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November 7, 2003

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) today won House approval of nearly $97 million for the entire construction of a new pier at Naval Weapons Station Earle to replace a pier constructed 60 years ago.

Issues: New Jersey

November 6, 2003

Washington, D.C. -- Forty-five members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Chairman of the House Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, today requesting conferees provide more funding to Armenia in aid and assistance than what the House approved earlier this year in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Foreign Operations spending bill.


November 5, 2003

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill today with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Ordway regarding the recent meetings of the US-Armenia Economic Task Force (USATF). Members attending the meeting included: U.S. Reps.


November 3, 2003

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans and chairman of the Caucus Kashmir Task Force, hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill late last week on the conflict in Kashmir and the mistreatment of the Kashmiri Pandits. The briefing included presentations by Dr. Vijay Sazawal and Mr.


October 31, 2003

"Mr. Speaker, for centuries, American Indians were forced to give up their ancestral lands by this country's early settlers. It was one of the most shameful episodes in American history.


October 30, 2003

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ileana Res-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined together today at a news conference on Capitol Hill to announce the introduction of a House resolution (H. Con. Res. 311) recognizing the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and calling for a lasting solution to the resettlement of the Palestinian refugees.


October 21, 2003

"I am very pleased to be a part of this press conference today to unveil landmark legislation addressing health disparities.

Issues: Health Care

October 20, 2003

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) denied applications for linguist positions from over 90 Arabic-speaking Sephardic Jews and called on U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to require the FBI to reconsider the applications.

Issues: Civil Rights

October 17, 2003

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, joined eight of his colleagues earlier this week in filing an amicus brief on behalf of the more than 20,000 victims of the 1984 Union Carbide chemical disaster in Bhopal, India.


October 16, 2003

Washington, D.C. --- Stating that the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) should be strengthened with reauthorization this year, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.

Issues: Environment