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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 17^th 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).

Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Sri Lanka, submitted testimony at a House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia hearing yesterday. The title of the hearing was "Political Crises in South Asia: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal".

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives last night approved a water resources development conference report that authorizes $15 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move ahead with small-scale watershed restoration projects like stream bank restoration in Marlboro, said U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), who requested the project be included in the final report.