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Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that he secured $637,195 in federal funding for Carteret in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security spending bill for Fiscal Year 2024. The House is expected to vote on the underlying legislation in the coming months. 

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today congratulated the Long Branch Free Public Library for receiving the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent agency that serves as the main source of federal support for libraries and museums within the United States.

Piscataway, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today held a press conference to call out House Republicans’ manufactured default crisis and highlight the devastating impact it would have on New Jersey. House Republicans recently passed the Default on America Act that would make harmful cuts to critical programs and services in New Jersey. 

In New Jersey, the Default on America Act would:

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced the recipients of the Congressional Award, this year’s U.S. Service Academy nominees, and the winners of the 2023 Sixth Congressional District High School Arts Competition at an awards ceremony. Pallone also announced the winners of the Congressional App Challenge and the winners of the eighth-annual Poetry Showcase. Students representing several local high schools were honored at a reception at Middlesex College.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement after New Jersey Republicans held a partisan hearing on marine mammals and offshore wind:

New Brunswick, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference today at Chandler Health Center to underscore the devastating impact House Republicans’ Default on America Act would have on Americans' health care coverage. House Republicans are fabricating a crisis to justify passing the dangerous bill, which passed on a party line vote in the House last week. It would kick millions of Americans off their health care and cut $109 billion from the Medicaid program.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced plans to introduce legislation to fix Risk Rating 2.0 and reform the entire National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) this month. In the announcement, he expressed his longstanding concerns with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Risk Rating 2.0’s impact on New Jersey and called on federal officials to increase transparency on data used to build the flawed risk model.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded a decision by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to approve Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program funding for workers from the Bakery Drivers Local 194. The pension plan will receive $111 million, which will protect the pension benefits of 1,155 participants and their families.