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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.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Asbury Park will receive two grants from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program, totaling $400,000. The community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct environmental site assessments, and prepare two cleanup plans. The funds will also be used to support community outreach activities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), voted against the National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the House of Representatives. The legislation includes an amendment which would effectively undo President Obama’s landmark 2014 executive order banning all federal contractors from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, voted no on H.R. 5243, the Zika Response Appropriations Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 241-184. Pallone criticized House Republicans for providing less than one-third of the funds requested by President Obama to respond to the Zika threat and playing politics with an urgent public health issue.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) praised the Obama Administration’s announcement that the Department of Labor has updated overtime protections for nearly 5 million more workers. The rule makes more than 130,000 additional New Jersey workers eligible for extra pay by guaranteeing overtime pay to most salaried workers earning less than an estimated $47,476 a year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention announced that in 2015, the uninsured rate fell to 9.1 percent nationwide and 6.9 percent in New Jersey, down from 14.4 percent and 17.5 percent in 2013. The drop in uninsured Americans is largely the result of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) consumer protections, the Medicaid expansion, and the creation of the Health Insurance Marketplace. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.