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"Last week, the Helsinki Commission, also known as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held a hearing on the issue of Policing in Northern Ireland. I want to commend the commission for holding this hearing on this timely issue and to add my voice to a growing list of influential individuals who have called on the British Government to reform the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and E. Clay Shaw (R-FL), co-chairmen of the House Coastal Caucus, today criticized the Bush Administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for proposed policy changes that will threaten future shore protection projects and shift $2 billion in project costs to state and local governments.
New York City, NY --- With a little over a month left before residents of Cyprus vote on a referendum on the island's future, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and several of his House colleagues met with United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan today to voice their concerns about several provisions now included in the Secretary General's plan that they believe negatively impact the Greek-Cypriot community and could make it extremely difficult to govern the island nation. U.S. Reps.
Washington D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the ranking Democrat of the House Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans, today raised concerns on the future of the Atlantic striped bass fishery and expressed his apprehension about reopening the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to commercial fishing. The New Jersey congressman voiced his concerns at a subcommittee hearing today on the reauthorization of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (H.R. 3883).
March 16, 2004
Dara Corrigan
Acting Principal Deputy Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Inspector General
330 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20201
Dear Ms. Corrigan:
Washington, DC --- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) announced today that they'll be hosting a town hall meeting later this month to discuss Fort Monmouth's future and their efforts to expand the Fort's mission beyond 2005. The town hall meeting will be held on Saturday, March 27, at 2 p.m. at the Eatontown Borough Community Center. It is open to all who are interested in the role the Fort plays in our national security and in the lives of New Jerseyans.
Long Branch, N.J. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a new engineering plan for the Deal Lake Flume that would allow the herring population access to Deal Lake, but would not affect wave patterns. The agreement was reached last Friday at a meeting at Pallone's Long Branch office between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Asbury Park Fishing Club, the Jersey Coast Anglers Association, and the Shark River Surf Anglers.
Long Branch, NJ --- At a meeting in Long Branch organized today by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), the U.S. Coast Guard told officials from area fishing groups that fishermen, surfers, runners and others will permanently have access to an area at Sandy Hook near the Coast Guard station that was closed off to them last month when the Coast Guard erected a fence at the site.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), senior Democrat on the House Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans Subcommittee, today voiced serious concern over President Bush's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 budget for the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS). The New Jersey congressman raised his concerns at a hearing on next year's budget requests for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) with Under Secretary of NOAA, Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the Democratic Health Care Task Force, will talk with seniors on Saturday, March 20th about the new prescription drug law passed by Congress. The New Jersey congressman is hosting a town hall forum to answer any questions about how the new law will affect senior's Medicare, PAAD and Senior Gold coverage.