+ − Contact Information
Phone: (202) 225-4671
Fax: (202) 225-9665
Office Address:
2107 Rayburn House Office Building
+ − Biography
PALLONE, Frank, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., October 30, 1951; graduated from Long Branch High School, Long
Branch, N.J., 1969; B.A., Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 1973; M.A.,
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Mass., 1974;
J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, N.J., 1978; lawyer, private
practice; member of the Long Branch, N.J., city council, 1982-1988; member of
the New Jersey state senate, 1983-1988; elected as a Democrat to the One
Hundredth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of United States Representative James John Howard, but was not sworn in
because Congress had adjourned; elected simultaneously to the One Hundred First
Congress and reelected to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (November 8,
1988-present); unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States
Senate in 2013; chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce (One Hundred Sixteenth
Congress).
