Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement after Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson abruptly resigned following months of criticism over his inexperience and absence during major disasters:
Eatontown, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today condemned the state’s deeply flawed public hearing on the proposed closure of Monmouth Medical Center after more than 500 residents arrived to speak and were denied entry. The hearing was held inside an RWJ Barnabas facility in a room so small that employees of the corporation proposing the closure filled nearly every seat. Pallone said:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement:
NEPTUNE, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today presented long-overdue military service medals to Highlands resident and U.S. Army Air Force veteran William “Bill” Tikiob Ward during a ceremony at Harold Daley VFW Post 1333 in Neptune. The event, held in honor of Veterans Day, recognized Ward’s dedicated service to the nation and celebrated the arrival of decorations he earned more than five decades ago but never received.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.-06), U.S.
LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today blasted Governor Murphy’s Department of Health and RWJBarnabas Health for once again manipulating the public hearing process on their plan to move Monmouth Medical Center’s hospital license out of Long Branch. The Administration has rescheduled the hearing for Thursday, November 13 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Eatontown instead of in Long Branch, the community losing its hospital.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that he has joined a new amicus brief for United States v. Comey on behalf of former Director of the FBI, James Comey. The brief pushes back against Trump’s gross weaponization of the Department of Justice and urges the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to reject the administration’s unlawful attempt to install Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. Attorney.
LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today marked the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, which devastated the Jersey Shore on October 29, 2012. Pallone reflected on the storm’s destruction and the years of work it took to rebuild, highlighting his record of delivering relief for survivors and warning that Trump’s political interference and reckless Republican budget cuts have weakened the nation’s disaster response.
Regarding "Monmouth Medical Center is not closing. We are re-organizing," app.com, Oct. 23: