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Washington, D.C. – All 24 Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) today demanding an immediate hearing on the wellbeing of the children being forcibly separated from their parents and families and placed into the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).

South Amboy, N.J. – Today at TelTech, a South Amboy startup working to combat robocalls, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and consumer advocates discussed the urgent need to enact legislation stopping unwanted robocalls. Pallone has introduced the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 6026), which will widen the definition of a robocall and strengthen enforcement provisions. The Stopping Bad Robocalls Act is in part a response to a recent D.C.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week's address, Pallone highlighted the dangers of Republicans' latest attack on the protections that ensure more than 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied coverage. Video and audio of the Weekly Democratic Address can be downloaded here.

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today led a letter to Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) ,Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, and to Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, expressing strong opposition to Republican legislation that would penalize states like New Jersey, who have responded to their coastal community's demands by effectively banning oil and gas development off of state shores.

Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (NJ-06) bill to provide increased funding to combat illicit opioid importation today passed the House of Representatives unanimously. H.R 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, will also expand the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to prevent illegally manufactured opioids, such as fentanyl, from arriving overseas through the mail.

New Brunswick, NJ — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Piscataway Mayor Brian C. Wahler and state and local officials called on Congress to act on common sense solutions to reduce gun violence. In April, Watson Coleman introduced the Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2018, with Pallone as an original cosponsor.

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Rutgers University has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $177,318. The grant will support a project entitled "Connecting Common Era climate and sea level variability along the Eastern North American coastline" and will help improve the scientific understanding of sea level changes along the east coast and their relationship with climate.