Press Releases

Long Branch, NJ --- With the U.S. Department of Interior scheduled to propose federal regulations governing renewable energy exploration--which could include windmills-- on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Cindy Zipf, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Action, today sent separate letters to the agency stressing the need to protect the marine and coastal environment.

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined several of his Democratic colleagues at a press conference on Capitol Hill this afternoon to highlight some of the problems seniors and pharmacists are facing with the new prescription drug plan back in New Jersey. The New Jersey congressman gave the following statement.

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today expressed his support for continuing Douglass College as a four year all women's college within the boundaries of Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey. Pallone visited the Douglass campus today and spoke with a college class about current issues facing Congress, as well as the debate over the future of their school.

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today hosted a senior forum at the Edison Senior Center to provide seniors with information about the new prescription drug plan, and to hear firsthand from seniors what they think of the new plan. The New Jersey congressman gave the following opening statement before hearing from his constituents.

Edison, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today joined Middlesex County first responders and state, county and local lawmakers at Edison Fire House # 2 to denounce proposed federal budget cuts that could hamper the county's ability to respond to a major emergency.

Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced a resolution today in the U.S. House of Representatives condemning the human rights violations against the Kashmiri Pandits, Hindu residents of the Kashmir Valley, over the past 15 years.

Washington, D.C. --- At a hearing today before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mike Leavitt committed to reimburse New Jersey for the costs it has incurred helping low-income seniors pay for their prescription drugs. The commitment was made in response to a question from U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, at a hearing on Capitol Hill today.