WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 1, 2021: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold on Wednesday, June 9, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, "A Human  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 1, 2021: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold on Tuesday, June 8, at 2 p.m. (EDT) with Department of Commerce Secre  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following joint statement on June 2, 2021, with Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, and Tony Cardenas, D-California: * * * Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Vice Chair Tony Cardenas (D-CA) released the following joint s  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-California, issued the following joint statement Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr., D-New Jersey, and Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois: * * * Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Vice Chair Tony Cardenas (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to  more

VERNON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, June 4 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: June 3, 2021, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced that new federal dollars are being clawed back from Washington for school districts in Sussex County and Warren County, as part of the American Rescue Plan -- the COVID-19 relief package signed into law in March 2021. Sussex County school districts will receive an estimated total $9.09 million, and Warren County school dist  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) formally introduced bipartisan legislation, the Alyssa's Legacy Youth in School Safety Alert Act (ALYSSA Act), named after Alyssa Alhadeff -- a North Jersey native who lost her life in the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, in 2018. Gottheimer is introducing the bipartisan bill with an additional five Democratic and five Repub  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: A bipartisan group of 56 Members of Congress, led by U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), wrote to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to express support for replenishing Israel's stock of interceptors for the Iron Dome missile defense system, which intercepted approximately 90 percent of the incoming rockets during recent attacks, saving countless civilians in Israel, as well as those in Gaza. "As  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 2 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined Governor Phil Murphy, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver and federal, state and local officials at the Camden County Police Department (CCPD) to mark the first day of a statewide body-worn camera (BWC) mandate for all uniformed patrol officers - a crucial step on the path toward cultivating trust between law enforc  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 2, 2021: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) today announced legislation to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the training of primary care medical  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 3, 2021: In a letter to the three new members of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors appointed by President Biden, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised their service and asked if they would move to fire Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for his destructive tenure of leadership. "As members of the USPS Board of Governors, you have but one central responsibili  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, continued his probing of Wall Street's destructive and increasingly dangerous control over American health care, asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the relationship between private equity investments and subsequent bankruptcies or closures of health care facilities acro  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee: * * * In response to the Ortega regime's issuance of an arrest warrant against independent presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro and disqualification of her prospective candidacy, Reps. Albio Sires (D-NJ) and Mark Green (R-TN), Chair and Ranking Member respectively of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued the following statement:   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: During Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) reintroduced the Collaborative Academic Research Efforts (CARE) for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2021 to expand and increase the coordination of Tourette syndrome research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "I am proud to reintroduce this important legislation that would greatly benefit those impacted by Tourette Syndrome," Said   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following excerpts of video remarks: * * * The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) for the virtual commemoration of the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre entitled "2021 Tiananmen Remembrance: A Virtual Commemoration Featuring Wang Xilin's Symphony No. 3": Special thanks to Dr. Yang, Dr. Swett, Ambassador Bremberg for your extraordinary work and for providing this opportunity to commemorat  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 4, 2021: U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Michael Bost (R-IL-12), co-chairs of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, today introduced bipartisan legislation that would help construct new fire stations for America's firefighters. The Fire Station Construction Grants Act would authorize $1 billion in fire station construction grants administered by the F  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 4, 2021: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) along with co-sponsors Congressmen Frank Pallone (NJ-6), Albio Sires (NJ-8) and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) reintroduced the Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2021. This legislation would overturn an outdated 1986 law to build a framework of commonsense standards for handgun ownership in the United States by creating a federal licen  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mark Warner (D-VA), Edward Markey (D-MA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to major tech conglomerate, Alphabet Inc., the parent company of YouTube and Google, urging them to conduct a racial equity audit and to use the investigation and recommendations to make the company and its products safer for Black people. For years, civil and digital ri  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, June 2 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on June 1, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest ranking Latino in the U.S. Congress, issued the following statement commemorating the start of the eighth annual Immigrant Heritage Month. Sen. Menendez has long advocated for immigration reform, and earlier this year introduced the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, President Biden's bold, inclusive, and humane framework for im  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 3 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Congressman Donald Norcross (N.J.-01) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge announced today the awarding of a $35 million federal Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant to the City of Camden to revitalize the city's Cramer   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a group of 18 of his Senate colleagues in voicing their support for Vice President Kamala Harris' leadership of the Biden administration's diplomatic efforts to address and mitigate the underlying factors driving Central American migration   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a group of 18 of his Senate colleagues in voicing their support for Vice President Kamala Harris' leadership of the Biden administration's diplomatic efforts to address and mitigate the underlying factors driving Central American migration to the United States. Sent in advance of Vice President Harris' upco  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2021: As indirect talks in Vienna between the U.S. and Iran continue, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), today published an op-ed for the Washington Post laying out the case for a broader, bipartisan and comprehensive diplomatic approach to contain Iran's nuclear ambitio  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint commentary on June 3, 2021, with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, to the Washington Post: * * * As indirect talks in Vienna between the U.S. and Iran continue, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), today published an op-ed for the Washington Post laying out the case for a broader, bipartisan and comprehensive diplomatic approach to con  more