Frank Pallone

ON THE ISSUES

• Key leader in passing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that invests in America’s electric grid and electric vehicle deployments, replaces lead water service pipes, tackles PFAS chemicals, and invests in Superfund and brownfield cleanups
• Helped secure a new law to combat climate change by phasing down the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons and requiring the repair of methane leaks
• Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant action Congress has ever taken to address climate change
• Earned a 97% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard

WHY THIS RACE MATTERS

• Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
• Holding this seat in New Jersey will help win a pro-environmental majority in the House,  making it easier to pass climate legislation at the federal level

CANDIDATE BACKGROUND

Representative Frank Pallone is running for an 18th term to represent New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District. Pallone previously served in the state Senate. As the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, he is one of the most-influential voices shaping energy and environmental legislation. He opposes offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean and has introduced several pieces of legislation to ensure that polluters pay for the cleanup of Superfund site and to ban mountaintop removal coal mining. In Congress, Pallone will continue to be a top voice for clean energy and environmental policies. Representative Pallone has earned a lifetime score of 97% on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.