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Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) today introduced the Security After Sandy Act that would forgive debt owed to the federal government by municipalities and homeowners recovering from Superstorm Sandy. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) will introduce a companion bill in the Senate.
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that 24 community health centers in New Jersey will receive over $11 million to expand coronavirus testing capacity. The funds will allow the community health centers to purchase personal protective equipment and tests, increase contact tracing, and expand walk-up or drive-thru testing.
Long Branch, NJ -- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced more than $11 million in federal funding that will provide aid to commercial fishing businesses, charter and for-hire fishing businesses, aquaculture operations, processors, and other fishery-related businesses in New Jersey.
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that over $2 million in funding from the CARES Act will be awarded to support public housing and operations in New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District during the coronavirus pandemic.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that New Jersey hospitals will receive over $1.7 billion from the Provider Relief Fund established in the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that he helped pass in the House of Representatives in March.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that the 6th Congressional District Annual High School Art Competition is officially underway. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the competition will take place virtually this year.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), and Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting additional federal funding to expand coronavirus testing, surveillance and contact tracing in New Jersey.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) demanded that the Trump Administration fairly and quickly distribute financial aid to the fishing industries in states like New Jersey that have incurred greater economic losses as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day:
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WASHINGTON — New Jersey officials are one step away from gaining access to $100 million in federal funds they can use to help replace Newark’s lead pipes.
WASHINGTON — Upset about high drug prices? Congress may finally do something.
WASHINGTON — If Congress is going to take steps to address climate change, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. will be out front.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House sought to block President Donald Trump’s efforts to allow oil rigs off the Jersey Shore by voting Wednesday to prevent new leases for oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean.
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called for updates to cars that can prevent children’s heatstroke deaths at a press conference on Thursday, referencing the bill he is trying to help pass, the Hot Cars Act.
A delegation of lawmakers toured the Elizabeth detention center holding immigrant detainees for nearly three hours Wednesday and emerged from the facility to detail what they saw.
Nearly three dozen members of Congress sent a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday morning expressing their concern over the agency’s treatment of transgender detainees and demanding the agency take transgender migrants’ asylum claims more seriously.
Wielding new power as a committee chairman, Frank Pallone pursues his pragmatic agenda.
New Jersey Democrat doesn’t minimize challenges in reaching agreement in Congress but says there ‘needs to be federal action’
House Democrats, led by New Jersey’s Rep. Frank Pallone, are hoping to come up with a consensus plan by the end of the year laying out a pathway to achieve a 100 percent clean-energy economy by 2050.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House took action Wednesday to rein in those annoying robocalls, which bother the average New Jersey resident more than once every three days.
The bill, sponsored by New Jersey’s Frank Pallone Jr., D-6th Dist., passed the House, 429-3.