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New Brunswick, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference today at Chandler Health Center to underscore the devastating impact House Republicans’ Default on America Act would have on Americans' health care coverage. House Republicans are fabricating a crisis to justify passing the dangerous bill, which passed on a party line vote in the House last week. It would kick millions of Americans off their health care and cut $109 billion from the Medicaid program.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced plans to introduce legislation to fix Risk Rating 2.0 and reform the entire National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) this month. In the announcement, he expressed his longstanding concerns with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Risk Rating 2.0’s impact on New Jersey and called on federal officials to increase transparency on data used to build the flawed risk model.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded a decision by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to approve Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program funding for workers from the Bakery Drivers Local 194. The pension plan will receive $111 million, which will protect the pension benefits of 1,155 participants and their families.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today hosted a roundtable to highlight legislation to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. Last month, Pallone and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) reintroduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act that prohibits the U.S.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded new awards from the Biden Administration to make coastal communities and ecosystems more resilient by protecting them from the economic and physical impacts of climate change and marine debris. New Jersey will receive $5.2 million for living shorelines projects as well as marine debris and microplastics work, which can harm marine life like whales.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today sent a letter to the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality with Representatives Donald Payne (NJ-10), Andy Kim (NJ-03), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Rob Menendez (NJ-08), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) demanding real solutions in response to the death of marine mammals off New Jersey’s coast.
Atlantic Highlands, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference on federal funding he secured for Atlantic Highlands. The Borough will receive $2.1 million to repair the bulkhead at the Municipal Harbor from a federal spending bill signed into law last year. The deteriorating bulkhead is one of the most critical pieces of infrastructure for residents and businesses near the Borough’s public marina, helping to protect the area from flooding and stabilizing the shoreline.
Leonardo, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today joined Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland for a tour of Ohmsett – the National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility. The facility provides independent and objective performance testing of full-scale oil spill response equipment and helps improve technologies through research and development. The facility is managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) introduced legislation today to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the training of primary care medical and dental residents with a focus on supporting residents in high-need communities.
Piscataway, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference at Middlesex County’s cosmetology program in Piscataway on the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act - a new law he has long championed and was included in a federal spending bill that will protect consumers from dangerous cosmetics and personal care products.