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Long Branch, NJ --- With the Rutgers University Women's Basketball Team headed to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women's Basketball Championship Game tomorrow night, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., who represents Rutgers University, made a friendly wager today with U.S. Rep. John Duncan (R-TN), who represents the University of Tennessee, on the outcome of the game.
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chair of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health, today was joined by other Energy & Commerce Chairs and Ranking Members in sending a letter to Andrew von Eschenbach, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), asking for specific information about the FDA's investigation into the recent contamination of numerous brands of pet food. (COPY OF LETTER ATTACHED)
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 today after supporting a Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 budget resolution that finds balance within the next five years and provides significantly more funding for children's health, education and veterans programs.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) joined with U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) in introducing legislation today to expand a popular federal program that provides meals to low-income children during the summer.
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 at a hearing this morning entitled "Insuring Bright Futures: Improving Access to Dental Care and Providing a Healthy Start for Children."
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement in support of the Iraq emergency supplemental bill: The "U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act." The New Jersey congressman gave the following speech in support of the legislation on Wednesday night.
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 today after supporting an emergency supplemental bill that includes $750 million to ensure that New Jersey and 13 other states do not have to remove any children from the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in the remaining months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007.
This week the House will have a chance to move the Iraq war in a new direction---one that holds the Iraqi government accountable for meeting benchmarks that it already promised it could make.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today applauded former Vice President Al Gore for calling on Congress to address the critical problem of global warming. Gore appeared before a joint hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality and the House Science and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.