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Long Branch, NJ --- As Congressional hearings begin on the final 9/11 Commission report, Commissioner John F. Lehman yesterday highlighted Fort Monmouth's contribution in providing critical support to first responders in the event of another terrorist attack. U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr.

Long Branch, NJ --- One week after the nonprofit agency that runs Monmouth County's Head Start program laid off 35 employees and closed its summer enrichment program for more than 100 children, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the U.S.

Washington, D.C. --- Several weeks after garbage washed up on beaches in Monmouth County and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested federal agencies investigate a likely breakdown in the "Floatables Action Plan," the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives last night approved a Military Construction Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 that includes $49.2 million in funding for the continued construction of a new pier at Naval Weapons Station Earle. U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr.

"This week marks the 30th anniversary of the illegal military occupation by Turkish military forces over a section of the island of Cyprus.

"Mr. Speaker, today, the House will attempt to do something it has never done before----strip our courts of hearing cases on the Defense of Marriage Act.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today voiced his grave disappointment with the U.S. Department of State's decision to force visa holders of E, H, I, L, and O visas to return to their country of origin in order to renew their visas, and urged Secretary of State Colin Powell to reverse this ill-advised decision.