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Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced today with Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) that the Union Beach flood control project will begin this fall. The first contract was awarded this week by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for $50,035,435 and will fund the construction of a beach berm with a planted dune, pedestrian and automobile crosswalks, and terminal groins. The project was authorized for construction in the Water Resources Development Act of 2007.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that he secured $1 million for Middlesex College in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023. The House is expected to vote on the underlying legislation in the coming months.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) led a bipartisan letter with Representatives Gus M. Bilirakis (FL-12), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Dina Titus (NV-01) and 29 House colleagues to President Biden expressing opposition to the potential sale of next generation F-16 fighter jets and upgrade kits to Turkey.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that he secured $3 million for the Dr. William Toth Health Center in Edison in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023. The House is expected to vote on the underlying legislation in the coming months.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that he secured $1.5 million for the Veterans Memorial Youth League Complex Park in Perth Amboy in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Subcommittee spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023. The House is expected to vote on the underlying legislation in the coming months.
The funding will be used to complete important park improvements and create new opportunities for recreation. The upgrades will include drainage improvements and the construction of multipurpose fields.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded the Biden Administration's continued moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic Coast. The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management released a draft 5-year plan for oil and gas leasing. The draft does not include drilling off the Atlantic Coast, continuing a bipartisan precedent from past administrations.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded the reinstatement of the Superfund tax on chemical companies today. Pallone successfully advocated for reinstating the tax on chemical companies in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in an effort to ensure polluters, not taxpayers, foot the bill for cleaning up waste and pollution.
Washington, DC – Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues Co-Chair Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Gus M. Bilirakis (FL-12), Jackie Speier (CA-14), David Valadao (CA-21), and Adam B. Schiff (CA-28) announced the inclusion of an unprecedented $60 million in economic assistance for Armenia and $2 million for demining activities in Artsakh in the Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023 that passed the full Committee.
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v. EPA undermining the Clean Air Act and subverting decades of established law:
Asbury Park, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials and local elected leaders highlighting the federal funding that New Jersey will receive to clean up Brownfield sites. The state will receive $6.5 million to clean up Brownfield sites through the first round of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that Congress passed and was signed into law in November.