Press Releases
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today secured $100,000 for Union County Colleges (UCC) College for Teens program, a Plainfield program providing at-risk high school students with crucial academic, technology and leadership skills to succeed in college or the workplace. The New Jersey congressman requested the funds earlier this year.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a giant Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 omnibus bill that included $175,000 U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested for the expansion of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospitals Bristol-Myers Squibb Childrens Hospital (BMSCH) in New Brunswick.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said today that the U.S. House of Representatives approved a giant funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 that includes funding for two agriculture research projects at Rutgers University.
Trenton, NJ---U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined other members of the New Jersey congressional delegation today at a news conference in Trenton to voice his opposition to a Republican prescription drug bill that Congress approved last month and President Bush is expected to sign into law soon.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after hearing the National Park Service was extending a letter of intent with Sandy Hook Partners for another six months.
Washington, DC U.S. Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, applauded passage in the U.S. House of Representatives today of legislation granting Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to Armenia.
Washington, D.C. --- One day after an investment firm consulting the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority recommended the state consider selling or leasing Monmouth Park to boost revenues, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) voiced strong opposition today to the proposed sale of the racetrack.
"I regret that I could not be present at tonights public meeting to express my opposition to the opening of our federal waters to striped bass fishing. Such an opening would allow fishing by all sectors -- commercial, recreational, and party boats -- in a zone that had been previously off-limits to all striped bass fishing interests.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today gave final funding approval for the continuation of critical beach replenishment and flood control projects in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced.