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December 19, 2016

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today at the Damon House in New Brunswick, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) celebrated the passage of provision in the 21st Century Cures Act, which provides $1 billion over two years to combat the opioid epidemic.


December 15, 2016
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement on the situation in Syria. "The reports coming out of Aleppo on the indiscriminate killings and summary executions of innocent civilians by Bashar al-Assad's forces are tragic and horrifying. Aleppo, once one of the world's most historic cities has been reduced to rubble.

December 14, 2016

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) spoke at the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (MAFMC) December Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland about his efforts to convince NOAA Fisheries to postpone any decision on reducing summer flounder quotes until it conducts a new benchmark summer flounder assessment.


December 14, 2016

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ06) sent a letter to Chairman Norman C. Bay of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opposing a new transmission formula rate proposed by Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L). It is likely that this new formula will result in higher costs to New Jersey ratepayers.


December 14, 2016

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the Ranking Member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, testified before the Joint Legislative Task Force on Drinking Water Infrastructure, a six-member panel directed to draft a report on the state of water resources in New Jersey.


December 14, 2016

“These efforts may be an attempt to apply an ideological ‘litmus test’ to career civil servants”


December 13, 2016
21st Century Cures provides Billions for Cancer Research and to Combat the Opioid EpidemicWashington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) Ranking Member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded President Obama for signing the 21st Century Cures Act into law. Pallone led Democratic efforts to pass the legislation through the House.

December 13, 2016
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement upon news of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson's expected nomination as Secretary of State."The issues handled by the Secretary of State are of the highest stakes, and they require someone with a deep understanding of international diplomacy and without any conflicts of interest.

December 13, 2016
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) Ranking Member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today upon news of former Governor of Texas Rick Perry's expected nomination to head the Department of Energy (DOE): "This nomination defies all logic.