JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on April 9, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding Russia's massive buildup of military troops near the border with Ukraine: "I am deeply concerned by the Russian Federation's continued movement of troops to the Ukrainian border as well a  more

SOMERVILLE, New Jersey, April 8 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: This week, Representative Malinowski hosted a virtual Interfaith Security Briefing for local faith leaders in New Jersey's 7th District. Representative Malinowski was joined by representatives from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness who provided guidance on how to apply for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The NSGP is a federally funded program that he  more

PAULSBORO, New Jersey, April 7 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 6, 2021: This morning, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined CAMcare President and CEO Mark Roberts, CAMcare Vice President and Chief Dental Officer Tonya Cook, Paulsboro Mayor Gary Stevenson, Gloucester County Commissioner Jim Jefferson and Assemblyman John Burzichelli to announce the funding included in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for CAMcare Health Corporation. Nor  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association (ASSA) has presented him with the 2021 Honorable Thad Cochran Leadership Award for his dedication and commitment to a robust American shipbuilding supplier industrial base. He was presented the award during the ASSA Annual Congressional Virtual Fly-in by ASSA Founder, Carl Fisher along with Congre  more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, April 10 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) held a roundtable discussion on the American Rescue Plan highlighting the relief for child care providers and how it will allow parents to get back to work. Norcross met virtually with local child care providers, advocates and parents to discuss the challenges the child care industry has faced due to the pandemic, and how this relie  more

DEPTFORD, New Jersey, April 7 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) held a roundtable discussion on the American Rescue Plan and the funding for local South Jersey schools. Norcross met with students, teachers and administrators to hear about their personal experiences through the pandemic and discuss what the new funding can be spent on and how this bill will help to safely reopen schools and get our students back   more

PENNSAUKEN, New Jersey, April 8 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: This morning, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), joined by President and CEO of the American Training Center Kim Rommen, Vice President of the American Training Center Lorenzo McFadden, Camden County Commissioner Jon Young and current healthcare apprentices, held a press conference at the American Training Center in Pennsauken to discuss his bill, the National App  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on April 9, 2021: * * * Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today on President Biden's discretionary budget request for Fiscal Year 2022: "Today's initial budget makes clear what President Biden values most: the American people, our children, our health, our environment, and our future. Unlike the budgets of the past four years, this budget blueprint is based in rea  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on April 9, 2021: * * * Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden's discretionary budget request for Fiscal Year 2022: "Today's initial budget makes clear what President Biden values most: the American people, our children, our health, our environment, and our future.  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today led a letter to President Joe Biden, applauding the Executive Order that pauses new leasing for offshore oil and gas drilling on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Representatives Salud Carbajal, Jared Huffman, Alan Lowenthal, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Donald McEachin also led the letter which was signed by 47 additional Members of  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following joint statement on April 8, 2021, with Reps. Mike Doyle, D-Pennsylvania, and Bob Latta, R-Ohio, and Sens. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, and John Thune, R-South Dakota: * * * Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA), Communications and Technology Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), Sena  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 6, 2021: Congressional leaders sent a letter asking Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to establish a Special Enrollment Period that will allow unemployed workers to maintain access to affordable coverage after the expiration of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021's (ARPA) COBRA subsidies--which make it easier for workers t  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Wednesday, April 14, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, "An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substa  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- 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 Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, April 15, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on several environmental justice proposals, including the provi  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. released the following statement regarding the passing of Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings (FL-20). Rep. Hastings died this morning after a long bout with pancreatic cancer. He was the Dean of the Florida Congressional delegation and spent almost 30 years as the Representative from Florida's 20th District. Before that, Rep. Hastings was Florida's first African   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. pressed Buckeye Partners, operator of the pipeline that spilled 350 barrels of gasoline March 16th into wetlands in Linden, NJ., to explain why the rupture happened and how they plan to prevent future spills. Rep. Payne, Jr. is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials and led a letter to the company with five of his New Jersey collea  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. helped get the Gateway Program one step closer to construction when the Biden Administration agreed to complete the program's environmental review by May 28th. Rep. Payne, Jr. led a letter to the Biden Administration last December with the support of the entire New Jersey Democratic Senate and Congressional delegation to prioritize the Gateway Program in the administratio  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), along with Reps. Chris Pappas (NH-01), Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), and Marie Newman (IL-03), introduced the Toll Credit Marketplace Act of 2021 last week. The bill would establish an innovative marketplace that will help states increase the resources available for important transportation and infrastructure projects. "As we begin a major national push to broadly inves  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement in response to executive actions taken today by President Joe Biden to address gun safety: "I am heartened to see the action that President Joe Biden and his administration took on the issue of gun violence prevention today," said Rep. Sherrill. "Not only did he sign meaningful executive actions that will address ke  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, April 5 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) traveled across the district this week, visiting vaccination sites, small businesses, and community events to talk to constituents, business owners, medical providers, and local officials about how the American Rescue Plan is bringing much needed relief to help New Jersey recover from the coronavirus pandemic. "The American Rescue Plan is a landmark pie  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, April 9 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) completed a series of events across all four NJ-11 counties, making stops to talk to constituents and local officials about the impact the recently enacted American Rescue Plan will have on New Jersey families, small businesses, and communities in the coming weeks and months. This week's events in Morris, Essex and Passaic Counties were part of a broader  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my friend and colleague, Alcee Hastings. He was a committed public servant who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of his constituents in Florida's 20th District. "It was my privilege to serve with Congressman Hastings for nearly 15 years in the House of Representatives, where I came to know a man who cared deeply for his country, and never stopped f  more

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, April 6 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ has been awarded a $5.5 million federal grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to pay for the hospital's extensive emergency measures taken during the COVID pandemic, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) said today. "I worked with the tireless staff at CentraState at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and learned firsthand how hard they cared for th  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), along with a bipartisan group of 27 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to reverse a legal memo issued in the waning days of the Trump administration that would require thousands of people on home confinement to return to federal prison. In March 2020, Congress passed the CARES Act, w  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), along with ten women from the Congressional Black Caucus sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on him to investigate the recent increase in proposals to limit voter access as a potential criminal conspiracy. In recent weeks and months, more than 40 states have introduced voter suppression legislation that threaten t  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressmembers Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Stephanie Murpy (FL-7), Lou Correa (CA-46), and Kim Schrier (WA-8) led a group of ten Members of Congress urging swift action to pass H.R.1333, the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act to place limitations on the President's authority to impose unjust temporary immigration restrictions and to prohibit religious discrimination i  more

FORT LEE, New Jersey, April 10 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-9) announced new federal steps to fight back against the proposed New York congestion taxes unfairly targeting hardworking New Jersey families for driving into midtown Manhattan. The federal government recently gave New York the green light to begin implementing their congestion tax scheme, which would whack New Jersey dr  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-06) introduced the bipartisan Gold Star Mothers Family Monument Extension Act of 2021, which extends the authorization for the establishment of a commemorative work in honor of the Gold Star Families, which was expired in January 2020 and is now on hold. Senator Booker will introduce companion legislation in the Senate in the coming days. The bill i  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement on April 9, 2021 with Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-New Jersey: * * * Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) today issued the following statement on Chairwoman Maxine Waters's draft National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization. The proposal adopts the same cap on premium rate increases that Pallone and Pascrell included in their bipartisan flood insurance legislation las  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on April. 8, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after President Biden announced new executive actions to reduce gun violence today. "In America, there is a familiar and disturbing pattern that occurs every time another horrific mass shooting occurs-- when people are killed in their grocery store, their workplace, their house  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today applauded President Biden's new executive actions aiming to reduce gun violence across the nation in the wake of recent mass shootings in Atlanta, Ga., Boulder, Colo., and Rock Hill, S.C. He also called for the Biden Administration to fulfill the President's campaign pledge to reinstate export jurisdiction of semiautomatic fi  more

JERSEYCITY, New Jersey, April 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Alcee Hastings, the longtime Congressman from South Florida: "South Florida and the country have lost a powerful voice for justice and equality in America. As a pioneering civil rights activist throughout his career, Congressman Hastings fought for a version of our nation that lived up to it  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the appointment of Sylvia Rosabal to serve as Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), overseeing Radio and Television Marti: "As a network of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), OCB's mission is crystal clear: Provide the people of Cuba with 'o  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today announced a bipartisan agreement on a new comprehensive China legislation for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to take up in the coming days. Entitled the Strategic Competition Act of 2021, the new legislation was negotiated with Committee Ranki  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced that nearly $132 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding has been awarded to cities and counties across New Jersey to increase emergency shelter, temporary and affordable housing, rental assistance, and support services for people at-risk of, or experiencing homelessness during the pandemic. "While the COVID and eco  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 6 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 5, 2021: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the awarding of $30,149,115 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) to support several Head Start early childhood education programs across New Jersey. "Every family, regardless of their income or zip code, deserves access to affordable child care and early education," said   more