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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone honored Metuchen residents, husband and wife Jim Russell and Renee Olson, as "Angels in Adoption" last week during their visit to Washington, D.C. to receive a Congressional award.
Washington, DC --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that the Neptune Fire District #1 has been awarded a $35,350 federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. The SAFER grant is provided with the goal of enhancing the ability of grantees to attain and maintain 24-hour staffing and to assure that their communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards.
Washington, DC: Today, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees released letters to Speaker Hastert, Leader Pelosi, and House Appropriators urging the rejection of inadequate chemical security measures promoted by the chemical industry and agreed to behind closed doors by Congressional Republicans. Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA), John Dingell (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Frank Pallone, Jr.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) opposed legislation in the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday that would cut millions of dollars in HIV/AIDS funding to New Jersey.
Washington, D.C. In an effort to fix a longstanding inequality in the Medicare system, Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and U.S. Reps. Phil English (R-Pa.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) today introduced bipartisan legislation to address the cap on therapy services under Medicare before the completion of the 109th Congress. H.R.
Washington, D.C. ---- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Stephen L. Johnson to take immediate action to contain human exposure to toxic substances at sites where the agency acknowledges that such exposure is not under control.
This week Republicans have turned to their two favorite political tactics----smear and fear.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), founder and former co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans gave the following remarks last night regarding the Pakistani government's unwillingness to crack down on terrorists within their nation:
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, welcomed Ed Wiley of West Virginia to Capitol Hill today after he walked 450 miles from Charleston, West Virginia to Washington to draw attention to the dangers posed by mountaintop mining in his community and others throughout Appalachia.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the ranking Democrat on the Fisheries and Oceans Subcommittee, announced today that he expects the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to make public their decision to keep the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) closed to striped bass fishing.