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Congressman Calls for Passage of Bill with Senators Menendez and Booker, Rep. Pascrell and EPA
Garfield, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced legislation he introduced to help the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleanup sites listed on the Superfund’s National Priority List. The Superfund Polluter Pays Act would reinstate the Superfund tax to ensure polluters, not taxpayers, pay for the cleanup of Superfund sites.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced a monitoring station will be installed in Raritan Bay thanks to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Signs House Democrats’ Petition to Force Vote on Bill to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Suspected Terrorists
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.
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.
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)
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.
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. Pallone is a member of the Conference Committee, which is made up of a bipartisan, bicameral set of Members negotiating between the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of the legislation.
Pallone Seeks to Clarify, Update Nutrition Information & Address Misleading Health Claims
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
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.