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"I would like to thank the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for scheduling this meeting tonight to seek community input on its proposals to address the contamination at both the Horseshoe Road and the adjoining Atlantic Resources Superfund sites. While I am pleased that this public meeting is taking place and that the EPA has chosen a preferred alternative to cleaning up the sites, I have a couple of concerns that I would like to address tonight."

"For more than two decades, Senator Edwards has been fighting on behalf of the little guy against America's large corporate interests. John Kerry picked the perfect running mate to complete a ticket that brings hope to middle class Americans that their needs will no longer be ignored at the White House.

Washington, D.C. --- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 today that includes funds for the continuation of critical shore protection projects in Monmouth County, said U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).

Pallone officially requested the funding for shore projects above the Bush Administration's requests in a letter to House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David Hobson (R-OH) in March. The spending bill now goes to the Senate. Fiscal Year 2005 officially begins on October 1, 2004.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, praised the House Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee today for reinstituting military parity between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) joined his colleague U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) today at a press conference on Capitol Hill to announce the formation of a Congressional Caucus that will focus on raising awareness about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The two co-chairmen of the Congressional Caucus on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders were joined by other children's health organizations in also releasing a report detailing the continuing negative effects drinking by pregnant women can have on their children.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the House Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, voiced his concerns during a Subcommittee hearing yesterday on current fisheries data collection methods.

Washington, D.C. --- Inspired by the story of a 16-year old Highland Park boy fighting Chrohn's disease, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to promote public awareness of Chrohn's disease.