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November 10, 2025

NEPTUNE, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today presented long-overdue military service medals to Highlands resident and U.S. Army Air Force veteran William “Bill” Tikiob Ward during a ceremony at Harold Daley VFW Post 1333 in Neptune. The event, held in honor of Veterans Day, recognized Ward’s dedicated service to the nation and celebrated the arrival of decorations he earned more than five decades ago but never received. 

 


October 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.-06), U.S.


October 30, 2025

LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today blasted Governor Murphy’s Department of Health and RWJBarnabas Health for once again manipulating the public hearing process on their plan to move Monmouth Medical Center’s hospital license out of Long Branch. The Administration has rescheduled the hearing for Thursday, November 13 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Eatontown instead of in Long Branch, the community losing its hospital.

 


October 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that he has joined a new amicus brief for United States v. Comey on behalf of former Director of the FBI, James Comey. The brief pushes back against Trump’s gross weaponization of the Department of Justice and urges the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to reject the administration’s unlawful attempt to install Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. Attorney.

 


October 28, 2025

LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today marked the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, which devastated the Jersey Shore on October 29, 2012. Pallone reflected on the storm’s destruction and the years of work it took to rebuild, highlighting his record of delivering relief for survivors and warning that Trump’s political interference and reckless Republican budget cuts have weakened the nation’s disaster response. 

 


October 27, 2025

LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today slammed RWJ Barnabas Health and Governor Murphy’s Administration for trying to rush a public hearing on the plan to close Monmouth Medical Center Hospital in Long Branch without giving proper notice. Murphy’s Department of Health postponed the hearing without publishing a new date after failing to provide the legally required 14-day public notice.


October 23, 2025

LONG BRANCH, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today condemned reports that the Trump Administration is secretly planning to open the East and West Coasts, Arctic, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico to new offshore oil drilling, including areas that have been permanently protected under federal law.

 


October 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the Republican government shutdown underscores the urgent need for his new National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2025 (H.R. 5484), a long-term, bipartisan plan to make flood coverage affordable, reliable, and immune from future political chaos.

 


October 20, 2025

LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) is calling on residents to attend the October 29 public hearing on RWJBarnabas Health’s plan to move Monmouth Medical Center’s hospital license and core services out of Long Branch.

 

Pallone was also critical of the short notice of the hearing and the timing that beings during the workday at 4 pm.