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Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, visited Boyt Drugs in Metuchen to discuss legislation addressing the growing opioid and heroin epidemic in New Jersey. Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan and Middlesex Freeholder Charles Kenny also attended the event.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (D NJ-06) and Robert J. Dold (R IL-10), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, released the following statement on the 101^st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, visited the Rutgers Solar Farm in Piscataway on the 46^th Earth Day to address the need for investments in clean energy in New Jersey and throughout the country. Middlesex Freeholder Charlie Kenny, Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler and representatives from the League of Conservation Voters and Clean Water Action also attended the event.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce committee, lauded the success of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program and stressed the importance of reauthorizing the law, which he authored with the late Congressman Paul Gillmor (R-OH) in 2001. President Bush signed the bill into law in January 2002.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded the allocation of more than $45 million through the Hardest Hit Fund to the state of New Jersey to help stabilize the housing market and prevent foreclosures. The Hardest Hit Fund was created in 2010 to provide targeted assistance to 18 states and the District of Columbia deemed hardest hit by the economic and housing market downturn.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act – or the SANDy Act, passed the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6), the Senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the legislation earlier this year to help ensure the resiliency of the nation’s communications networks during emergencies.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) joined Mayor Wilda Diaz in Perth Amboy to highlight the need for investment in water infrastructure in New Jersey and throughout the country. In February, Pallone introduced, the AQUA Act, which significantly increases water infrastructure funding authorization so local communities can repair and replace their aging water systems to ensure residents have access to clean and safe drinking water.