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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. expressed his strenuous opposition to a mandatory saltwater license directly to Dr. William Hogarth, Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today at a House Resources Committee hearing today.
In response to questions from Pallone, a senior member of the House Resources Committee, Hogarth admitted that the Bush administration planned to implement a mandatory recreational saltwater angler registration system and to charge anglers $20 to $25 annually.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today assailed President Bush for assigning U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff a significant role in our nation's avian flu response plan. The New Jersey congressman held a roundtable discussion with local officials in his congressional district last month on local preparedness for an avian flu pandemic.
Washington, D.C. --- Federal legislation has now been introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to fight the trading of illegal body parts. Last week, U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Gene Green (D-TX), both members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the Safe Tissue Act in the House of Representatives. The legislation was introduced in the Senate by U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) recently.
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today applauded the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) for declaring that the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site poses a public health hazard, but urged officials to work with other agencies and gather health information directly from residents in order to expedite further study into the impacts of the paint sludge contamination.
Middlesex, NJ -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), federal and state officials, and New Jersey elected leaders joined together today to announce $15 million in proposed federal funds for continuing the cleanup of chemical and radioactive contamination at the former Middlesex Sampling Plant in Middlesex, NJ.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Washington, D.C. --- Four U.S. congressmen sent the following letter to President George W. Bush today asking him to condemn the Azerbaijani war rhetoric and other actions taken against the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh when he meets with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, on Friday, April 28, in Washington, D.C. The letter was signed by U.S. Reps. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) and Frank Pallone, co-chairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, as well as U.S. Reps.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, gave the following statement yesterday on the floor of the United States House of Representatives in recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Monday marked the 91st anniversary of the start of the genocide, which claimed the lives of over 1.5 million Armenians.
Last year when gas prices hit record highs after Hurricane Katrina, House Republicans called the CEOs of the oil and gas companies to a closed-door meeting for an explanation. Apparently House Republicans thought that would be enough to get oil execs to stop price gouging.
The countdown continues. If the neither the Bush administration nor this Congress act within the next 20 days, seniors who have yet to sign up for the new prescription drug plan will be penalized with a Bush Prescription Drug tax that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.