WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 26: Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced that today, May 26, Subcommittee on Investor Protection and Capital Markets Chairman Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Ranking Member Bill Huizenga (R-MI) will host a virtual roundtable entitled, "Examining the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) voted to pass the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020. The bill, which he cosponsored, would expand an existing federal program to ensure that public safety officers who contract COVID-19 in the line of duty are eligible for benefits should they become disabled or die from the virus. The bill, which passed the House, would also ensure that 9/11 fi  more

GLEN ROCK, New Jersey, May 29 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) hosted a video conference call with Fifth District Mayors on his efforts to help combat the coronavirus in the Fifth District, protecting New Jersey long-term care facilities with strike teams to ass, and discussing local community needs. "Thank you all for joining me on this call so we can keep our conversation going about how the coronavir  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced he is an original cosponsor of new legislation -- the COVID-19 Youth Sports and Working Families Relief Act -- to provide critical relief for North Jersey youth sports and activities groups that are faced with economic uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic, to equip working families with the financial tools to bounce back from this economic crisis, and   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: The House passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, a bipartisan bill to provide needed flexibility for small business owners amid the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. Representative Tom Malinowski cosponsored the bill. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has helped over 130,000 small businesses in New Jersey and their employees to survive the current crisis. In the months since i  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following remarks: Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., of New Jersey delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week's address, the Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee discussed the Trump Administration's continued coronavirus testing failures and the strong testing strategy in The Heroes Act. * * * "This week, our nation mourns the loss of 100,000 Americans to the coronavirus. It's a staggering number and grim mi  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on what he calls the Trump administration's continued coronavirus testing failures and the testing strategy in the Heroes Act: "Hello, I'm Congressman Frank Pallone from New Jersey. "This week, our nation mourns the loss of 100,000 Americans to the coronavirus. It's a staggering number and grim milestone. Families all around our nation continue to gri  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) led members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation in calling on the Trump Administration to maintain and expand federal support for coronavirus testing at New Jersey pharmacies. A federal contract providing support for testing at New Jersey pharmacies is scheduled to end May 31. In a letter to U.S. Department Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following joint statement with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee, after the Trump administration submitted a report to Congress outlining their national testing strategy: "After six months and nearly 10  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold the Committee's first fully remote hearing on Tuesday, June 2, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, "On the Front Lines: How Governors are Batt  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised House passage of his Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act (H.R. 6509), which will ensure that public safety officers who contract COVID-19 in the line of duty are eligible for benefits for their families should they become disabled or die from the virus. Pascrell introduced the legislation last month with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Je  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey's only member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, participated in an important committee hearing on the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 virus on communities of color in America. "Before this crisis, we knew about the cracks in our health care system. But this pandemic has turned those cracks into chasms as the burdens of this v  more

PATERSON, New Jersey, May 30 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on the death of George Floyd, and the subsequent civil unrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota: "The video of Mr. Floyd's asphyxiation is one of the most upsetting things any of us has ever watched," said Rep. Pascrell, the co-chair of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus. "It was a wicked, evil act. "If the local prosecutors won't act, the Department of Justice must investigate and prepare charg  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) voted in favor of H.R. 7010, legislation he co-sponsored, to provide more clarity on the purpose of the Paycheck Protection Program as small businesses continue to weather the COVID-19 crisis. The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act will give small businesses more time to use emergency loans under the program by extending the eight-week period in which th  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Albio Sires (D-NJ-08), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07) announced more than $91.5 million in funding from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to advance replacement of the Portal Bridge and make other upgrades to improve service along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (NEC).  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Max Rose, D-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Max Rose introduced new legislation this week to eliminate an outdated federal restriction that prevents entities such as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) from using toll revenue to provide additional discounts to commuters with no other choice but to use their bridges. This archaic regulation has forced local elected officials--incl  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) supported a bipartisan measure in the House of Representatives this afternoon that passed 417-1 to help New Jersey small businesses get needed relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bipartisan Payroll Protection Program Flexibility Act provides flexibility to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in order to make the program more accessible and usable. In April 20  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, May 27 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) convened a roundtable discussion last week with local food pantries and meal programs to discuss the issue of food security during the COVID-19 pandemic. As noted by the Star-Ledger Editorial Board, 23 percent of Americans are food insecure, and in homes with children under 12, that number increases to 40.9 percent. "Food insecurity was already a serious  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) joined more than 2,200 AARP New Jersey members on Wednesday for a coronavirus telephone town hall. Representative Sherrill answered questions related to federal legislation, food assistance, unemployment, economic impact payments, long term care facilities, and state and local funding. "I'd like to thank AARP New Jersey for hosting me for the town hall," said Repres  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, May 27 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) joined Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Representative Peter King (NY-02), and 36 of their colleagues to introduce the bipartisan National Guard COVID-19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act. According to recent reporting, the Administration is considering cutting off most National Guard COVID-19 activations one day short of the threshold required for cert  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 27 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Albio Sires, along with U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, Cory Booker, and Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (N.J.-10) and Tom Malinowski (N.J.-07) announced over $91.5 million in funding from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to advance replacement of the Portal Bridge and make other upgrades to improve service along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (NEC). Lo  more

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, May 27 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: The winners of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition were announced by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), who sponsors the annual competition and art show for high school students in the Fourth Congressional District as part of the nationwide competition organized by the Congressional Institute to help recognize and foster artistic talent in each congressional district. "We're glad this event, tho  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement regarding the trial of ex-judge and parliamentarian Neringa Venckiene, which commenced in Lithuania: "I appeal to the Lithuanian government to end the prosecution and persecution of Judge Neringa Venckiene, who exposed a human trafficking ring and corruption in her country. Judge Venckiene is being tried on trumped up charges, accused of resisting arrest when in reality she was brutalized while trying to protec  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the author of the House-passed Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, released the following statement condemning the Chinese government's latest assault on Hong Kong freedoms. "I unequivocally condemn Beijing's efforts to destroy Hong Kong as we know it--with its freedoms of press, speech and assembly, which are now imperiled--and I stand with the people of Hong Kong during thi  more

POINT PLEASANT, New Jersey, May 25 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: After working through the week to win a safe easing of the COVID-19 restrictions on the for-hire fishing boats, Rep. Chris Smith met with captains and customers early this morning as they boarded local vessels and kicked-off the 2020 fluke fishing season. "Today's partial reopening is a good start," Smith said. "The weather could be better, but people are here to go fishing and the eased re  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Key bipartisan legislation to extend and enhance the Paycheck Protection Program, which is helping sustain businesses and pay workers during the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19, passed the House of Representatives. Rep. Chris Smith, who supported the creation of the PPP and subsequent legislation nearly doubling its funding, said the new Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, HR 7010, is nee  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: In response to Secretary Mike Pompeo that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Ranking Member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, said the following. Smith said: "The United States and the world can no longer enable--however unwittingly--the Chinese government's massive crimes against humanity i  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the House-passed Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and who has promoted human rights as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for forty years, said. "Xi Jinping's dictatorship is an existential threat to the people of Hong Kong, China itself, countries in the region and over time, the world. After years of human rights admonishment and cheap rhetoric devoid  more

MAYS LANDING, New Jersey, May 28 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement blasting the decision of the South Jersey Transportation Authority to raise tolls on South Jersey families in the middle of a pandemic: "Under the cover and darkness of a pandemic the SJTA voted to take more money from people in South Jersey who are already financially beaten down. "This is a disgusting abuse of the people of South Jersey and they have nobody to blame but the SJTA (except  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on protests and violence in the wake of the death of George Floyd as a result of police force in Minneapolis: "Every single person, in Minneapolis and well beyond, who has taken to the streets in the wake of the filmed murder of George Floyd has done so because they understand that Black people are not safe. We are not safe when we go for runs, like Ahmaud Arberry. We are not safe when we are in our o  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 27: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., today on the agency's efforts to maintain food safety and address food supply disruptions in the U.S. during the COVID-19 p  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, May 27 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Chairwoman of the Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment Mikie Sherrill, Congressman Joe Neguse, and Chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Kathy Castor led a letter with 16 of their colleagues urging the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to direct all federal science agencies to collaborate on research into the seasonality of COVID-19. In a lette  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Albio Sires (NJ-08), along with Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) and Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging additional funding for New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) in the final language of the next COVID-19 emergency assistance legislation. They were joined by 11 of their colleagues from the New Jersey Delegation  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Mem  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) unveiled comprehensive legislation to expand access to the ballot, as the COVID-19 pandemic imposes new barriers to Americans' right to vote. The DemocracyCorps Act would create a federal organization -- modeled off the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps -- of 35,000 individuals who would be deployed to all 50 states to help administer elections by registering voters, developing and   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and 22 of his Senate colleagues today urged Senate leadership to provide emergency assistance to nonprofit museums in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Senators asked to direct $2 billion to nonprofit museums through the Institute of Museums and Library Services in the upcoming COVID-19 package. The letter comes in the aftermath of a massive loss in revenue for museu  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 26: U.S. Senator Cory Booker was joined by almost 100 colleagues in both Houses of Congress wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to fulfill HHS' commitment to its Healthy People 2020 objectives by collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity during the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is more likely to impact members of t  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 28: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led eight of his Senate colleagues in urging Senate leaders to include language in the next COVID-19 relief package that would bar the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from allowing meatpacking firms to increase line speeds beyond regulatory limits. In April, the USDA approved more than a dozen such requests from meat plants to exceed regulatory caps, despite t  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 29: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) unveiled comprehensive legislation to tackle the staggering COVID-19 health inequities, including racial inequities. The Community Solutions for COVID-19 Act would establish a $1.5 billion grant program to help grassroots organizations create and expand hyperlocal programs to improve health equity and reduce or eliminate inequit  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 27: In response to reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has refused to remove the gravestones of WWII German military personnel emblazoned with Nazi symbols and references honoring Hitler from at least two cemeteries maintained by the National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez called on VA Secretary Robert Wilkie to swiftly take action to remove the offensi  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint op-ed on May 28 with Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, published in Newark Star-Ledger and Trenton Times, and on nj.com: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (N.J.-11) penned the following op-ed published in today's Newark Star-Ledger and Trenton Times, and on nj.com. They are the chief Senate and House sponsors of the bipartisan State and Municipal Assistance for Recover  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement with Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, calling on the Trump administration to support the 9/11 survivors and family members in their pursuit of justice: "We stand with the 9/11 families as the Trump Administration obfuscates the truth. We are committed to justice and closure in this deeply traumatizing chapter of American history while the Trump Administration seems det  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following op-ed published on the CNN.com: In an Op-Ed for CNN, Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, confirmed the Trump Administration is actively pursuing a new multi-million dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia. The proposed deal follows new reports that ousted State Department Inspector General Steve Linick was actively investigating Secretary Pompeo's special treatm  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, demanded answers from the Trump Administration on its approach to LGBTI rights in the Americas. In a letter to U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following joint statement with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, after the Trump administration submitted a report to Congress outlining its national testing strategy: "After six months and n  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following joint statement with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, after the Trump administration submitted a report to Congress outlining their national testing strategy: "After six months and nearly 100,000 lives lost, the Trump Administration still does not have a serious plan for increasing testing to stop the spread of the virus.   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Tina Smith (D-MN) are urging Senate leaders to include an array of key maternal health policies in the next COVID-19 legislative package as the pandemic threatens to stress our maternal care system and worsen pre-existing racial disparities. "The maternal mortality rate in the United States exceeds that of almost all of   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 30 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez announced that health care service providers across New Jersey have been awarded a combined $3.25 million in federal funding through the Federal Communications Commission's COVID-19 Telehealth Program to expand telehealth services throughout the state during the pandemic. The program was created as part of the CARES Act passed by congress in April. "Expand  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 30 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 29: U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez announced a combined total of $9,713,870, which will help support New Jersey's health care providers and their response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Over $6 million was awarded to five federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and $3 million was awarded to the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) to support hospitals across the state.   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 26: U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09) applauded the announcement that New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will be able to use their benefits to order groceries online from approved online retailers. This will help protect the program's recipients amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in the state. "During these challengin  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 27 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, along with Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), Albio Sires (N.J.-08), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (N.J.-10) and Tom Malinowski (N.J.-07) announced over $91.5 million in funding from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to advance replacement of the Portal Bridge and make other upgrades to improve service along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (NEC). Long c  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, calling on the Trump administration to support the 9/11 survivors and family members in their pursuit of justice: "We stand with the 9/11 families as the Trump Administration obfuscates the truth. "We are committed to justice and closure in this deeply trauma  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced that the New Jersey Department of Health has been awarded $2,685,806 in federal funding through the National Hospital Preparedness Program to support hospitals throughout the state combatting COVID-19 outbreak. New Jersey has the second most positive cases in the nation, with over 155,000, and more than 11,000 deaths. "While the curve is bend  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 28: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced a combined total of $9,713,870, which will help support New Jersey's health care providers and their response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Over $6 million was awarded to five federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and $3 million was awarded to the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) to support hospitals across the sta  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 27 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, along with Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), Albio Sires (N.J.-08), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (N.J.-10) and Tom Malinowski (N.J.-07) announced over $91.5 million in funding from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to advance replacement of the Portal Bridge and make other upgrades to improve service along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (NEC). L  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following joint statement with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, after the Trump administration submitted a report to Congress outlining its national testing strategy: "After six months and n  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 26: Today the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets held a virtual roundtable with capital market experts entitled, "Examining the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Capital Markets." The virtual roundtable panelists included: - Christopher Gerold, President, North American Securities Administrators As  more