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New Brunswick, NJ -- Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced $75,663,600 million in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to New Jersey and the 6th Congressional District for medical care and support to individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS through the Ryan White Program. The program awarded $2.3 billion in grants nationwide.

Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) joined Colonel David A. Caldwell, Commander of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bob Martin, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection and Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger, to mark the beginning of construction for Phase II of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project in Port Monmouth.

Long Branch, NJ – Today in Highlands, NJ, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) unveiled the Flood Insurance Reimbursement Standards Transparency (FIRST) Cap Profits Act, which would require increased oversight and transparency of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and to cap the profits of private companies providing flood insurance at 10%. A 2009 GAO report found that profits for flood insurers averaged 16.5%, while a more recent study found profits closer to 30%.

WASHINGTON – Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Paul Tonko (NY-20) released a report today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), detailing the state of water infrastructure in selected midsize and large cities with declining populations, commonly known as legacy cities. The report shows the immediate need for legislation introduced by Tonko and Pallone, aimed at improving crumbling water infrastructure and enhancing the quality of safe drinking water in communities across the nation.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued a statement on the settlement between the Department of Justice and Mylan, Inc. that will force the drug company to pay $465 million over allegations that it improperly classified its EpiPen Auto-Injector as generic drug in order to avoid paying rebates in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led a letter from members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), applauding the agency’s recently released Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap, which proposes numerous measures to reduce ocean noise, and urging NOAA to take immediate steps to implement the plan.

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today at the Bayshore Senior Center in Keansburg, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) outlined his newly introduced Medicare Affordability and Enrollment Act, which would improve Medicare coverage for all seniors and those with disabilities and modernize the enrollment system to help facilitate easier enrollment.