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Washington, D.C. --- As the U.S. Senate prepares for a historic vote tomorrow on the future of judicial filibusters, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would amend the U.S. Constitution to permanently include the right of the filibuster in all Senate proceedings.

Washington, D.C. --- In response to several news reports highlighting the lack of security at chemical sites in New Jersey and Louisiana, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today said he will work with Greenpeace to determine whether a more comprehensive legislative approach must be taken to secure chemical facilities around the nat ion, including 11 in the New Jersey that, if targeted, could affect more than one million people.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives approved by voice vote a bipartisan amendment tonight offered by U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Clay Shaw (R-FL) and Jeff Mil ler (R-FL) that prevents more partially treated human sewage from being dumped in our waterways. The amendment was included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today blamed the bad fiscal practices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the House Appropriations Committee's decision to withhold funding for beach replenishment and flood control projects across most of the state.

"Chemical security is an issue of critical importance to the safety of many of my constituents and to our national security, and one that the House has not yet dealt with nearly four years after September 11th.

"Some of you may have seen a recent article in the New York Times about a chemical plant in Kearny, New Jersey that holds so many dangerous substances that intentional sabotage or an accident poses a lethal threat to 12 million people. At ten other facilities in the state, a release of toxic gas could kill upwards of one million people.

Washington, D.C. --- After the completion of a three-hour Capitol Hill BRAC hearing, U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) said they believe that the Department of Defense substantially deviated from the criteria it was supposed to use in making its recommendations.

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone today said the Bush Administration is violating federal law by choosing not to issue mandatory regulations regarding lead paint. In a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Stephen L. Johnson, the New Jersey congressman expressed his outrage regarding recent reports that suggest that the EPA will instead issue voluntary standards.

Hamilton, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and New Jersey AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech today assailed a Bush administration agreement with Central America and called on the House of Representatives to reject the agreement when it comes up for a vote later this month. They were joined by Hamilton Mayor Glen Gilmore at the old American Standard bathroom fixture facility, which shut down in 2001 and relocated to Mexico, leaving 274 New Jersey workers without jobs.