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Red Bank, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today visited children at the Red Bank Summer Camp to tout House passage earlier this month of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill that included a provision he championed that would expand to New Jersey a popular federal program that provides meals to low-income children during the summer.
New Brunswick, NJ – New Brunswick, NJ – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will receive increased federal funding for cancer care if legislation passed by the House is signed into law, announced the bill’s sponsor, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) at a hospital press conference today.
Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Long Branch, NJ -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council recommended a reduced 15.77 million pound summer flounder quota for 2008. The two organizations made the recommendation to the National Marine Fisheries Service today during their meeting to finalize summer flounder management measures for 2008.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following remarks today at the New Jersey release of “Testing the Waters: A Guide to Beach Water Quality at Vacation Beaches”, the 17th annual national water quality report from Natural Resources Defense Council, in Sea Bright, New Jersey.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Tom Udall, D-N.M., today celebrated the House passage of an amendment creating an incremental federal standard for electric utilities to provide 15 percent of their electricity from wind, solar, other renewable energy sources and efficiency by 2020. The amendment passed by a vote of 220-190.
Washington, D.C. --- Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill that includes funding for Rutgers agriculture research projects, said U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).
Washington, D.C. --- Six New Jersey lawmakers today sent the following letter to the Army Corps of Engineers stating that the Army Corps should not award any construction contracts at Aberdeen Proving Ground until Congress receives reports from the Pentagon and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The letter was signed U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rush Holt (-NJ), Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Jim Saxton (R-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ).
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives last night approved a water resources development conference report that authorizes $74.8 million in federal funding for the Union Beach hurricane and storm damage reduction project requested by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives last night approved a water resources development conference report that authorizes federal funding for the South River Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project. The project was requested by U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).