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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today voiced opposition to a provision in a Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Report that would seriously undermine efforts to secure chemical facilities in New Jersey and across the country.
Washington, DC --- U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr., the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Sri Lanka, gave the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives Tuesday evening regarding the escalating conflict in Sri Lanka:
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the ranking Democrat on the Fisheries and Oceans Subcommittee, announced today that the S.362, the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act, passed the House last night. Pallone is the sponsor of H.R. 3692, the House companion to the Senate bill.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) today introduced legislation that would permanently protect communities' rights to know the amount of harmful chemicals released into the environment in their neighborhoods. The Toxic Right-to-Know-Protection Act prevents the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from ever implementing their plans to weaken toxic reporting requirements that have been in place for 20 years.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives last night approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Defense Appropriations conference report that included $1 million he secured for the Anti-Terror Medical Technology Program at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The conference report reconciles differences between House and Senate bills that were passed earlier this year. The final legislation now goes to the President's desk for his signature.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives last night approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Defense Appropriations conference report that included $1.1 million he requested for the Rapid Response Database Systems Initiative at Monmouth University. The conference report reconciles differences between House and Senate bills that were passed earlier this year. The final legislation now goes to the President's desk for his signature.
America is not safer today than it was before 9/11. The president can continue to deny this fact in speeches across the country, but his own intelligence agencies concluded that the world is not safer today and that the main reason is the ongoing war in Iraq.
Washington, D.C. --- Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ,) co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues and a member of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, made the following statement today on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding the trial of author Elif Shafak and the lack of freedom of expression for citizens in Turkey:
WASHINGTON, D.C. In an effort to stop attempts to take Federal HIV/AIDS funds away from areas with a high concentration of people living with the disease, Democrats and Republicans in Congress have joined together and offered emergency legislation in both chambers to temporarily reauthorize the Ryan White Act and increase the funding level so negotiations can continue.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), along with U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for formally putting the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site back on the National Priorities List (NPL) but urged the EPA to do more to protect residents' health. This is the first time in the history of the Superfund program that a site has been deleted from the NPL and subsequently relisted.