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WASHINGTON DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced today that the Suburban Transit Corporation will receive more than $245,000 in federal grant money to retrofit six buses with wheelchair lifts in New Brunswick. The grant was awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Over the Road Bus Program.

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senior Democrat on the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee, today visited the Long Branch Senior Center to mark Medicare’s 47^th anniversary. Medicare was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965 in Independence, Missouri. Thanks to Medicare, virtually all Americans 65 and older have health care coverage and Medicare has increased both seniors’ health and economic security.

WASHINGTON DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that several towns in the Sixth District have been awarded grants to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime. One grant in the amount of $64,811 will be administered by Neptune and will also benefit Asbury Park and Long Branch. Another grant for $96,249 will be administered by New Brunswick and also service Perth Amboy, Edison and Woodbridge. The grants were provided through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) voted against the H.R. 6082, a bill that expands offshore oil drilling off the East Coast in the Atlantic Ocean. The Republican offshore drilling plan would expose environmentally sensitive areas and coastal communities to unprecedented risk and could potentially devastate the nation’s Eastern seaboard.

WASHINGTON DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 2362 the Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act, which was debated under suspension of the rules requiring a two-thirds majority for passage. Congressman Pallone opposes the bill because it singles out the Republic of Turkey for preferential investment treatment with Indian Tribes despite Turkey’s recent actions that are contrary towards U.S. interests and a long history of human rights violations: