Media
Latest News
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (NJ-12) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6) today held discussions with FBI Director Robert Mueller regarding the future of the FBI Information Technology Center at Fort Monmouth. The two New Jersey lawmakers made it clear to Mueller that the Bureau should stay in Monmouth County.
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6) and Rush Holt (NJ-12) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense today voicing concern over the possible departure of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office located on the property of Fort Monmouth. Todays action follows a letter sent yesterday to Robert S. Mueller III, Director of the FBI, in which to the two New Jersey lawmakers asked to meet with Director Mueller to discuss the agency's intentions.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House today in opposition to H.R. 4761, the Domestic Energy Production through Offshore Exploration and Equitable Treatment of State Holdings Act of 2006 (DOER Act), a Republican sponsored bill that will allow states to open their shores to oil and gas drilling.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved an amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) that provides $1 million for a comprehensive study to determine which U.S. coastal population centers are most at risk from the impacts of sea level rise due to global warming. This is the first time the House has approved an amendment specifically addressing the threat of global warming.
Over the next couple of days, we are going to hear a lot from House Republicans about how they are FINALLY being fiscally responsible by giving the president a line-item veto. While this may be a good idea, House Republicans are kidding themselves if they believe this will reverse the fiscal collapse they've presided over the last five 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 bill that included $2 million he secured for the Anti-Terror Medical Technology Program at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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 bill that included $2 million he requested for the Rapid Response Database Systems Initiative at Monmouth University.
Washington, DC -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), introduced legislation last week entitled the Dean Gallo Cancer Patient Compassion Act of 2006 that would waive the 24 month Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) waiting period for terminal cancer patients who are uninsured. The legislation, HR 5615, is named in memory of former New Jersey Congressman Dean Gallo, who passed away in 1994 after a battle with prostate cancer.
New Brunswick, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today joined New Jersey HIV/AIDS patients, activists, health care providers and state officials to decry legislation to reauthorize the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act that would disproportionately impact New Jersey HIV/AIDS patients.
The average cost for four years of college at a state university is now over 40,000 dollars, and the cost to attend a private university now tops 107,000 dollars. These massive costs are far too much for many families to cover. Now that Republicans have limited the availability of student aid, both students and their parents are forced to take on huge loans in order to earn their college degree and enter their chosen career field.