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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—As kids head back to school, parents expect the food they put in their lunch boxes or that they get from the cafeteria and vending machines to be safe, but a loophole in federal law allows food additives into the food we eat without sufficient oversight. Congressman Pallone is introducing legislation to fix this and bring transparency back to the lunchroom and grocery store shelves. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding she reverse her decision to reassign half of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) human resources and security employees to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for 90 days – in the middle of peak hurricane season.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today reintroduced the Supporting Equity for Aquaculture and Seafood (SEAS) Act, a bipartisan bill that would ensure America’s seafood producers receive equal treatment under U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and spark new investment in the aquaculture sector.

PERTH AMBOY, NJ – At the Planned Parenthood health center in Perth Amboy today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) joined Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Alexis McGill Johnson, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), and New Jersey health providers to condemn the devastating impact of a new federal law signed by President Donald Trump that strips reproductive health access from millions of Americans.

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined seniors at the Piscataway Senior Center to condemn a newly signed Republican law that slashes more than $1 trillion from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act – cuts that will hit New Jersey’s seniors especially hard. The cuts will result in 15 million Americans losing their health coverage.

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it will release $5.5 billion in education funding it had illegally withheld from states, including $162 million owed to New Jersey schools:

LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today released the following statement after House Republicans advanced a partisan appropriations bill that slashes federal funding for beach replenishment projects for the first time in nearly three decades:

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today called on President Trump to immediately fire Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson, citing his lack of qualifications and failed response to the deadly July 4th floods in Texas that killed at least 135 people, including “elementary school children—some as young as eight—who washed away in the night while FEMA fumbled.”