Press Releases

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) secured $3.29 million for two Central Jersey programs that conduct research on the areas fish population. The funds were included in a giant $388 billion spending bill that combines nine appropriations bills into one omnibus bill funding domestic programs and foreign operations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, which officially began on October 1, 2004. The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate both approved the omnibus bill this past weekend.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said today that the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate approved a giant funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 this weekend that includes $295,000 for projects at Monmouth University. Pallone requested the funds in a letter to the members of the House Appropriations Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee earlier this year.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a giant funding bill that included $100,000 for the restoration of the Church of the Presidents in Long Branch. The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the same bill later today.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said the U.S. House of Representatives today approved a giant funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 that includes $1.25 million for the South Amboy Intermodal Transportation Station to improve access, increase safety and enhance passenger accommodations at the facility. Pallone requested the funds earlier this year in a letter to the members of the House Appropriations Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee. The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the same bill later today.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a giant final appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 today that guarantees military parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan, said U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). The final bill provides both Armenia and Azerbaijan $8 million in military funding. Congress' action is a direct rebuke of the Bush administration's FY 2005 budget, which proposed four times more military funding for Azerbaijan than it did for Armenia. The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the same bill later today.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a giant funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 that includes $500,000 for the construction of the Community Health Center of Asbury Park (CHCAP). U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested the funds earlier this year in a letter to the members of the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee. The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the same bill later today.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), cochairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, today called on the United States to renounce and to secure the retraction of an Azeri United Nations resolution that urges the removal of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh.

In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, the lawmakers expressed concern that the resolution would undermine peace talks in the region.

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a $173,628 federal grant to the Highlands Volunteer Fire Department to fund firefighter training and fitness programs and to purchase needed firefighting and firehouse equipment.