Media
Latest News
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, helped lead Democratic efforts to pass the bill in the House and it now heads to the President for signature.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to strengthen ties between the United States and India during a speech before a joint session of Congress. Pallone, a co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, served on the escort committee that led Modi into the House chamber.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06), who serves as the top Democrat of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led his colleagues in sending a letter to Cathleen Bennett, Acting Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health, following up on a February 22, 2016 request for information on the department’s role in preventing childhood lead poisoning.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called for chewing tobacco to be banned from Major League Baseball at the Woodbridge Little League Field. In April, Pallone sent letters to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred, Jr.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – This week in Plainsboro, NJ, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) hosted a roundtable focused on the biotech and pharmaceutical industries based in New Jersey. The roundtable also focused on the importance of diversity in the innovation economy. The discussion was one of many taking place throughout the nation as House Democrats work to craft an Innovation Agenda 2.0.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6) announced that his office will be participating in the Congressional App Challenge, an app competition for U.S. high school students. The Challenge submission period will run from July 18, 2016 through November 2, 2016. The competition is open to all students who meet the eligibility requirements, regardless of coding experience. Students can learn more about the competition here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Robert Dold (IL-10), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, applauded the German Bundestag, lower house of parliament, for overwhelmingly passing a resolution declaring the killings of Armenians by the government of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 a genocide.