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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) this weekend secured $2.9 million for two projects at Sandy Hook as part of a giant appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 that was approved by both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. The New Jersey congressman requested the funds earlier this year.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said today that both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate approved a giant funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 this weekend that includes funding for two agriculture research projects at Rutgers University. Pallone, whose district includes Rutgers, requested the agricultural funding for the programs in a letter to members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture earlier this year when the appropriations process began.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said today that the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate approved a giant funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 this weekend that included $240,000 in funding for the expansion of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Childrens Hospital (BMSCH) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick. Pallone requested the funds earlier this year in a letter to the members of the House Labor and Heath and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) secured $3.29 million for two Central Jersey programs that conduct research on the areas fish population. The funds were included in a giant $388 billion spending bill that combines nine appropriations bills into one omnibus bill funding domestic programs and foreign operations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, which officially began on October 1, 2004. The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate both approved the omnibus bill this past weekend.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said today that the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate approved a giant funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 this weekend that includes $295,000 for projects at Monmouth University. Pallone requested the funds in a letter to the members of the House Appropriations Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee earlier this year.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a giant funding bill that included $100,000 for the restoration of the Church of the Presidents in Long Branch. The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the same bill later today.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said the U.S. House of Representatives today approved a giant funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 that includes $1.25 million for the South Amboy Intermodal Transportation Station to improve access, increase safety and enhance passenger accommodations at the facility. Pallone requested the funds earlier this year in a letter to the members of the House Appropriations Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee. The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the same bill later today.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a giant final appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 today that guarantees military parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan, said U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). The final bill provides both Armenia and Azerbaijan $8 million in military funding. Congress' action is a direct rebuke of the Bush administration's FY 2005 budget, which proposed four times more military funding for Azerbaijan than it did for Armenia. The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the same bill later today.