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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.

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.

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. The additional sand and sediment as a result of Superstorm Sandywere potential threats to navigation in the waterways.

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. Republicans have resisted bringing the Senate bill up for a vote in the House since the measure passed last month by a vote of 68-32.