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Woodbridge, NJ– Today at the Woodbridge waterfront, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called on Congress to pass the bipartisan Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017, which is scheduled to come for a vote this week in the House of Representatives. The brownfields program was created in 2002 by bipartisan legislation authored in the House by Pallone and the late Rep. Paul Gillmor of Ohio.
Oceanport, N.J. – Today at Monmouth Park, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called on the federal government to allow states to legalize sports betting and online gaming. In December, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Christie v. NCAA. The case centers around a 1992 federal law entitled the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which prohibits sports betting nationally with certain exceptions.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement after voting against H.R 1 – the GOP Tax Bill.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) voted against H.R. 2874, the so called “21st Century Flood Reform Act”. The bill would make flood insurance more expensive, less available, and less fair for millions of Americans.
NEWARK, N.J. – Today in Newark, NJ, Governor-elect Phil Murphy and Democratic members of the New Jersey House delegation discussed the impact of the House Republican’s tax plan on New Jersey. The plan is estimated to cost many New Jersey families thousands of dollars a year. A total of 1.8 million New Jersey households deduct a cumulative $17 billion in state income or sales taxes from their federal taxes. Those tax deductions would be eliminated under the House GOP bill.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor this morning during consideration of H.R. 3922. Republicans are demanding cuts to Medicare and the Affordable Care Act to reauthorize the CHIP and funding for community health centers. The cuts to the Prevention and Public Health Fund in H.R. 3922 would cost New Jersey $5,000,000 this year and more than $32,000,000 from 2019-2023.
Washington, D.C. –Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement on the GOP’s revised tax proposal.
Long Branch, NJ –Today along the disaster evacuation route in Long Branch, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) unveiled legislation to combat price gouging after natural disaster declarations. Natural disasters have a history of resulting in unconscionable price increases for basic consumer goods such as gasoline, hotel rooms, food, and water. After Sandy, there were numerous reports of these unreasonable price increases throughout New Jersey. Congressman Pallone was joined by Beverly Brown Ruggia from NJ Citizen Action at the event.
The following op-ed by Rep. Pallone appeared in the Star Ledger on October 25, 2017
New Brunswick, NJ – On Monday, October 23 at the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) discussed the urgent need to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers (CHC), and other important public health programs, with state and local officials, medical professionals and health and children’s advocates. The program’s authorization expired on September 30th.
Video of the event can’t be found here.