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Sea Bright, NJ --- Today, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement through his District Director, Shawn Brennan, at the release of the annual State of the Shore Report.
Washington, D.C. --- Late last night the U.S. House of Representatives supported an amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and a bipartisan group of members from Florida and California to strip a provision in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill that would allow offshore natural gas drilling as close as three miles off the U.S. coast.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved an amendment offered by U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) to a must-pass appropriations bill that will protect a communities' right to know the amount of harmful chemicals released into the environment in their neighborhoods.
Washington, D.C. --- The House Resources Committee today approved an amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) to the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act that prevents the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) from imposing new fees on recreational fishermen.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense late yesterday voicing concern that the Pentagon seems unwilling to work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to keep the Fort Monmouth Veteran Community Outpatient Clinic on Fort Monmouth land after the Fort is closed in 2011.
Monmouth Beach, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today denounced the inclusion of a provision in a must-pass appropriations bill that would allow offshore natural gas drilling as close as three miles off the U.S. coast.
Washington, D.C. U.S. Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged the U.S. Department of Defense to prioritize local job creation and economic development when it is making a final decision on the sale of Fort Monmouth. The two New Jersey lawmakers made their request in a letter to Joseph W. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Housing.
Say it isn't so! House Republicans are prepared to go along with the Bush administration and begin financially penalizing millions of American seniors who don't choose a drug plan by May 15th.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and co-chairman of the House Coastal Caucus, issued the following statement today after the House Appropriations Committee approved, by a vote of 37-25, an amendment by U.S. Rep. John Peterson (R-PA) that will allow offshore natural gas drilling from three to 200 miles off the United States coast. The amendment was added to the fiscal year 2007 Interior Appropriations bill.
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today called on Richard Polo, the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District, to survey the Shark River Inlet in Belmar, New Jersey. In a letter sent to Commander Polo, Pallone asked that the team examine the river for possible shoaling.