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Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. released the following statement on the forced resignation of Jeff Sessions.
Washington, D.C.- Today in New Brunswick, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., joined New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill, law enforcement and gun safety advocates to announce new legislation in Congress to prevent the manufacturing of 3-D firearms. The bill would prohibit the sale, manufacturing, import or marketing of incomplete firearm FRAMES, as well as certain gun parts kits.
Washington, D.C.- Today at Robert Wood John Hospital in New Brunswick, Senator Robert Menendez, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Trump's Medicare prescription drug proposal:
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) touted H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act as it was signed into law today by President Trump. Pallone, the Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was one of the lead negotiators on the final bipartisan bill that overwhelmingly passed the House and Senate earlier this fall.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a troubling new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today detailing the Trump Administration's haphazard efforts to reunify families separated at the border due to the so-called "zero tolerance" policy.
By Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
President Trump has no problem telling a lie. But last week the President wrote a brazen opinion piece for USA Today on health care that took his lies to a new level. The piece so thoroughly distorted the facts that one has to wonder if there is anyone left in the White House who values the truth.
Dear Neighbors,
When I travel throughout New Jersey, I hear constantly about the opioid epidemic that is devastating our communities. More than 2,200 people died from drug overdoses in 2016, nearly a 40 percent increase in the death toll from the previous year. Thousands more individuals and families face the debilitating realities of addiction. That is why I have made it a priority to address the opioid epidemic in Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate passed the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which reauthorized the Safe Drinking Water Act for the first time in 20 years providing significant new funding to state and local governments to improve drinking water infrastructure nationwide. Pallone, the Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led House Democrats in the bipartisan negotiations and helped pass the bill last month. The President is now expected to sign the legislation into law.
Long Branch, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch with local leaders and health professionals to highlight bipartisan legislation passed in Congress last week to expand access to treatment and make long-term progress in addressing the opioid epidemic. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), the Ranking Member of the House and Energy Commerce Committee, was a lead House negotiator on H.R. 6: The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which was agreed on between House and Senate health leaders.