Press Releases
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) made the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Easter uprising in 1916 and urging equality for the people of Northern Ireland.
Washington, D.C. -- In a letter to the Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company, William Clay Ford, Jr., U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today called on the company to admit how they disposed of contaminated material during cleanup of their former assembly plant in Edison and to do everything possible in the future to properly clean up that site as well as the Superfund site they created in Ringwood, New Jersey.
WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of New Jersey lawmakers today said Garden State residents should be afforded the same rights as other states in voicing their opposition to drilling off the Atlantic coast. In a letter to the Minerals Management Service, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg, as well as, U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone Jr., Frank A.
Washington, D.C. --- Forty-six members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a late last week to House appropriators urging that they increase funding for the Office of Generic Drugs by $15 million. The letter was sent to U.S. Reps. Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and Rosa DeLauro, the subcommittee's ranking member. Text of the letter, which was sent on March 9, follows.
Plainfield, N.J. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today presented Union County College (UCC) President Thomas H.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement this afternoon in response to news that Dubai Ports World would divest itself of its U.S. holdings, which included the potential operation of six U.S. ports.
"Dubai Ports World made the right decision today in pulling out of this questionable deal. However, Congress still needs to approve legislation that I sponsored in the House that will prevent our ports from being owned or operated by foreign governments.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, gave the following speech on the House floor last night to voice support for President Bush's three-day trip to India as another step in strengthening our strategic partnership.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today asked the Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the history of the inadequate cleanup of the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site in Ringwood, New Jersey.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today in opposition to legislation in the House that would make all food labeling requirements uniform across the nation. Under the legislation, states like New Jersey would see their own tougher requirements weakened under the federal legislation. Today, the House debated the legislation, but an actual vote is not expected until next week.
Trenton, N.J. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today expressed his support for Douglass College by sending a representative, and Douglass Alum, from his office to deliver remarks at the "Rally for Douglass College" on the front steps of the State House in Trenton.