Congressman Frank Pallone

New Jersey's delegation in Washington, DC, is joining forces in asking the Obama Administration to "kill the drill." The #KillTheDrill campaign refers to the Department of the Interior's newly-released Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program for 2017-2022 (DPP), which would allow for oil and gas drilling exploration in parts of the Mid- and South Atlantic Ocean...

Planned seismic airgun testing off the Jersey Shore is still at the center of a heated debate. As approvals for the study move forward, Shore Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) is spearheading a last-ditch effort to prevent the tests, which he fears for several reasons...

Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) and Shore Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) are calling on the Obama Administration to keep the Jersey Shore and the entire Atlantic Coast closed to offshore oil and gas drilling. The federal Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has begun the process of developing its next 5-year leasing program for oil and natural gas, and Senator Menendez

Members of New Jersey's immigrant community are paying close attention to the progress of a federal immigration reform measure making its way through Capitol Hill.

What's being called the world's largest beach fill project ever undertaken by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers is headed to Monmouth County this summer.

A Shark River Dredging project gets a visit from local and Federal officials in Belmar. New Jersey 6th District (D) Representative Frank Pallone, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Belmar Officials as well as Recreational Fishing advocates observed the maintenance dredging of the Shark River Inlet Monday which began on June 20th.

Remember the noisy military training exercizes in Long Branch and on the former Fort Monmouth Base last week? Shore area Washington Representative Frank Pallone has reportedly filed a complaint about it to the U.S. Army.

A local state lawmaker, war hero, and business entrepreneur is getting remembered posthumously in Highlands with the renaming of Highlands Bridge.

The Long Branch Legislative Office of Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) welcomes a new staff member.  Sergeant John Irwin has joined the office as part of the Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program and will be assisting with Veterans case work.

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