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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) expressed concern today that the 2012 National Parks Service fee schedule for entrance to Sandy Hook beaches may mean less visitors. Under the current proposal, daily parking rates will jump from $10.00 per car to $15.00 per car and annual season passes will increase from $50.00 to $75.00.
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today following the February jobs report indicating that 227,000 jobs were added in February, marking two straight years of private sector job growth.
WASHIGNTON, D.C.—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Donald Payne (NJ-10):
WASINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health issued the following statement at a meeting of the Health Subcommittee regarding the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Congressman Pallone has consistently opposed the IPAB, which is an unelected body that is tasked with changes to the Medicare payment system independently, as an executive overreach and encroaching on congressional authority.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) questioned some of President Obama’s budget priorities at two House hearings today. At the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, Congressman Pallone expressed his concern over cuts to programs responsible for monitoring coastal water health and Superfund site cleanup.
EDISON, NJ— Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) visited the Eos Energy Storage facility in Edison, NJ to support an “all-of-the-above” approach to American energy production to protect consumers from rising gas prices at the pump. Gas prices have reached an average $3.58 a gallon in New Jersey, an $0.08 rise from last week.
Washington, DC— Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, and Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6) called on FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to set standards for the maximum allowable levels of dangerous heavy metals, including arsenic, in foods and beverages.
Pallone visits New Brunswick, NJ preschool to call for FDA action to address the presence of arsenic and lead in fruit juices and baby formula
Washington DC - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) on Thursday sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson to inquire why certain toxic sites in New Jersey were not included in EPA’s Superfund program. The Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up the nation’s uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Pallone introduced “The Superfund Polluter Pays Act” to reinstate taxes on the oil and gas companies that frequently create the toxic sites to pay for the clean-up program.