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WASHINGTON, D.C— Today, Senators Edward Kennedy and Tom Harkin and Representatives John Dingell and Frank Pallone introduced the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act of 2007 that would create an insurance program for adults who become functionally disabled.
The measure would provide a cash benefit to help obtain services and supports, while providing those with disabilities more choices on community participation, education, and employment.
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 in response to comments by President Bush that Congress should focus on tax proposals instead of strengthening the successful State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Interior to investigate the three-year-old lease agreement between the National Park Service (NPS) and Sandy Hook Partners (SHP) involving the redevelopment of Fort Hancock. The New Jersey congressman formally requested the investigation in a letter sent today to Earl Devaney, the Inspector General at the Interior Department. (A COPY OF THE LETTER FOLLOWS.)
Trenton, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement tonight through his legislative aide, Tim DelMonico, at a public hearing on a summer flounder, scup and black sea bass fishery management plan.
Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, introduced legislation yesterday that would prohibit the commercial harvesting of blackfish, also known as tautog, in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone of the United States in order to enable coastal populations to return to historical abundances.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will resume and improve a 30-year offshore water sampling program it abruptly discontinued in May.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously approved a resolution introduced earlier this year by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) that supports the goals and ideals of National Clean Beaches Week, which occurs this year between June 29th and July 5th.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) testified before the Senate Environment & Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality on reauthorization of the BEACH Act. The New Jersey congressman's testimony follows.
Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Sri Lanka, introduced a resolution in the House this week expressing the serious concern of Congress regarding the worsening situation in Sri Lanka. The New Jersey congressman was joined by his co-chair on the Caucus, U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL), in introducing this bill.
Yesterday an influential Republican voice on foreign affairs admitted that the war in Iraq is doing more harm than good, and that "our course in Iraq has lost contact with our vital national security interests in the Middle East and beyond."
Those are the words of Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, who went to the Senate floor last night to say that changes in strategy need to be made BEFORE September.