Press Releases
Legislation Comes Amid Alarming Reports that Detention Facilities Are Charging Parents Extortionary Rates to Contact their Children
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.
Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement on the Board of Public Utilities’ decision to reject the Monmouth County Reliability Project (MCRP).
“I am asking that GAO begin this initial work immediately to evaluate how these agencies are tracking these children, so that Congress can be informed on what systems can or should be used to reunite these children with their families.”
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.
Washington, D.C. –Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today after President Trump signed an executive order ending his administration’s family separation policy:
“These children are at serious risk of suffering harm and severe trauma, and it is of utmost importance that we hear from all parties involved in their care”
Washington, D.C.
South Amboy, N.J. – Today at TelTech, a South Amboy startup working to combat robocalls, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and consumer advocates discussed the urgent need to enact legislation stopping unwanted robocalls. Pallone has introduced the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 6026), which will widen the definition of a robocall and strengthen enforcement provisions.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today led a letter to Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) ,Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, and to Rep.
Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (NJ-06) bill to provide increased funding to combat illicit opioid importation today passed the House of Representatives unanimously.