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New Brunswick, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, which oversees the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control, among other critical health care-related issues, released the following statement today upon the historic merger of Rutgers University and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ):
Newark, NJ – On Monday, July 1, Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Donald Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) called for a solution to the doubling of interest rates for federally backed, need-based loans that went into effect today. The congressmen held a press conference at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and condemned House Republican leadership’s failure to allow a vote on the Democratic solution to freeze the rates at 3.4 percent. The rate hike affects 7 million students.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced $350,000 to the city of Asbury Park and $271,413 to Keansburg in Community Development Block Grant Disaster (CDBG) Recovery funds. These grants can help local government entities whose budgets are strained from the Sandy rebuilding process to maintain essential services to the community.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce and Natural Resource Committees, issued the following statement following passage of H.R. 2231, Offshore Energy and Jobs Act. The bill would expand leasing for offshore drilling to the Atlantic Coast, which Pallone has consistently opposed:
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the Deal Fire Company No. 2 has been awarded $226,195 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.
“Firefighters and first responders deserve the best equipment and training we can provide while they risk their lives to protect us every day,” said Congressman Pallone. “I commend Deal Fire Company No. 2 for putting together this winning grant application, and I thank them for the high quality service the firefighters provide our community.”
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement on the United States Supreme Court Decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA):
“In 1996, I was one of a small minority of members of Congress to vote in oppositions of DOMA because I believe that it is unconstitutional and violates equal protection under the law. Earlier this year, I joined with many of my colleagues in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court arguing that the law should be found unconstitutional.
Storm Damage Deemed Severe Enough for Additional Cost Sharing by FEMA