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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., sent the following letter to the National Park Service on Friday requesting a detailed update on the status of the lease agreement between Sandy Hook Partners (SHP) and Fort Hancock at the Gateway National Recreation Area's Sandy Hook Unit. The letter asks several questions regarding adequate proof of funds and the possible termination of the lease.

Washington, DC – U. S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. announced on Friday a health care reform plan that will ensure affordable, quality health care — a critical fix to an unsustainably expensive system that hurts families and puts American businesses at a global disadvantage. The plan is the product of work among three House committees and three subcommittees, including the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, which is chaired by Pallone.

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell and Frank Pallone, Jr welcomed the decision by Chris Christie to participate in the upcoming congressional hearing on deferred prosecution agreements and urged him to finally provide answers to all the unknown and undisclosed information on his use of deferred prosecution agreements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today approved legislation Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-OH) authored to increase funding to states to protect water quality, and to require tough new beach water quality testing and public notification standards so beachgoers are better informed about the safety of their beaches. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ-06) is the sponsor of companion legislation in the House of Representatives.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., an original co-sponsor of the landmark tobacco control legislation that gained final congressional approval on Friday, said the new regulatory authority over the production and marketing of tobacco products will save lives, improve public health, reduce the medical costs of treating smokers and, most importantly, help protect young people from an addiction that takes a tighter grip the longer they smoke.

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 addressing the issue of Follow-on Biologic Drug Competition. The subcommittee hearing met to discuss a Federal Trade Commission Report on the issue.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following opening statement this morning at a subcommittee markup of H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009.

Washington, D.C. --- In an effort to improve access to quality medical care for nearly two million American Indians and Alaska Natives, U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), Don Young (R-AK) and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) today introduced long-overdue legislation to reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) – the cornerstone federal law that directs the delivery of health services to these communities.