WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced the Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act, legislation that would place the liability for responsible disaster mitigation on corporations and industrial operators by requiring those entities to register with USDA, submit disaster preparedness plans, and pay a fee to establish a fund focused on disaster events. This new fund, the High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) pressed Amazon on workplace safety ahead of the holiday sales season. The letter comes after continued disturbing reports of dangerous workplace conditions at Amazon facilities throughout the country, particularly the tragic deaths of three workers within three weeks in New Jersey Amazon facilities earlier this summer. Additionally, rep  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (D-N.J.-01), along with U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.-09), Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.-10), Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.-02), Andy Kim (D-N.J.-03), Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.-07), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.-12), Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.-11), Frank Pallone (D-N  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today announced a combined total $126,278,315.30 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to reimburse public agencies and several hospitals across New Jersey for expenses incurred during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The early days of the pandemic proved challenging for hospitals across the coun  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez today joined Sen. Cory Booker and Congressman Donald Norcross, Jr. (D-N.J.01) to express concerns to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) over its decision to block the New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT) creative, attention-grabbing roadway safety messages. "Last month, NJDOT began a campaign utilizing humor and New  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Tony Cardenas (D-Calif.-29), were joined by Reps. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.-03), Nanette Barragan (D-Calif.-44), Joaquin Castro (D-Texas-20), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.-14), and Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Calif.-36) in sending a letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk to urge the company to strongly reconsider cuts tha  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 22, 2022: Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.-09), Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.-10), Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.-02), Andy Kim (D-N.J.-03), Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.-07), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.-12), Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.-11), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.-06), a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Nov. 22, 2022: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) today urged the Biden Administration to quickly implement investments in living shoreline projects from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. In a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Richard W. Spinrad, Pallone and Murphy called on   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2022: "It has been 1,329 days since our committee sought Donald Trump's tax returns - almost as long as the American Civil War," said Chairman Pascrell. "And for 1,329 days, our request made under law has been delayed, obfuscated, and blocked by Donald Trump and his adjutants in the government and the courts. Our right to receive these documents is under a century-long statute and our wid  more

HACKENSACK, Nov. 19 -- 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 just hours left -- until the end of today -- to reconsider their unprecedented 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 Gottheim  more

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, Nov. 18 -- 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 one more day 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 Departm  more