Press Releases
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the Bush Administration to resume cleanup efforts at the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site and to place the site back on the national Superfund priority list.
Washington, D.C. --- With Fort Monmouth preparing to reduce contractor staffing in the face of approximately $11 million in budget cuts this fiscal year, U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) today voiced their opposition to the cuts that will impact support service contractors at the Fort.
Lincroft, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today met with college students at Brookdale Community College to listen to their opinions about President Bush's general proposal to partially privatize Social Security. The New Jersey congressman's visit with the college students is part of a daylong Social Security listening bus tour throughout the state.
WASHINGTON - As the Bush administration prepares to proceed with a policy change that would weaken the 30-year-old Clean Water Act, 135 Members of Congress today sent a letter to Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson urging the EPA not to implement a proposal that would allow partially treated human sewage to be dumped into our waterways.
Smithville, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today holds a town hall forum with senior citizens at the Four Seasons at Historic Smithville to listen to their opinions about President Bush's general proposal to partially privatize Social Security. The New Jersey congressman's visit with seniors is part of a daylong Social Security listening tour throughout the state.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, praised Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian's speech before the United Nations last month commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Sen. Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced comprehensive legislation in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives respectively that establishes a global tsunami warning system and calls for long-term assistance and relief to victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami in South Asia.
"Mr. Speaker, this Sunday, February 20th, 2005 will mark the 17th anniversary of the modern day liberation movement of the people of the Nagorno Karabakh (NK). Seventeen years ago the people of NK petitioned the Soviet government to correct historical injustices and reunite them with their compatriots in Armenia.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced bipartisan legislation yesterday that would allow U.S. citizens who own property in the Turkish occupied portion of the Republic of Cyprus to seek financial remedies with either the current inhabitants of their land or the Turkish government.
Washington, D.C. --- One day after learning that nine U.S. corporations, accompanied by an Attach from the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, are scheduled to visit occupied northern Cyprus later this week to explore possible business opportunities, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to U.S.