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August 10, 2010
Washington, DC — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today heralded house passage of legislation that would significantly help New Jersey defray its Medicaid costs and save approximately 3,900 teachers’ jobs.

August 3, 2010

Washington, D.C. – Senator Robert Menendez and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., (NJ-06) jointly introduced the Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2010, legislation that increases coordination amongst government and community organizations at all levels with programs that combat gang violence and recruitment.


July 30, 2010

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) Thursday criticized Republicans’ failure to support a program to provide health care to 9/11 first responders and area residents suffering from health conditions associated with the side effects of exposure to toxins at Ground Zero.


July 30, 2010
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., (D-NJ), Friday announced the House of Representatives voted 251-167 to approve the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act of 2011, which includes $1 million in funding secured by Pallone to complete design and engineering for the Long Branch Pier and Ferry terminal.

July 30, 2010
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., (D-NJ), Friday asked Secretary of State Clinton to investigate possible ties between the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation and U.S. recognized terrorist organizations. The letter also asks that the State Department include in the investigation potential links between the IHH and the Turkish government.

July 30, 2010

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., (NJ-06) Friday lauded the passage of the CLEAR Act, legislation that will enact offshore drilling reforms and inject transparency and accountability into the offshore drilling process. The CLEAR Act directly responds to the Deepwater Horizon disaster while also looking forward and attempting to prevent the next catastrophe.


July 29, 2010
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., (NJ-06) Thursday wrote a letter to NJ Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin requesting that he delay an order to remove the shellfish beds by July 30 and work with the Baykeeper to find a mutually beneficial solution for the oyster restoration project.

July 28, 2010
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., (NJ-06) Wednesday announced $6.5 million in Defense Appropriations funding for programs in the New Brunswick area which will benefit Rutgers, the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and the Cancer Institute. The funding will go to projects that will improve disaster preparedness efforts and improve cancer prevention diagnoses.

July 27, 2010
Washington, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Tuesday held a hearing on Congressman Pallone’s (NJ-06) Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2010.

July 21, 2010

Washington, DC – Senator Frank Lautenberg, Senator Robert Menendez and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., (NJ-06) Thursday announced the Senate Appropriations Committee approved funding for projects to repair beach erosion and prevent flood damage in central New Jersey. The Army Corps of Engineers will use the funding to further advance these projects.