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April 30, 2025

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Mark Christie urging the commission to investigate the most recent capacity auction conducted by PJM Interconnection—New Jersey’s regional power grid operator.

Issues: Energy New Jersey

April 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, pushed House passage of the bipartisan TICKET Act today – commonsense legislation that will bring long-overdue transparency and fairness to the live event ticketing marketplace.

Issues: New Jersey

April 28, 2025

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and New Jersey Speaker Coughlin sent a letter today to NL Industries, Inc. demanding immediate and comprehensive action to clean up toxic pollution left behind in the Raritan River near the company’s former titanium dioxide facility in Sayreville, New Jersey.


April 25, 2025

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) is demanding transparency from the Trump Administration following reports that dozens of Social Security Administration (SSA) field offices nationwide could be quietly closed, including two in his Congressional district in New Brunswick and Woodbridge that directly serve his constituents.


April 24, 2025

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to PJM Interconnection—New Jersey’s regional power grid operator—demanding swift action to fix its broken process for connecting new renewable energy projects to the grid.

Issues: Energy New Jersey

April 23, 2025

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today led Democratic members of the New Jersey congressional delegation in calling on the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to reverse its abrupt and unlawful decision to terminate federal funding for humanities programs across New Jersey.


April 23, 2025

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today after the Trump Administration announced a $140 million cut to the federally funded rehabilitation of the Dock Bridge in New Jersey:


April 22, 2025

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. and Senator Cory Booker today reintroduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, a bill to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean.


April 17, 2025

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today blasted the Trump administration for hollowing out the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and leaving fire departments across New Jersey without the federal funding they were promised.

Issues: New Jersey

April 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today led the New Jersey Democratic Congressional Delegation in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanding stable Fiscal Year 2026 funding an immediate reversal of staffing cuts, funding freezes, and program terminations at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).