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August 8, 2016

Washington, D.C - With authority granted through the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today will begin exercising greater oversight over electronic cigarettes and cigar sales to young adults. Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06), a co-author of the law, applauded the FDA’s new actions.


August 8, 2016
Congressman Frank Pallone gathers with officials in an empty Aberdeen lot to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new apartment building.
Issues: New Jersey

August 6, 2016
Representative Frank Pallone (NJ-06) urges funding for brownfield site clean up to foster economic development within the district.

August 5, 2016
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone pushes for Congress to clean up Brownfield Site vacant lots in NJ.
Issues: Environment

August 5, 2016

Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference in Asbury Park to advocate for legislation he has introduced to provide additional funding to the EPA’s Brownfields Program, which will help clean up and redevelop brownfields sites across the country. The event took place at a lot next to Springwood Avenue Park, which is being assessed for cleanup and redevelopment with a portion of a $400,000 Brownfields Grant that was awarded to Asbury Park in May.


August 3, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that two projects under the direction of Dr. Cristi Palmer at Rutgers University, New Brunswick have been awarded $2.9 million in federal grants through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative. The funding was authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and will support a broad range of agricultural research and extension activities. Specifically, Dr.


August 2, 2016

Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sent a letter to National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis urging the NPS to withdraw its proposal to increase Sandy Hook’s camping and parking fees starting next year. In the letter Pallone called on NPS to hold a public hearing on the fee increases and provide information on the fee differences between Sandy Hook and other parks.


August 2, 2016

Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement in response to the National Park Service (NPS) proposal to increase Sandy Hook’s camping and parking fees starting next year. Pallone is also writing National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis to urge the NPS to withdraw its proposal.


August 2, 2016
Congressman Pallone called on the National Park Service to resist a Gateway National Recreation Area fee increase in Monmouth County's Sandy Hook.
Issues: New Jersey