Press Releases
New Brunswick, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today brought together local officials from towns in his congressional district to discuss how they can best prepare for a potential avian flu outbreak. The New Jersey congressman, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, warned local officials that the federal government is not as prepared as it should be, and therefore local and state governments must prepare to act in the event of a national pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Lautenberg (D), Robert Menendez (D), Congressmen Frank Pallone (D), Jim Saxton (R), Rush Holt (D), Chris Smith (R), Bill Pascrell (D), Frank LoBiondo (R), Rob Andrews (D), Mike Ferguson (R), Steve Rothman (D), Donald Payne (D) and Rodney Frelinghuysen (R).
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).
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. House of Representatives to increase the health insurance eligibility age for young adult dependents whose parents participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) from 22 to 30 years of age.
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.
The 29-page brief, which was initiated by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, comes in response to a decision by a U.S. District Court in New York that disregards India's submission of a formal statement requesting relief.
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. This draft rule could result in individual facilities emitting up to 50,000 more pounds of toxic pollution every year.