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Belmar, NJ --- With President Bush and Senator McCain now in favor of opening our coasts to offshore drilling and Republicans in Congress currently working to overturn a 26 year offshore drilling moratorium, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Gov. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) today stressed the need for Congress to pass legislation that would permanently extend the moratorium on oil and gas drilling off the Jersey Shore.
Bill Includes Tax Credits for Affected Homeowners If Plan Is Approved
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced legislation yesterday in the House that would place a moratorium on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) plans to expand flood zones.
Legislation will Protect Patients from Dangerous & Defective Devices
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following opening statement this morning at a subcommittee markup of H.R. 6357, the Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication (PRO(TECH)T) Act of 2008.
The American people are looking for real energy solutions that will bring down prices at the pump. Unfortunately, all they are getting from Washington Republicans are more of the same old policies that are actually responsible for the high gas prices in the first place.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following statement on the House floor during debate on H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.
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 a hearing on H.R. 3014, the Health Equity & Accountability Act of 2007.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent the following letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region Two Administrator Alan Steinberg requesting that EPA and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) immediately work together to develop a specific timetable for the clean up of all Superfund sites in New Jersey that are more than 20 years old.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement after the House passed a $183.9 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill. The New Jersey congressman opposed an amendment that continues funding the war in Iraq, but he supported an amendment that blocked harmful Medicaid regulations, expanded unemployment insurance for those out of work and created a new G.I.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), lead sponsor of the COAST (Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism) Anti-Drilling Act, assailed U.S. Sen. John McCain's dramatic flip-flop on offshore oil drilling in the following statement.