WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), led 83 colleagues in a letter urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to remove barriers that prevent Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from accessing affordable health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace and the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Breakthrough Therapies Act, legislation that would enable the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to make the findings necessary to transfer breakthrough therapies involving Schedule I substances such as MDMA and psilocybin from Schedule I to Schedule II, which could help facilitate a phased roll-out of these potentially lifesavin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure that cephalopods, such as octopuses and squids, are afforded basic humane handling and care standards when they are used in NIH laboratory experiments. "Cephalopods are increasingly being used in taxpaye  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray about actions the FBI is taking to help combat the unprecedented spike in antisemitic threats and violence taking place in New Jersey and throughout the nation. This comes fewer than two weeks after the FBI released a statement warning of "credible information of a broad  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) questioned U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas about actions the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking to help local, county, and state law enforcement combat the unprecedented spike in car thefts and stolen cars from being illegally exported through our ports. This comes four month  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following floor statement on Nov. 17, 2022: * * * U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to urge the Hackensack City Council to reconsider their decision to turn down a nearly $2.4 million federal grant to hire 12 new firefighters, pay their salaries and benefits for three years, and cover their training costs. The City Council plans to reject the federal grant that G  more

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined together with local firefighters and elected officials to strongly encourage the Hackensack City Council to reconsider their decision to turn down the nearly $2.4 million dollar federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant that Gottheimer helped claw from Washington back to Jersey. Gottheimer called o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in today's hearing, "Oversight of Financial Regulators: A Strong Banking and Credit Union System for Main Street," questioned federal financial regulators on the lack of safeguards for investors in digital assets and called for Congressional action to protect consumers. Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today announced that Greater Bergen Community Action was awarded $4,666,483 to support its early childhood education program. The award was granted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). "Every child in New Jersey, regardless of which zip code they live in, deserves the opportunity for quality, early childhoo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today announced $9,073,482 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support the operations of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the state. "Community health centers were on the frontlines of the pandemic, ensuring New Jerseyans had the medical care, treatment, and PPE they needed," said Sen.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.), joined a group of colleagues today in calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct vigorous oversight and enforcement of Twitter's consent decree and to investigate potential violations of consumer protection laws. In May, Twitter Inc. agreed to pay $150 million in civil penalties and to implement robust c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 17, 2022: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, joined his Democratic colleagues this week in calling for the Biden Administration to implement additional consumer protections in Medicare Advantage (MA). The letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra, and Centers for M  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), alongside Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner and CBP Assistant Commissioner in the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) raising concerns about the final report released by CBP OPR on July 8 regarding the treatment of Haitian migrants at the southern border last ye  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today led nearly a dozen colleagues in urging Senate leadership to include $5 billion in any future emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to assist with installing rooftop solar and storage projects for low-income households and households with people with disabil  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 15, 2022: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today asked the Department of Justice to open an official criminal probe into allegations made by Donald Trump's own Chief of Staff that he sought to weaponize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) against his political enemies. "Corrupting the integrity of our tax age  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today reacted angrily to comments from former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that Donald Trump tried to weaponize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to attack his enemies, adding more evidence to earlier reports of IRS corruption by the Trump administration. "The corrup  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 18, 2022: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today led 31 colleagues calling on the Department of Justice to open a formal investigation of Ticketmaster in light of the Taylor Swift tour fiasco. After tickets to Taylor Swift's newest concert went on sale, countless Swifties have been locked out of purchasing tickets, enduring frustrating delays on Ticketmaster's portal. The let  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill becoming law and highlighted investments being clawed back to New Jersey. In the first year alone, this historic, once-in-a-generation investment has already clawed back more than $4.8 billion dollars in federal investment to fix and improve New Jersey's roads, bridges, tunnels, broadband c  more

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) is highlighting that the Hackensack City Council has four more days to reconsider their decision to turn down a nearly $2.4 million federal grant to hire 12 new firefighters. "We know that the Hackensack Fire Department averages around four retirements each year. We know that a public safety report called for Hackensack to consider increasing the Fir  more

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) is highlighting that the Hackensack City Council has three more days to reconsider their decision to turn down a nearly $2.4 million federal grant to hire 12 new firefighters, pay their salaries and benefits for three years, and cover their training costs. The City Council plans to reject the federal grant that Gottheimer and the Hackensack Fire Depa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2022: * * * U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following statement after House Speaker Nacy Pelosi's announced she will not seek an elected leadership position in the 118th Congress. "I have only known one leader during my time in Congress -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I am honored to have served alongside her and am grateful for her dedicated and effective service to our nat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Payne, Jr. voted for a bill that limits nondisclosure agreements (NDA's) and non-disparagement contract clauses relating to disputes involving sexual assault and harassment. This legislation, S. 4524, now heads to President Biden's desk for signature. According to a report by Harvard Business Review, more than one-third of U.S. workers are bound by non-disclosure agreements. These agreements   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2022: * * * Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. released the following statement following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California's 12th Congressional District's decision to pass the torch to new democratic House Leadership. "For 35 years and two terms, Nancy Patricia Pelosi has courageously and patriotically executed her duties and responsibilities representing San Francisco, California's 12th C  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: At Morris Habitat for Humanity's Veterans Build Kick Off Ceremony, Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced that the Morris Habitat for Humanity received the final award notice for a $3,000,000 federal grant to be used to help complete the construction of twenty-five affordable homes and a community room in Randolph. Morris Habitat's largest project in history. This f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2022: * * * Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement regarding Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's announcements that they will step down from leadership and Sherrill's support for Representative Hakeem Jeffries as the next Democratic Leader. "Under Nancy Pelosi's historic tenure as the first female Speaker of the United States House of Represen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congressman Van Drew questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the House Homeland Security hearing. "In the last fiscal year, there were over 2.3 million recorded migrant encounters at the southwest border, which included 98 non-US citizens who are on the terrorist watchlist," said Congressman Van Drew. "To attempt to combat the crisis at the bor  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Nov. 18, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement on House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's decision to step down from House Democratic leadership while continuing to serve in Congress. "Majority Leader Hoyer's steadfast commitment to Democratic ideals and values is truly admirable. Since 2007, Leader Hoyer has played an instrumental role in guiding the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Nov. 18, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement on House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn's decision to step down from his current position as House Majority Whip while continuing to serve in Democratic leadership. "Like Speaker Pelosi, Majority Whip Clyburn has led a barrier-breaking, truly inspirational career in public service. Upon his first election   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to pass the torch to a new generation of House Democratic leadership. "Speaker Pelosi's career in public service has been one of firsts, from serving as the first female Speaker of the House to becoming the first woman to reclaim the gavel after serving as leader of   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Marking the first anniversary of Democrats' landmark Infrastructure Law, Rep. Watson Coleman highlighted the historic federal investments that are already creating good-paying jobs in New Jersey communities. "One year ago today, President Biden and the Democratic Congress delivered a once-in-a-generation investment to create millions of good-paying jobs repairing, rebuilding and revitalizing our  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) led a bicameral letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to reinvestigate past cases of civilian harm from conflict. The letter was co-led by Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA), coleads of the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Caucus, along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dick Du  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) introduced the New Pathways Act. This legislation would help formerly incarcerated Americans re-enter society by requiring the Bureau of Prisons to help these individuals obtain government-issued identification. More than 600,000 Americans are released from prison each year and upon release face significant b  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4275, the "Ensuring Phone and Internet Access Through Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Program Act  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3630, the "Lymphedema Treatment Act:" "It's unacceptable that Medicare does not cover the cost of compression garments for seniors deali  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed three consumer protection and commerce bills: "This week, the House is continuing its work to strength  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning's full Committee hearing entitled "Assessing U.S. Policy in the Caucasus." Testifying before the Committee were the Honorable Karen Donfried, Assistant Secretary of State for European an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Albio Sires (NJ-08) and Representative Mark Green (TN-07), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration, and International Economic Policy, introduced a House Resolution aimed at promoting strong economic relations between the United States and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Reps. Sires and Green   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) this week introduced new legislation--the Education Achievement and Opportunity Act of 2022 (HR 9320)--to make quality education from kindergarten through high school more affordable by providing critical tax relief to parents of schoolchildren. Smith's bill would provide a tax credit of up to $10,000 per child to pay tuition and fees for enrollment in Jewish, parochial, public, ch  more