Rep. Frank Pallone, who represents New Jersey’s 6th district in the U.S. Congress, posted a series of statements on December 2, 2025, addressing concerns about national security, local healthcare access, and public health policy.
In a post at 17:40 UTC, Pallone highlighted threats to the nation’s power grid. He wrote, “Threats to our power grid are growing, whether from state actors like Russia or China, or domestic terrorists here at home, whose capabilities are enhanced every day by increasingly effective AI. Today in @EnergyCommerce I’m fighting to address these threats – and ensure we https://t.co/9UlZUDz9yO”.
Later that day at 18:18 UTC, Pallone criticized RWJBarnabas Health for its decision to close Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. He stated, “RWJBarnabas isn’t just stranding the residents of Long Branch. It’s stranding its OWN EMPLOYEES. By closing Monmouth Medical Center hospital in Long Branch, they’re sentencing employees to unworkable commutes and layoffs—and Long Branch residents to a SHELL of the medical”.
At 19:55 UTC on the same day, Pallone addressed Secretary Kennedy regarding hepatitis B vaccination policy for children and teens. He said, “Facts don’t care about your feelings, Secretary Kennedy. Hepatitis B infections among children and teens dropped 99% when the CDC recommended vaccines be given to newborns. This decision is going to bring American children back to a time when their playmates died from a https://t.co/uWSRnWxxBM”.
Pallone has represented New Jersey’s 6th District since 1988 after succeeding James J. Howard and previously served in the New Jersey Senate from 1984 to 1988. Born in Long Branch in 1951 and currently residing there at age 71, Pallone is an alumnus of Middlebury College (BA) and Rutgers University-Camden (JD).
