Press Releases
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:
LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today slammed RWJ Barnabas Health and Governor Murphy’s Administration for trying to rush a public hearing on the plan to close Monmouth Medical Center Hospital in Long Branch without giving proper notice. Murphy’s Department of Health postponed the hearing without publishing a new date after failing to provide the legally required 14-day public notice.
LONG BRANCH, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today condemned reports that the Trump Administration is secretly planning to open the East and West Coasts, Arctic, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico to new offshore oil drilling, including areas that have been permanently protected under federal law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the Republican government shutdown underscores the urgent need for his new National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2025 (H.R. 5484), a long-term, bipartisan plan to make flood coverage affordable, reliable, and immune from future political chaos.
LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) is calling on residents to attend the October 29 public hearing on RWJBarnabas Health’s plan to move Monmouth Medical Center’s hospital license and core services out of Long Branch.
Pallone was also critical of the short notice of the hearing and the timing that beings during the workday at 4 pm.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Health Committee leaders released a joint statement following a new report from the independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on a provision included in President Trump’s Big Ugly Bill that will drive up prescription drug prices for America’s seniors.
LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced his strong opposition to RWJ Barnabas Health’s (RWJBH) plan to move its hospital from Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch to a new hospital in Tinton Falls. The plan would move key services such as labor and delivery, acute care in-patient beds and the hospital license to the new facility in Tinton Falls leaving behind a shell of the current services.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement after the Trump Administration canceled $11 billion in FEMA disaster payments owed to states: