Press Releases

March 16, 2004

Dara Corrigan

Acting Principal Deputy Inspector General

Department of Health and Human Services

Office of the Inspector General
330 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20201

Dear Ms. Corrigan:

Washington, DC --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) announced today that they'll be hosting a town hall meeting later this month to discuss Fort Monmouth's future and their efforts to expand the Fort's mission beyond 2005. The town hall meeting will be held on Saturday, March 27, at 2 p.m. at the Eatontown Borough Community Center.

Long Branch, N.J. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a new engineering plan for the Deal Lake Flume that would allow the herring population access to Deal Lake, but would not affect wave patterns.

Long Branch, NJ --- At a meeting in Long Branch organized today by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), the U.S.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), senior Democrat on the House Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans Subcommittee, today voiced serious concern over President Bush's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 budget for the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS).

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the Democratic Health Care Task Force, will talk with seniors on Saturday, March 20th about the new prescription drug law passed by Congress. The New Jersey congressman is hosting a town hall forum to answer any questions about how the new law will affect senior's Medicare, PAAD and Senior Gold coverage.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, today called on President Bush to include India as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a five-year, $15 billion dollar plan to combat international HIV/AIDS.

Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today lauded the U.S.