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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) discussed the importance of the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act – or the SANDy Act – at a cell phone tower in Edison, NJ. Last week, the SANDy Act passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 389-2 and was introduced in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded the introduction of the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act – or the SANDy Act- in the Senate by U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Charles Schumer (D-NY). Earlier this week the SANDy Act passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 389-2.

Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the United States Postal Service will resume mail carrier operations at the Oceanport Post Office on June 1, 2016. The Oceanport Post Office was temporarily closed after a fire in July of 2015. The Oceanport Post Office reopened in late January of this year, but mail carriers continued to report out of the Monmouth Beach Post Office.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) demanded that FEMA take swift action to process claims for victims of Hurricane Sandy in a meeting with Roy Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in Pallone’s Washington, DC office. At the meeting Wright stated that FEMA would have the unprocessed claims finished by the end of the summer.

WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act – or the SANDy Act, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 389-2. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the legislation last year to help ensure the resiliency of the nation’s communications networks during emergencies.

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report today concluding that the National Football League (NFL) improperly attempted to influence the grant review process for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) brain injury study that the NFL had agreed to fund as part of a $30 million donation.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) voiced support for a new policy for transgender students to be voted on by the Highland Park Board of Education on Monday night. The policy would allow transgender students to access any school bathroom, locker room, or school program based on their affirmed gender.