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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today made the following statement on President Obama’s announcement regarding the limiting of military surplus equipment transfers to local police departments. Pallone called for the effectiveness and negative impacts of this program to be looked into when it first became clear how widespread it had become.

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) made the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of its final cleanup plan for the Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Superfund site in South Plainfield, New Jersey. The plan is for the cleanup of a nine mile stretch of Bound Brook, which passes next to the former Cornell-Dubilier Electronics facility. Under the plan, the EPA estimates that this fourth and final phase of the cleanup will cost $252 million.

PERTH AMBOY, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D NJ-06) and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today joined transportation advocates and labor leaders to call on Congress to approve long-term, dedicated funding to repair and upgrade the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Funding for critical highway, transit and safety programs will expire at the end of the month, and the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) faces insolvency by summer.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made the following statement on today’s announcement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that it will be issuing an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to Rutgers University, the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory and the National Science Foundation from June through August of this year.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) located in New Jersey’s 6th District will receive grants totaling $4.69 million in Operating Subsidy awards. The funding, which is awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), provides assistance to PHAs to help with the operation and management costs associated with public housing developments. Housing Authorities throughout the 6th District, in both Middlesex and Monmouth counties, will receive funding.