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U.S. Representative — New Jersey's 6th District

Frank Pallone

Democrat · New Jersey

Democrat U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.8385 — Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.7407 — Prohibiting Tianeptine and Other Dangerous Products Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 5, 2026)
  • H.R.7372 — Safety is Not For Sale Act (Introduced, Feb 4, 2026)
  • H.R.6292 — Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act of 2025 (Introduced, Nov 25, 2025)
  • H.R.6166 — Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act (Introduced, Nov 20, 2025)
  • H.R.5448 — Protecting Free Vaccines Act (Introduced, Sep 18, 2025)
    Protecting Free Vaccines Act This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization…
  • H.R.5484 — National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 18, 2025)
  • H.R.4958 — GRAS Act (Introduced, Aug 12, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9943 — Businessowner Immigration Rights and Responsibilities Information Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.7340 — Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.9414 — Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.7802 — DISCLOSE Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.1732 — GUARD VA Benefits Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.8798 — Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
  • H.R.6856 — Peace Through Strength Against Russia Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
  • H.R.7622 — Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 12, 2026)

Voting analysis

Twenty terms. Frank Pallone arrived in the House in the nineteen-eighties and has filed enough legislation since to place his sponsored total among the very largest in this data. He is ranking member of Energy and Commerce; the Kentuckian who chairs it has a page here too.

Two answers to the same question

One of his bills would bar the sale of children's data. The chairman of his committee filed a children's online safety measure, which passed. Both are attempts on the same problem from the two ends of one committee, and the difference between them is instructive: one regulates what a company may do with data it holds, the other governs what platforms owe the children using them.

579
Bills sponsored
6722
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 49 currently sit at Introduced.

Labels, substances, prices

Health leads his classified subjects and the named filings stay there: modernised food labelling, lower drug costs, a bill prohibiting a substance sold over the counter along with other dangerous products, and a safety measure. It is a consumer-protection record almost without exception.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Frank Pallone's cluster into: Health (17), Commerce (5), Energy (5), Science, Technology, Communications (5), Agriculture and Food (4), Finance and Financial Sector (3).

The fuel bill, both ways

The fuel retailing measure reached the floor twice, and he voted yes on both occasions with his caucus against him both times. Two other members on this site carry that same bill twice on their records and answered differently on the two roll calls. His answer never moved.

2.7%
Votes against the Democrat majority
220
Roll calls where a party majority formed
130 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first

The rest

An amendment vote. A war powers resolution he supported that failed. And two noes against his caucus, on organised retail crime and a surveillance extension, both of which passed.

All 6 roll calls where Frank Pallone voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 243		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.Con.Res.84
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201		Jun 4, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Motion to Recommit · roll call 163		May 13, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.2853
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 157		May 12, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
S.4465
To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 155		Apr 30, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Below the New Jersey Democrats

He departs less often than New Jersey's House Democrats do collectively.

Among the 9 Democrats in the New Jersey delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.7%. Frank Pallone is below that average at 2.7%.

Tenure and attendance

Not a single roll call missed across the window counted here — perfect attendance from the longest-serving member in this group of pages.

First elected in 1987, now serving across 20 terms. Frank Pallone falls in the veteran cohort.

0.0%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
0
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Frank Pallone has 579 bills sponsored, 6722 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce (Ranking Member)

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