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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement after the New Jersey Department of Health confirmed a measles case in a Hudson County resident, with potential exposure at Newark Liberty International Airport and Hackensack University Medical Center:

Washington, D.C. – House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) reintroduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act today. The bill would update front-of-package food labeling requirements, require updates to the ingredient list on packaged foods, and apply consumer friendly labeling requirements.

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) is demanding immediate federal and state action after more than 40 cancer cases, including 28 clustered on one street, were identified near a contaminated landfill in Keyport.

In a letter to state and federal officials, including the Environmental Protection Agency and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pallone called for a full investigation into whether the former Aeromarine landfill is linked to the reported illnesses and urged immediate steps to address contamination at the site. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Legislation introduced by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) to designate the U.S. Post Office in Spring Lake, New Jersey in honor of Congressman James J. Howard overwhelmingly passed the House today.

Before final passage, Pallone spoke on the House floor highlighting Howard’s decades of service to New Jersey and his leadership on public transit, environmental protection, and public safety.

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) convened a virtual roundtable today with leading reproductive health advocates to respond to the Trump administration’s probe of New Jersey’s 2022 law requiring health insurers to cover abortion care.

As Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Pallone emphasized that Trump administration’s actions represent a broader effort to use federal power to interfere with states that have taken steps to protect women’s reproductive rights.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today convened voting rights advocates, civil rights leaders, and policy experts to outline what’s at stake as President Trump and Republicans continue to put barriers between Americans and the voting booth. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) connected with more than 10,400 constituents during a teletown hall Thursday night, hearing directly from New Jersey residents who are frustrated by rising costs and deepening economic instability caused by President Trump’s unauthorized war with Iran. Pallone opened the call by outlining how households are already being crushed by higher grocery, gas, health care, and utility bills, and said Trump’s military escalation and broader economic agenda are making those pressures worse. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) helped lead passage of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act, which protects beachgoers and coastal economies by ensuring water is safe for swimming and recreation.