Press Releases
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) touted H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act as it was signed into law today by President Trump. Pallone, the Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was one of the lead negotiators on the final bipartisan bill that overwhelmingly passed the House and Senate earlier this fall.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a troubling new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today detailing the Trump Administration's haphazard efforts to reunify families separated at the border due to the so-called "zero tolerance" policy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate passed the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which reauthorized the Safe Drinking Water Act for the first time in 20 years providing significant new funding to state and local governments to improve drinking water infrastructure nationwide. Pallone, the Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led House Democrats in the bipartisan negotiations and helped pass the bill last month. The President is now expected to sign the legislation into law.
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch with local leaders and health professionals to highlight bipartisan legislation passed in Congress last week to expand access to treatment and make long-term progress in addressing the opioid epidemic. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the Ranking Member of the House and Energy Commerce Committee, was a lead House negotiator on H.R. 6: The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which was agreed on between House and Senate health leaders.
Washington, DC – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6: The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, a bipartisan package of provisions to expand access to treatment and make long-term progress in addressing the opioid epidemic. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the Ranking Member of the House and Energy Commerce Committee, was a lead House negotiators on this final bipartisan bill that was negotiated between House and Senate health leaders.
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a roundtable with entrepreneurs and discussed policies that can create quality jobs in New Jersey. Congressman Pallone is the Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees many important issues vital to business, including the internet.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Rutgers University has been awarded six National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling more than $2,700,000.
"Rutgers University continues to show its dedication to pursing new scientific initiatives," Pallone said. "I am extremely proud of their accomplishments and I look forward to any new scientific research these funds will support."
The NSF grants include:
"Tripods+X:Res: Collaborative Research: Identification of Gene Regulatory Network Function from Data,"- $190,000.
"I am deeply outraged and offended by Congressman Smith's bigoted views on LGBTQ adoption. Congressman Smith should know that LGBTQ parents are just simply that – parents. They are parents who provide every bit of love and care as their heterosexual neighbors. Unfortunately, this is not the first time Congressman Smith has dismissed the rights of LGBTQ Americans. He should apologize.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Rutgers University has been awarded five National Science Foundation (NSF) grants and two Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants totaling more than $3,700,000.
"These funds will allow Rutgers to continue its groundbreaking research into issues that affect all of us," Pallone said. "I am extremely proud of the university as it continues to pursue new initiatives within the scientific research community."
The NSF projects include:
Dear Neighbors,
Each year billions of dollars are distributed in federal grant and loan money to institutions and organizations throughout the country. The 6th District's universities, colleges, non-profit organizations, small businesses, and local governments are well-qualified to compete for these funds. It is my job to represent you and local organizations in Washington and I want to make sure you are aware of the numerous grant opportunities that the federal government provides.