WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2022: * * * On Friday, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4) praised the passage of the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act (HR 8987) by the House of Representatives that would provide financial relief to family members of victims killed in the September 11. Smith called the legislation "long-overdue" step that would bring these families closers to justice. "For two decades, I have worked with the 'Jersey   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement and letter on Oct. 6, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on President Biden's Executive Order on cannabis. "President Biden's executive order is transformative for the lives of thousands of people and families harmed by our broken cannabis laws. This is a huge step forward toward a more just criminal justice system and more rational drug policy. "Now it's time for Co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: Representative Albio Sires (NJ-08), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration, and International Economic Policy, hosted a Members Roundtable titled "The Progress and Promise of the Alliance for Development in Democracy," with the participation of representatives from each of the Alliance countries: Foreign Minister Roberto Alv  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 7, 2022, with Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri: * * * Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released a joint statement following President Biden's announcement to pardon anyone who has been convicted of simple marijuana possession and his call to review the classification of marijuana. "Yesterday's announcement from President Biden is welcome news an  more

TEANECK, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: This week, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) helped host the House Committee on Homeland Security's congressional field hearing on countering violent extremism, terrorism, and antisemitic threats in New Jersey. Gottheimer questioned the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project Director, Susan Corke, about extremist groups that are targeting the Asian American and  more

TEANECK, New Jersey, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) helped host the House Committee on Homeland Security's congressional field hearing on countering violent extremism, terrorism, and antisemitic threats in New Jersey. Gottheimer questioned expert witnesses on how to combat the troubling rise in antisemitism, domestic extremism, and terror in New Jersey and nationwide. Gottheimer also announ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022: Representative Tom Malinowski joined CNN New Day to discuss removing U.S. troops from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates following OPEC's decision to cut oil production. John Berman: Congressman Tom Malinowski and other Democrats are now introducing a bill to remove U.S. troops from the Kingdom. Congressman Tom Malinowski of New Jersey joins me now. He is a member o  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined a group of colleagues in commenting on the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) proposed rule prohibiting discrimination in health care under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. In their comment letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and the Department's Director of the Offi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Oct. 5, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today called on the Biden Administration to include an expansion in the number of Medicare graduate medical education (GME) positions in the President's 2024 Federal Fiscal Year budget request. In a letter to the Director Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Shalanda Yo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Oct. 6, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest-ranking Latino in Congress, released the following statement on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirming a lower court's ruling against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. "While the future of DACA still hangs in the balance, I'm relieved that the Fifth Circuit's decision did not strip current rec  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today announced $1,128,889 in federal funding to conduct preliminary design and environmental activities to develop the Port Raritan Terminal Facility for active maritime use. Port Raritan is a marine terminal located within a 2,350 acre complex known as Raritan Center Business Park in Edison and Woodbridge. "This is   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Oct. 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), alongside U.S. Representatives John Sarbanes (D-Md.-03), Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05), and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), today led a bicameral group of nearly 100 colleagues in urging U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to extend the limited Public Service Loan F  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022: U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-02), co-chairs of the Congressional Italian-American Delegation, introduced of a resolution in the House of Representatives to establish October as Italian and Italian-American Heritage Month. The resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-02), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Peter   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following remarks on Oct. 6, 2022: The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, at today's conference featuring academic and policy experts on North Korean Human Rights hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) together with Stanford University. "I'd like to begin by thanking both CSIS and Stanford for co-hosting this important event, a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022, and letter: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra today in support of the Biden Administration's proposed hea  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Oct. 7, 2022: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Task Force on Policing, Constitution, and Equality, along with Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) and Judiciary Committee member Hank Johnson (GA-4) sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette S. Peters calling for more information on her plans to addre  more

TEANECK, New Jersey, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: This week, Representative Tom Malinowski joined colleagues on the Committee on Homeland Security in Teaneck, New Jersey for a hearing on confronting extremism, terrorism, and antisemitism in the state. The hearing addressed the local and national rise in antisemitic incidents and hateful rhetoric, including white supremacist inspired terrorist attacks, the normalization of extremist ideologies a  more

SUMMIT, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022: Representative Tom Malinowski, Senator Cory Booker, and Attorney General Matthew Platkin joined faith leaders from around the community to announce over $1.4 million in federal funding to protect houses of worship in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District against terrorist attacks and hate crimes.Through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Nonprofit Security Grant Program   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representatives Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Susan Wild (PA-07) are introducing a bill that would mandate the removal of U.S. troops and missile defense systems from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The bill would also relocate the equipment and defense systems to other areas in the Middle East for the purpose of protecting U.S. troops elsewhere. Read the ful  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022, and letter: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. sent the following letter today to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing serious concerns about the proposed acquisition of TEGNA, a broadcast news company that manages 64 stations across 5  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022, and letter: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined today by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in urging the Biden administration to support international efforts to investigate Kazakh security forces' violent response towards civilian protestors, bystander  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022: Amid an alarming new development in the ongoing fentanyl crisis, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) is pushing new legislation--the Homeland Security Fentanyl Enforcement Act (HR 9093)--to expand the Department of Homeland Security's authority to help combat the deadly synthetic opioid largely sourced from China from pouring across the United States border. The new legislation comes as US drug  more