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July 16, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) signed a MomsRising petition calling for action from the U.S. Department of Justice following the verdict reached finding George Zimmerman not guilty of killing teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida.


July 16, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) responded to Congressman Frank Pallone Jr.’s (NJ-06) call to revise a policy that has kept New Jerseyans impacted by Sandy from receiving Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) they were promised.

Issues: New Jersey

July 16, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced $59,741,909 in new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to reimburse the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the use of contractors to remove an estimated 850,000 cubic yards of sand and other sediment from waterways in the central region of the state.


July 16, 2013
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced $1,687,439 to New Jersey for re-employment programs in the state that include personalized assessments and plans for individuals receiving unemployment benefits.

July 16, 2013

Long Branch, NJ – On Monday evening, July 15, 2013 Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. called for the House to pass comprehensive immigration reform at an immigration forum in Freehold, New Jersey designed to provide residents with an update on the Senate passed bipartisan comprehensive immigration legislation, S. 744 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.

Issues: Immigration

July 16, 2013
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced $1,687,439 to New Jersey for re-employment programs in the state that include personalized assessments and plans for individuals receiving unemployment benefits.

July 15, 2013
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) was awarded $471,500 for research, extension and education programs on coastal issues. Sea Grant is a nationwide network administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of 32 university-based programs that work with coastal communities.

July 15, 2013
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the top Democrat for the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, joined with local HIV/AIDS advocates and a client of Ryan White services at the offices of Hyacinth AIDS Foundation in Newark, New Jersey to announce his legislation that will maintain vital funding for the Ryan White program to continue serving the HIV/AIDS community in New Jersey and provide essential care that allows these individuals to live longer and more prolific lives. The Ryan White program is set to expire in September of this year, and Pallone’s legislation calls for current law to remain in place until Congress works to reauthorize the program.
Issues: Health Care

July 14, 2013

LONG BRANCH, NJ—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today released the following statement in response to the not guilty verdict announced last night in the trial of George Zimmerman, who was found not guilty of killing teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida:


July 12, 2013

Long Branch, NJ – In a letter sent today, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., (NJ-06) called for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan to resolve two roadblocks New Jerseyans are facing in obtaining Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the Sandy aid package.