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Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced the recipients of the Congressional Award, this year's U.S. Service Academy nominees, and the winners of the 2022 Sixth Congressional District High School Arts Competition at an awards ceremony. Students representing several local high schools were honored at a reception at the West End Arts Center.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) hosted a virtual grants workshop today with representatives from the Department of Justice to highlight federal funding opportunities to hire local police officers and prevent violence in schools.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded today's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it will provide New Jersey with over $221 million to enable the New Jersey State Revolving Fund to support 28 new water infrastructure projects benefiting over 5.8 million people across the state.

Woodbridge, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today held a press conference hailing House passage of the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act that will help put an end to price gouging at the gas pump and protect consumers. It will also empower the federal government to penalize market manipulators and bring more transparency to the secretive oil and gas market.

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that New Jersey will receive $6.5 million to clean up Brownfield sites through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Congress passed and was signed into law in November. The law injected $1.5 billion into the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields program to help communities clean up contaminated industrial sites and turn the spaces into parks, housing developments, or new businesses. Pallone authored the bipartisan bill that created the program in 2002.

The breakdown of the funding includes:

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement on a proposed U.S. weapons sale to Turkey:

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced a new initiative today to provide eligible families with free high-speed internet. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) – a new program created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – provides eligible households $30 per month off their internet bill.

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that schools and libraries in New Jersey will receive $2,091,451 million from the latest rounds of funding from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF). To date, schools and libraries in New Jersey's 6th Congressional District have now received over $12 million, and New Jersey has received over $124 million from the Fund in total.