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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., introduced legislation today that would set a nationwide uniform tracking system for medical waste and would set standards for the handling, disposal and treatment of this waste.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. expressed disappointment today that only one beach replenishment project in New Jersey received funds through the administration's Fiscal Year 2010 budget.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing this morning on H.R. 1346, the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today Chairman Henry A.

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) announced today that the Middlesex County Improvement Authority will receive $1 million to help clean up contaminated and polluted sites. The funding comes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Program.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., today announced that the City of Plainfield will receive two brownfields assessment grants totaling $400,000 and an additional $200,000 in funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. applauded the administration's policy change to allow beach replenishment projects to compete for funding in the budget.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone Jr., (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, released the following statement today regarding Armenia funding included in the Administrations' Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 budget, which was released to Congress on Thursday.