for continuing the cleanup of chemical and radioactive contamination at the former Middlesex Sampling Plant in Middlesex, NJ.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Washington, D.C. --- Four U.S. congressmen sent the following letter to President George W. Bush today asking him to condemn the Azerbaijani war rhetoric and other actions taken against the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh when he meets with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, on Friday, April 28, in Washington, D.C. The letter was signed by U.S. Reps. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) and Frank Pallone, co-chairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, as well as U.S. Reps.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, gave the following statement yesterday on the floor of the United States House of Representatives in recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Monday marked the 91st anniversary of the start of the genocide, which claimed the lives of over 1.5 million Armenians.
Washington, D.C. --- Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ,) co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, made the following statement today following President Bush's proclamation on the 91st anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide: