Press Releases

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today vowed to introduce legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would tighten regulations and impose stiff monetary penalties for nursing homes that violate the federal laws designed to protect our vulnerable elderly population. The New Jersey congressman's announcement follows recent reports that no legal recourse is available to the patients of the Forest View Care Center nursing home in Neptune that were illegally transferred to another facility without proper notice

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) will host an awards ceremony on Monday, May 3, in honor of the winners of the 2004 Congressional District High School Arts Competition, this years Military Service Academy nominees and the winners of the Congressional Award.

Fort Monmouth, NJ --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6) and Rush D. Holt (NJ-12) hosted a meeting earlier this week at Fort Monmouth to discuss with state counter-terrorism officials how Fort Monmouth's capabilities and technologies can assist the state in the area of Homeland Security. Joining the two congressmen at the meeting at Fort Monmouth's Mallette Hall were officials from the NJ Department of Military Affairs, the NJ Office of Counter Terrorism, the NJ Office of the Attorney General and the NJ State Police.

"Mr. Speaker, last Sunday, I attended a ceremony to remember the victims of the Armenian genocide in Times Square in New York City, that was a very moving event. There were several genocide survivors in attendance, and I had a chance to talk briefly with maybe 10 or so.

"Thank you all for joining me here today to provide comments on President Bush's controversial rollback of regulations limiting mercury emissions from power plants. Later this week, members of the U.S. House and Senate will be presenting these and other comments we have received on this proposed rule to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Mike Leavitt.

Trenton, NJ ---With a deadline set for Thursday, April 30 for all public comments on a Bush administration proposal that would weaken mercury regulations under the Clean Air Act, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, hosts a field hearing at the New Jersey Statehouse today to discuss the public health, environmental, and economic impact that this proposal would have on New Jersey. Pallone will hear testimony from state officials, health care, environmental, fish and wildlife representatives and the public.

Long Branch, NJ --- After reviewing the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy report issued earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the House Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans Subcommittee, today voiced concern over three provisions in the report that would initiate saltwater fishing licenses, change the fisheries management council authority, and exploit the ocean's mineral and other non-living resources.

Long Branch, NJ --- After an investigation completed by an independent environmental firm earlier this month outlined the clean up that should be undertaken at the Middlesex Borough Landfill, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a former operator of the land, to pay for the investigation and now the clean up. Pallone made his request in a letter to Michael W. Owen, Director of the Office of Legacy Management at the Energy Department.