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April 15, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced today that Superfund sites in Marlboro and Sayreville will receive funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in February. With 114 sites on the National Priorities List (NPL), New Jersey has more Superfund sites than any other state in the country.


April 9, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, announced today that New Jersey will receive $5.9 million in funds for immunization operations and infrastructure necessary to implement a comprehensive immunization program through the Section 317 program. The funding is provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in February.


April 9, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, announced today that New Jersey will receive $34 million in funds over two years for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The funding is provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in February.


April 8, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), praise the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for proposing to add the contaminated areas along the Raritan Bay in Old Bridge and Sayreville to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund Sites. The EPA's announcement came one day after the lawmakers wrote a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the agency to designate the site as a Superfund site.


April 7, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), sent the following letter today to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The lawmakers wrote to urge that the EPA place the contaminated areas along the Raritan Bay in Old Bridge and Sayreville on the National Priorities List of Superfund Sites. They also requested that the EPA aggressively pursue cleanup cost recovery from all parties that have contributed to the contamination.


April 7, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., who is spearheading the health reform effort in Congress, issued the following statement on Tuesday on the release of a report showing that nearly 2.4 million people in New Jersey went without health insurance at some time over the past two years:


April 2, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following opening statement this morning at the fifth in a series of hearings focused on making health care work for American families. Today's hearing addresses how to save money by improving quality and lowering costs.


April 2, 2009

Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-09), U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) introduced reform legislation on Thursday that would set standards of accountability and responsibility in the use of "deferred prosecution agreements" and the related use of highly-paid monitors to oversee the agreements.


March 31, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following opening statement this morning at the fourth in a series of hearings focused on making health care work for American families. Today's hearing addresses the need to bolster the public health system, which will be a vital component to making health reform sustainable and improving health outcomes.


March 31, 2009

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., put the focus on the role of public health as an important ingredient in reforming the health care system with a public hearing by the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee that included a presentation by Commissioner Heather Howard, who heads the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.