Press Releases
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Senator Jon Corzine, Reps. Rush Holt (NJ-12) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), along with local elected leaders and members of the Save Our Fort Committee, held a press conference today to update the public on their most recent efforts to get Ft.
Long Branch, N.J. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced plans to introduce legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that will prohibit communities from invoking eminent domain, except under extreme circumstances.
"I want to thank New Jersey Citizen Action for organizing this celebration. It's sad to think of this anniversary passing without any fanfare, but if the Bush administration had its way, tomorrow's anniversary would go unnoticed. Today, we're making sure that doesn't happen.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) invites residents of Middlesex, Piscataway and Sayreville to come and voice their concerns and opinions on issues facing New Jersey and the nation at town hall meetings in each of the communities this month, or speak one-on-one with him during an open house at his New Brunswick office at the end of August.
Long Branch, NJ --- President Bush signed legislation written by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Trenton, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today said legislation he authored, which President Bush is expected to sign into law this week, gives the New Jersey legislature the perfect opportunity to pass legislation already introduced that creates a drug monitoring program to combat the overuse and abuse of prescription drugs.
Atlantic City, N.J. --- With President Bush expected to sign a comprehensive energy bill into law this week, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today assailed an oil and gas inventory provision in the bill that could lead to oil drilling off the Jersey shore.
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today secured $8.2 million in federal funds to complete improvements to the rail, bus passenger, and parking facilities at the South Amboy Intermodal Transportation Station and for the construction of a parking garage at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today secured $1.67 million in federal funds for the U.S. National Park Service to construct a ferry terminal and pier at Sandy Hook and to continue construction on the Sandy Hook Multi-Use Path.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a giant transportation bill that included $19.4 million for two Rutgers University transportation programs---the National Transit Institute and the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, said U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), who requested the funds earlier this year.