111th Congress

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. applauded the administration's policy change to allow beach replenishment projects to compete for funding in the budget. However, they expressed concern that the administration's Fiscal Year 2010 budget only allocated $45 million for beach replenishment projects nationwide, an amount the Army Corps of Engineers' could use for New Jersey projects alone.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., today announced that the City of Plainfield will receive two brownfields assessment grants totaling $400,000 and an additional $200,000 in funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) announced today that the Middlesex County Improvement Authority will receive $1 million to help clean up contaminated and polluted sites. The funding comes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Program.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, gave the following opening statement this morning at an emergency hearing on the 2009 H1N1 Flu Outbreak and federal

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., along with Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) issued the following statement today regarding their concern over the sale of a piece of property in the Turkish occupied portion of the Republic of Cyprus.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, met today with five students from the Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) High School in Sandy Hook. The students were visiting Washington, D.C. to compete in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Finals Competition, which were held from April 25 to April 27.

Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement today to announce that he will hold an emergency hearing in his subcommittee on Thursday, April 30 at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing, will address the nationwide public health emergency declared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday in response to an outbreak of the swine influenza virus.