Press Releases
Long Branch, NJ --- With the Bush administration preparing to proceed with a policy change that would weaken the 30-year-old Clean Water Act and allow partially treated human sewage to be dumped in New Jersey's waterways, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley M.
"Mr. Speaker, the House Republican Majority finally did the right thing last night when it restored bipartisan ethics rules. In January, the Republican Majority thumbed its nose at the Minority and approved weakened ethics rules along party lines for the sole purpose of protecting one of their leaders.
"I am very pleased to be a part of this news conference today during health disparities awareness month to emphasize Senate and House Democrats' commitment to addressing health disparities.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans and co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, today announced bipartisan efforts to examine the reasons behind a serious decline in India's wild tiger populations.
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Union, NJ --- One day after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican energy bill, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) held a news conference at a rest stop along the Garden State Parkway to blast Republicans for doing nothing to reduce gas prices or our dependence on foreign oil.
Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that he will introduce legislation this week in the U.S. House of Representatives instituting tougher penalties for government officials convicted on federal corruption charges.
Washington, D.C. --- As House appropriators prepare to write their funding bills for the 2006 Fiscal Year, 45 Members of Congress today sent a letter to Foreign Operations Appropriations Chairman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) and ranking member Nita Lowey (D-NY) requesting the subcommittee provide Armenia no less than $75 million in economic support.
Washington, D.C. --- Following today's indictment of Al-Queda terror suspects charged with targeting financial institutions in New York, New Jersey and Washington, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement a threat-based system for allocating homeland security funds.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior Democratic member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, today called on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to take immediate action to improve security of nuclear waste facilities at New Jersey's nuclear power plants.