Press Releases
"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairman, Mr. Kolbe and Ranking Member, Ms. Lowey, for their support and leadership in ensuring appropriate funding for Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Thanks to their support, $65 million was allocated to Armenia in economic assistance, and an additional $5 million was allocated in military assistance. In addition, $5 million was secured for assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh.
"The National Park Service has informed me that I'll receive a copy of the lease agreement in the next couple of days. I'll meet with members of Save Sandy Hook later this week to read through the final agreement and to discuss possible options for our next step in opposing the agreement.
"I simply cannot believe the National Park Service went ahead and signed a lease agreement with Wassel before a scheduled Monday meeting with me and members of Save Sandy Hook to discuss the proposal.
Washington, D.C. --- After numerous conversations yesterday with state and federal agencies working to clean up garbage discovered along several beaches in Monmouth County, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today questioned why a federal program created to prevent such problems did not work this week.
"I would like to thank the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for scheduling this meeting tonight to seek community input on its proposals to address the contamination at both the Horseshoe Road and the adjoining Atlantic Resources Superfund sites. While I am pleased that this public meeting is taking place and that the EPA has chosen a preferred alternative to cleaning up the sites, I have a couple of concerns that I would like to address tonight."
"For more than two decades, Senator Edwards has been fighting on behalf of the little guy against America's large corporate interests. John Kerry picked the perfect running mate to complete a ticket that brings hope to middle class Americans that their needs will no longer be ignored at the White House.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 today that includes funds for the continuation of critical shore protection projects in Monmouth County, said U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).
Pallone officially requested the funding for shore projects above the Bush Administration's requests in a letter to House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David Hobson (R-OH) in March. The spending bill now goes to the Senate. Fiscal Year 2005 officially begins on October 1, 2004.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, praised the House Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee today for reinstituting military parity between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Washington, D.C
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) joined his colleague U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) today at a press conference on Capitol Hill to announce the formation of a Congressional Caucus that will focus on raising awareness about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The two co-chairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders were joined by other children's health organizations in also releasing a report detailing the continuing negative effects drinking by pregnant women can have on their children.