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Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders urging them to block controversial language that would bar the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from creating safeguards to prevent the extinction of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW).

Old Bridge, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to clean up Superfund sites in New Jersey and across the country. The Raritan Bay Slag site will receive a grant worth an estimated $1 million to complete initial, preparatory, and contracting work associated with the cleanup of the seawall in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge Township.

Red Bank, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel today called for urgent congressional action to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program. The program provides eligible households with a discount on their monthly internet bills. Currently, 338,000 New Jersey families are benefiting from the program, including nearly 24,000 households in Pallone’s Congressional district.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded $157 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support upgrades to New Jersey’s water infrastructure, including $54,366,000 for New Jersey’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and $102,647,000 for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. The state can use the funding to replace lead service lines, address PFAS contamination, maintain adequate stormwater infrastructure to manage flood impacts from climate change, and upgrade water treatment plants.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that the annual 6th Congressional District High School Art Competition is officially underway. Students should participate through their high schools and submit their artwork by March 22^nd. The competition is open to all high school students in New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District.  

Piscataway, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today held his first meeting of his Youth Advisory Council in 2024 at the Piscataway Community Center.  During the meeting, high school students from New Jersey’s Sixth Congressional District discussed key issues with the Congressman and staff and possible solutions to our country’s most complex challenges. 

Today, 263 Members of Congress—led by U.S. Senators Schumer, Murray, Sanders, Durbin, and Blumenthal and Representatives Jeffries, Clark, Pallone, Nadler, DeGette, and Lee—submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, urging the Supreme Court to reverse a stay from Texas District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, reaffirmed in part by the U.S.

Neptune, NJ — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today introduced the Do Not Disturb Act, comprehensive legislation to protect consumers from the bombardment of dangerous and unwanted calls and texts that have been exacerbated by the Supreme Court’s decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, which undermined anti-robocall consumer protections.