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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 this afternoon in support of the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act of 2007. The New Jersey congressman is one of the original authors of a bill that passed the House earlier this year.

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 hearing that the Bush administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent surveys out to the states asking how they would deal with the children enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) if the program is not reauthorized by September 30th of this year.

Belmar, NJ -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today during the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) Town Meeting in Belmar.

Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after hearing that the U.S. District Court of New Jersey ruled against Save Sandy Hook Corporation in its lawsuit regarding the lease agreement for the redevelopment of Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook.

Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, announced today that he will introduce legislation on Monday that would prohibit the Bush administration from moving forward with new rules limiting the flexibility states now have in implementing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Regional Administrator, Alan Steinberg, calling on the EPA to conduct an intensive monitoring and testing regimen in the Raritan Bay to track water quality, in order to investigate the cause of recent menhaden kills in that area. (THE TEXT OF THE LETTER FOLLOWS)