Press Releases
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. H.R 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, will also expand the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to prevent illegally manufactured opioids, such as fentanyl, from arriving overseas through the mail.
New Brunswick, NJ — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Piscataway Mayor Brian C. Wahler and state and local officials called on Congress to act on common sense solutions to reduce gun violence. In April, Watson Coleman introduced the Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2018, with Pallone as an original cosponsor.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Rutgers University has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $177,318. The grant will support a project entitled "Connecting Common Era climate and sea level variability along the Eastern North American coastline" and will help improve the scientific understanding of sea level changes along the east coast and their relationship with climate.
Neptune, NJ — Today at Fulfill (the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean County), Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), state and local officials and nutrition advocates voiced their opposition to cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the Republican Farm Bill. While Pallone and House Democrats helped defeat H.R. 2, The Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (The Farm Bill) in last week's vote, House Republicans vowed to bring similar legislation to the House floor in the near future.
Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (NJ-06) bill to increase funding to combat illicit opioid importation today passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee. H.R 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, will also expand the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to prevent illegally manufactured opioids, such as heroin and fentanyl, from arriving overseas through the mail.
Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (NJ-06) bill to increased funding to combat illicit opioid importation today passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee. H.R 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, will also expand the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to prevent illegally manufactured opioids, such as heroin and fentanyl, from arriving overseas through the mail.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Rutgers University has been awarded 3 National Science Foundation grants totaling $470,549.
"I know that these grants will support Rutgers' world-renowned research and continue to build on New Jersey's status as a leader in science and innovation," said Pallone. "I will continue to work to ensure that the federal government is supporting the sciences and higher education."
The grants include:
New Brunswick, NJ — On Friday May 11th, after a tour of the New Jersey International Bulk Mail Center, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) and United State Postal Service (USPS) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials discussed the H.R. 5228, Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, a bill to increase funding to combat illicit opioid importation. The bill passed the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health last week.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Rutgers University has been awarded a new National Science Foundation grant of $856,337. The grant will support a project to help students learn to use different kinds of evidence in thinking about and creating models of complex systems. The project transforms the way simulations are used to help students develop scientific practices, epistemologies, and content knowledge within elementary school science classrooms.