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Long Branch, NJ--- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, begins a weeklong trip to India where he will visit Bombay, New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Bhopal.

"FDAs decision to ban ephedra is a major victory for both consumers and the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA). For years, Ive been frustrated by the FDAs unwillingness to use the powers Congress granted it through DSHEA in 1994. Finally, FDA is using its authority to keep a potentially harmful product from being sold on the market.

"Seniors should not be deceived into believing their prescription drug needs were ever the focus of either Republicans or President Bush when they were drafting this final bill.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today lauded both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the U.S. House of Representatives approved a giant Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 omnibus spending bill that included $5.8 million for expansion of marine mammal research in Central Jersey.

Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. House of Representatives today approved more than $83 million in aid and military assistance to Armenia and aid to Nagorno Karabakh as part of a large omnibus bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004, said U.S. Reps. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today secured $100,000 for Union County Colleges (UCC) College for Teens program, a Plainfield program providing at-risk high school students with crucial academic, technology and leadership skills to succeed in college or the workplace. The New Jersey congressman requested the funds earlier this year.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.