What a catch! New Jersey is getting millions for fishing
Federal funding will also support wildlife and habitat conservation, as part of an effort to bolster recreational tourism in the Garden State
Congressman Frank Pallone
$200M in water projects planned for Monmouth, Middlesex counties in NJ
Congressman Frank Pallone helps to steer almost $200 million to Monmouth and Middlesex Counties for work to help protect residents and expand tourism
NJ congressman’s bill would use coastal resources to combat climate effects
The bill would focus on dunes, wetlands, and oyster reefs, a change from prior strategies that emphasized jetties, groins, and beach replenishment, though both approaches can work concurrently.
Shore Congressman’s legislation would lower cost of health care, prescription drugs
You can call it the Affordable Care Act 2.0 as the new legislation, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Ehancement Act, is aimed at providing financial relief for residents by lowering the costs of health care and prescription drugs.
Beach Replenishment work targets three Monmouth County towns
Three beaches in Monmouth County are getting a big boost of sand over the winter months as work to make it safer gets underway this month.
How NJ congressman’s bill takes aim at youth smoking and e-cigarettes
Use by high schoolers reportedly grew 78 percent in just a year.
Was NJ short-changed in HUD flood mitigation grants?
When the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) set aside almost a billion dollars for flood mitigation, New Jersey sought $300 million, say Democrats representing the state in the House of Representatives. So how did the state manage to obtain only $15 million?
Final phase of Sea Bright-to-Manasquan beach replenishment to begin
About a year and a half after it was first announced by shore Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6), the Army Corps of Engineers embarks on the last leg of the 21-mile Sea Bright-to-Manasquan post-Superstorm beach replenishment project.
Offshore Drilling Hearing Set
Shore lawmakers and environmental activists are getting their wish when it comes to the controversial plan to allow offshore oil drilling off the Atlantic coast.
Well, part of it, anyway.
Federal officials have announced a public hearing on the plan to be held in Atlantic City next week...
Pallone Accuses House Republicans of holding the Department of Homeland Security Hostage
Funding for the U-S Department of Homeland Security runs out at the end of the month and a shut-down is looming unless House Republicans immediately pass clean legislation to keep it open, according to Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ).