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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.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed an appropriations bill that includes language authored by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) encouraging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to clarify that waste transfer stations on railroad properties should be subject to the same laws and regulations as other solid waste facilities.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) last night secured $450,000 in federal funds for the National Park Service to design and construct a 2.1-mile addition to the bike path at Sandy Hook.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that he has secured $300,000 in federal funds to support construction of the second phase of the South Amboy Intermodal transportation project. The funding will provide for the construction of high-level platforms at the South Amboy train station.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Resources Committee, today denounced legislation House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo (R-CA) is trying to move through committee that would allow states to opt out of established offshore drilling moratoria. The New Jersey congressman gave the following statement today at a House Resources Committee hearing on H.R. 4761.
Washington, D.C. --- Twenty-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday urged the chairman and ranking members of the three committees with jurisdiction over a bill reauthorizing the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to expedite their review and report the legislation out favorably so it can come up for a vote of the full House.
I've heard a lot of outrageous comments in my time. I usually choose to ignore them, but this time I feel compelled to speak out.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), co-chairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, today sent letters to 32 Armenian organizations inviting them to join the co-chairs in cosponsoring a unified Capitol Hill event to commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. A copy of the letter from the co-chairs and a list of the Armenian organizations that the letter was sent to, follows.
June 8, 2006
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, lauded the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill for its commitment to Armenia, Nagorno-Karabahk, and military parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The New Jersey congressman gave the following statement during floor debate on the legislation.
Republicans are at it again, bringing up bills they claim will help average consumers, but which are actually just handouts to big oil.