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Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today denouncing the ongoing epidemic of abusive robocalls practices exacerbated by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Facebook, Inc. v.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced today that Perth Amboy has been awarded $40,909 in federal grant funding from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program. The Borough will use the funding to send 18 firefighters to Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class to become National Registry and New Jersey certified EMTs.

Woodbridge, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) provided an update today on bipartisan legislation that will help consumers compare and better understand the cost of health care services across different hospitals. Pallone recently introduced the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act or the PATIENT Act, which strengthens transparency requirements for both hospitals and insurers by requiring them to display price information in a format that consumers can easily understand.

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded new investments from the Biden Administration to support the conservation and protection of whales. The U.S. Department of Commerce will devote $82 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support the conservation of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in reaction to Merck’s lawsuit to block the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for seniors: 

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook will receive $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to make critical upgrades to the facility’s saltwater intake system. The system currently suffers from deferred maintenance that threatens the facility’s core research mission.

Monmouth Beach, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority (TRWRA) will receive $20 million in federal funding to help upgrade its wastewater treatment plant at a press conference with Governor Murphy, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Senator Vin Gopal and TRWRA Executive Director Mike Gianforte. TRWRA will use the funding to replace a damaged sewer line and build a new main pump station in a lower risk area.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced award funding to Rutgers University for a New Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco: