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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, commended the final version of the Clean Power Plan released today by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Plan establishes emission guidelines for states to follow in developing plans to control carbon pollution from existing power plants. These plants are the largest source of carbon pollution in the United States, and currently they can emit unlimited quantities of carbon pollution.

Highlights Medicare and Medicaid Successes & the Need to Protect and Strengthen the Programs

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) visited the Bayshore Senior Center in Keansburg, NJ to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid and to highlight the need to continue the fight in Congress to protect and strengthen the programs. Pallone was joined by Keansburg Mayor Thomas Foley and Deputy Mayor George Hoff.

Pallone made the following statement on the anniversary of the programs.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Deal Fire Company No. 2 received $57,501 in federal funding allocated as part of the Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) award program. The money will be spent on operations and safety programs, including professional training, wellness and fitness programs equipment, personal protective equipment, modifications to facilities, and supplies that support firefighting and non-affiliated EMS operations and safety.

WASHINGTON, DC – With prescription drug abuse on the rise, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today applauded his Committee’s passage of the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Act. The program provides grant funding to states for prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). PDMPs aid in combatting the growing prescription drug abuse epidemic by helping prescribers, pharmacists, and law enforcement officials track the misuse of prescription drugs.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced Port Security Grant Program funding in New Jersey’s 6^th Congressional District. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Carteret Fire Department will receive $40,000, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office will receive $98,336 and the Perth Amboy Fire Department will receive $144,544.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) called on the Christie Administration to release additional information detailing how Sandy aid funds are being spent in New Jersey. In their letter to the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, the Congressmen called for more transparency in its Sandy Integrity Oversight Monitoring reports.

In Recognition of Dodd-Frank’s 5^th Anniversary, Pallone and Consumer Protection Advocates Discuss the Past, Present and Future of New Jersey Consumer Protection

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following what Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called “unacceptable” delays and inaction by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Congressman has stepped up his call for the banning of electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, on airplanes. Pallone today sent a letter to DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx urging the agency finalize a rule – which was originally proposed by DOT nearly four years ago, in September 2011 – banning the use of e-cigarettes on domestic and international commercial flights.