115th Congress
Dear Neighbors,
This week President Trump announced details about his first budget outline. Unfortunately, the President is focused on the wrong priorities and the wrong solutions. He believes that increasing military spending by more than $50 billion, while taking massive cuts out of environmental priorities to cover a small portion of that increase, is the way to solve our nation’s problems.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sent a letter to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture calling for an investigation into the Governor Chris Christie’s administration’s apparent redirection of federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) funds to pay for the Governor’s newly announced opioid ad campaign, Reach NJ.
LONG BRANCH, NJ – This week, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and a bipartisan group from the New Jersey Congressional delegation sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross regarding the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) vote to approve devastating restrictions on New Jersey’s fishing community. The Congressmen asked Ross to delay any reductions or changes in summer flounder fishing quotas until a new stock assessment can be completed and a new approach can be crafted.
Long Branch, NJ — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that he will be holding an in person town hall from 4:00 p.m.-5:30p.m. on Sunday March, 26th at the Highland Park, NJ, Senior/Youth Center. Pallone held a poll on Twitter asking his constituents to give their preference for what time and day of the week would be best for them. By a significant margin his constituents selected weekend, during the day.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) issued the following statement on Attorney General Sessions’ testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Russia.
Long Branch, NJ — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement on a recent a shooting in Kansas that killed one Indian man and wounded another. The FBI has said that authorities are investigating the shooting as a hate crime.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress.
“Tonight’s address from President Trump to a Joint Session of Congress was a startling reminder of his dangerous, divisive attitude and the risks it poses to our country and the world.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that Jon Whiten of Highland Park, NJ will be his guest at President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. Mr. Whiten's four-year-old-son has type 1 diabetes and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has prevented insurers from raising premiums or denying coverage all together based on his pre-existing condition.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement today upon the release of President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget outline.
“President Trump continues to misrepresent our nation’s challenges to the American people and as a result his budget has the wrong priorities and the wrong solutions. His budget proposal puts the military industrial complex above the best interests of global peace and security, and above the best interests of the American people.
New Brunswick- Today, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06), the Ranking Member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the New Jersey Sierra Club, stood against President Trump’s attack on the EPA and committed to defend the EPA’s vital programs to ensure we have clean air, safe drinking water, and a strong agenda to combat climate change. The event was held outside the EPA's Region 2 Laboratory and Environment Center in Edison, New Jersey, since the lab and its staff could be impacted by the Trump Administration’s cuts. Assemblyman Nancy J.