Four Monmouth County high school students enrolled in Communications High School in Wall Township were named the winners of the Congressional App Challenge from New Jersey’s 4th District, Congressman Chris Smith announced on Wednesday.
“The App Challenge encourages school students to become active in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, computer science and programming by creating and exhibiting their software applications,” said Smith. “This challenge is an important step to inspire creativity, career skills and teamwork, which can help participating students to be poised for high-tech jobs of the future.”
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Posted: November 30th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Congress, Education, Monmouth County News | Tags: Armando LMastra, Communications High School, Congressional App Challenge, Congressman Chris Smith, Connor Bruneau, Education, Kevin Dixson, Monmouth County News, NJ CD 4, STEM, Steven Topper | Comments Off on Congressman Smith Announces Congressional App Challenge Winners
Congressman Frank Pallone is holding up the passage of a legislation that would update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by objecting to language inserted in the Senate version of the bill by Senator Cory Booker that would restrict the use of animals in testing the health risks of chemicals, according to a report today on Politico.
Pallone’s resistance to the language surprised many on the Hill because he has traditionally been a reliable supporter of animal safety legislation. 39 House Democrats wrote to Pallone on Friday asking him to accept the Senate version of the animal safety which he is currently holding up in a conference committee. A copy of the letter to Pallone from his colleagues can be downloaded here.
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Posted: May 13th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Congress, Frank Pallone, Monmouth County News | Tags: animal safety, Bonnie Lautenberg, Congress, Cory Booker, Frank Lautenberg, Frank Pallone, House of Representatives, Humane Society, Humane Society of the United States, Monmouth County News, Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA, Wayne Pacelle | Comments Off on Report: Pallone is holding up animal safety measure over grudge with Booker
WASHINGTON — With the Capitol dome behind them, hundreds of Orthodox rabbis gathered Wednesday as Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood sounded the shofar, the ram’s horn heard in synagogue during the Jewish high holidays that begin Sunday evening. Golden’s blasts this time were not a call to worship but a call to… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 9th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Congress, Iran, Obama, Obama Administration | Tags: Iran deal, Iran Nuclear Deal, Rabbi Shmuel Goldin | Comments Off on N.J. rabbis make final plea to Congress to kill Iran deal
WASHINGTON — All 12 of New Jersey’s U.S. House members called Friday for congressional hearings on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to allegations of fraud in payouts to Hurricane Sandy victims. The members asked the House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman to convene a hearing to look at how FEMA handled charges that insurance companies… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 18th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, Congress, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Congressman Tom MacArthur, FEMA, Fraud, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, NJ Congressional Delegation | Comments Off on N.J. delegation seeks congressional hearings on FEMA payments to Hurricane Sandy victims
WASHINGTON — A key U.S. House committee voted Wednesday to limit to three years the time the Federal Emergency Management Agency can demand repayments from disaster victims. The restriction was included in legislation reauthorizing the agency, which passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and now goes to the House floor. The three-year limit does not… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 16th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Congress, FEMA | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Congressman Tom MacArthur, FEMA, House of Representatives, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on Lawmakers vote to limit FEMA’s ability to demand repayments from disaster victims
WASHINGTON —New Jersey’s U.S. House members may get their votes from the Garden State, but the money to run their campaigns comes from beyond its borders. Nearly $6 of every $10 in campaign contributions of more than $200 to the 12 lawmakers elected in November came from individuals and political action committees outside New Jersey, according…
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WASHINGTON — The new Republican-run Congress convenes Tuesday eager to pursue a dream the party’s been chasing for six years: Dilute, dismantle or defang key Obama administration policies on immigration, environment, health care and more. First up this month will be approving the Keystone XL pipeline that Obama has been reluctant to back. Next on the…
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Shore Blvd, Keansburg Oct. 30, 2012
TRENTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency should stop demanding that Hurricane Sandy victims pay back money they mistakenly received from the government, members of the New Jersey congressional delegation said in a letter released today. Both U.S. senators and 10 of the state’s 12 U.S. representatives signed a letter to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate asking… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 17th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bob Menendez, Chris Smith, Congress, Cory Booker, FEMA, Frank Pallone, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Bob Mendendez, Chris Smith, Cory Booker, Craig Fugate, FEMA, Frank Pallone, Hurricane Sandy, NJ Congressional Delegation, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on N.J. lawmakers to FEMA: Stop demanding Sandy victims give back government overpayments
U.S. Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, walks to the Senate floor during a long series of votes, many on procedural matters or to confirm members of the Obama administration, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Dec. 13, 2014.Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE 10:10 p.m. EST: The U.S. Senate Saturday voted 56-40 to approve a $1.1 trillion “cromnibus” spending bill that funds the federal government through September. The measure now goes to President Obama for his signature. The vote came after Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tried to force a procedural vote on the president’s executive order on immigration… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 14th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Congress, U.S. Senate | Tags: Barack Obama, Cromnibus spending bill, Harry Reid, Mike Lee, Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, Washington | Comments Off on Government Averts Shutdown; $1.1T Spending Bill OK’d
House Democrats won’t let pregnant Iraqi war veteran vote by proxy
Congressman Frank Pallone cruised to reelection easily earlier this month, but the race he’s been waging since February for a key leadership post in the Democratic Minority of the House of Representatives will come to a head on Tuesday, November 18.
Pallone is battling California Congressman Anna Eshoo for the ranking position on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The retirements of Henry Waxman and John Dingle made the coveted position available. Pallone is the next in line for the job, based upon seniority, but Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in backing her California colleague Eshoo who, as At-Large Democratic Whip, has been part of Pelosi’s leadership team since 2003.
Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer, the # 2 Democratic Leader in the House, backs Pallone for the position.
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Posted: November 16th, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Congress, Frank Pallone, Monmouth County, Nancy Pelosi | Tags: Anna Eshoo, Frank Pallone, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer | 3 Comments »
