Press Releases
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Resources Committee, gave the following statement today at a committee mark-up of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Budget Reconciliation.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following opening statement at a markup of budget reconciliation legislation that is expected to last until late Thursday night.
Ocean Township, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite the construction of the Poplar Brook flood control project in Ocean Township after major flooding on Friday led to the evacuation of 22 homes that remain uninhabitable.
New Brunswick, NJ --- Two days after Iraqis went to the polls to vote on a national constitution, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) hosted a student forum at Rutgers University to discuss the current situation in Iraq and the need for a success strategy to end the violence and bring our troops home.
Newark, NJ --- As the U.S. Congress prepares to once again debate the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act, U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Donald Payne (D-NJ) today met with several New Jersey library directors and members of the New Jersey American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) at the Newark Public Library to discuss several controversial provisions in the Patriot Act relating to library records.
Trenton, NJ --- With the U.S. House of Representatives set to vote tomorrow on a bill that pretends to address high energy prices but really implements President Bush's proposed changes to clean air standards, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today denounced the legislation and highlighted how environmentally harmful the proposed changes to the New Source Review program would be to New Jersey.
"In the wake of one of the worst environmental disasters in our nation's history, the Republicans have passed a special-interest bill that guts a critical environmental safety net.
Ringwood, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today visited the former Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site in Ringwood Township to demand the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ford Motor Company finish cleanup at the site and address health concerns among area residents.
(Washington, DC.) Representatives Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today lent their support to Representative Ray LaHoods (R-IL) resolution of disapproval on the proposed final Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) list submitted by President Bush to the Congress this month.
"I must say I have to seriously question the timing and appropriateness of considering a bill that would cut the heart out of one of our nation's major environmental protection laws in the wake of one of the worst human environmental tragedies in history.
"It has been little more than three weeks since Hurricane Katrina's landfall in the Gulf region resulted in perhaps the most devastating natural disaster our nation has ever seen.