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Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a $173,628 federal grant to the Highlands Volunteer Fire Department to fund firefighter training and fitness programs and to purchase needed firefighting and firehouse equipment.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, today criticized the Bush Administration's decision to abstain from a United Nations committee vote on a controversial Azeri resolution calling for the removal of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh. The resolution was approved today by the U.N. General Committee and is now able to be brought before the U.N. General Assembly.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) will join Sandy Hook Superintendent Richard Wells and other local elected officials at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, October 29 to mark the official opening of the new Sandy Hook Multi-Use Pathway.
Washington, D.C. --- Days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that cleanup of 34 Superfund sites will not be cleaned up this year due to a of lack of funding, a bipartisan group of 106 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to House appropriators asking them to fund Superfund cleanup at the level supported by the Senate. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved $127 million more for Superfund cleanups in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 than the House Appropriations Committee did.
Long Branch, N.J. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that a new New York City solid waste management proposal to transport trash on barges will not have any adverse impact on the Floatables Action Plan.
Long Branch, NJ --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues and a member of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, today urged the State Department to strongly condemn a new penal code adopted by the Turkish Government late last month that would punish Turkish citizens or groups with up to ten years in prison if they confirm the fact of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey or call for the end of the Turkish occupation of Northern Cyprus.
Long Branch, NJ --- Appalled by reports that the Special Trustee for American Indians threatened to withhold checks and cancel meetings with Indian Trust beneficiaries as retaliation to a court ruling last week, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Special Trustee Ross Swimmer saying he was deeply disturbed by these actions and demanding that Swimmer comply with the court's ruling to provide information to beneficiaries.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, last night introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster and expressing Congress' commitment to working with the government of India to ensure that Union Carbide is held responsible for its actions.
Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation last night sponsored by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) that honors the life and musical contributions of renowned jazz pianist and bandleader, William "Count" Basie.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today secured continued federal funding for the placement of sand on beaches that have previously been replenished but have lost sand in the last few years. The victory comes after President Bush proposed shifting the cost of all beach renourishment to state and local governments in his Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 budget.