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December 7, 2015

Legislation would Help Keep Plastic out of Nation’s Waterways

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that the House of Representatives unanimously passed his bill to protect U.S. waterways from synthetic plastic microbeads.


December 2, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – As the world gathers in Paris to take meaningful action on climate change, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, continued his efforts to fight back against House Republicans’ assault on climate action. In advance of a vote tomorrow on H.R.


December 2, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today announced a U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant award of $939,300 to Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT)


December 1, 2015

As the World Meets in Paris to Address Growing Threat of Climate Change, House Republicans Continue to Ignore Reality & Block Progress

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, condemned House Republican’s latest assault on action to combat climate change.


December 1, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that New Jersey Transit will be saved from a $50 million cut due to an agreement that preserves the High Density States Program – known as the 5340 Program – in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015.


November 23, 2015

Pallone Seeks to Clarify, Update Nutrition Information & Address Misleading Health Claims

WASHINGTON, DCCongressman Frank Pallone, Jr.


November 19, 2015

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Lake Takanassee, Deal Lake and Wesley Lake will be included in a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study to address flood risks of vulnerable coastal populations in areas that were affected by Hurricane Sandy. All coastal lakes in Monmouth County will be included in the study.


November 18, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.


November 18, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded Committee-passage of the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which he introduced earlier this year with Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI-06).


November 16, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the three-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today introduced legislation to help ensure the resiliency of the nation’s communications networks during emergencies.