WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: In the 118th Congress, Congressman Van Drew will serve on the House Judiciary Committee and has been reappointed to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. "I am grateful and honored for the opportunity to serve on the Judiciary Committee, and to be reappointed to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where I will continue advocating for South Jersey," said Representative   more

NEWTON, New Jersey, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2023: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined with Sussex County first responders and local leaders to announce a new $1.3 million federal investment clawed back from Washington to Newton, Sparta, Hardyston, and Andover to purchase updated and interoperable first response communications systems. This is the technology needed to answer 9-1-1 calls and ensure that emergency resp  more

WEST MILFORD, New Jersey, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and local elected officials are announcing a new $2.8 million federal investment clawed back from Washington to West Milford to purchase infrastructure for a state-of-the-art emergency communications system. This new system will help first responders communicate quickly and easily -- helping keep families and first responders safe. This federal inve  more

FORT LEE, New Jersey, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Mike Lawler (NY-17) announced new bipartisan legislation -- the Anti-Congestion Tax Act -- to stand up for hardworking New Jersey and New York drivers who will soon face the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) cash-grabbing Congestion Tax. New York and the MTA's proposed Congestion Tax could go into effect as early as   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Brian Mast (FL-21) reintroduced the bipartisan Hamas International Financing Prevention Act. The bipartisan bill imposes sanctions on foreign persons, agencies, and governments that assist Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), or their affiliates. "Israel, our key ally and the only democracy in the Middle East, continues to endure threats from militant  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) issued the following statement after being appointed to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee for the 118th Congress. "Now more than ever, we need strength to confront the many challenges that the United States and our allies face across the globe. I look forward to working with Chairman McCaul and Committee members on both sides of the aisle to achieve our foreign pol  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2023: Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) issued the following statement after being appointed to serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the 118thCongress: "Improving our nation's infrastructure is vital to growing our economy, strengthening our supply chains, ensuring American energy dominance, improving commuters' quality of life, and finding solutions to make the day-to  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Jan. 17, 2023: * * * Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) issued the following statement after voting in support of the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act (H.R. 23). "Unleashing a MetLife Stadium full of new tax collectors on low and middle-income families is just a sneaky form of a tax hike. This is no way to tackle the affordability crisis we are facing in this country and will only hurt the New  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined today with New Jersey 9/11 widows and children, and other U.S. terror victim survivors and family members, to applaud the enactment and outline the provisions of his bipartisan Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, which passed the Senate last December as an amendment to the fiscal year 2023 funding bill. "The Fairness for 9/11 Families  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 20, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are raising significant concerns regarding recent attacks on press freedom and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) operations in the Kyrgyz Republic. In a new letter to President of the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Jan. 17, 2023: * * * Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today released the following statement after the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program added all types of uterine cancer to the list of covered conditions. "I'm grateful the World Trade Center Health Program has added all types of uterine cancer to the list of WTC-related health conditions. "This will ensure 9/11 survivors and heroic f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2023: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today called for Congressional action to immediately block any proposed transfer of U.S. fighter jets and components to Turkey. Reports suggest that the Biden Administration sent an informal notice of the potential $20 billion sale to Congress late last week as Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is set to meet with Secretary Blinken today  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2023: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) reintroduced the Buy Low and Sell High Act for the 118th Congress today. The legislation creates an Economic Petroleum Reserve designed to continue the trend of falling gasoline prices and make money for American taxpayers by empowering the Department of Energy (DOE) to buy oil when prices are low and sell oil when prices are high. The bill answ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2023: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that Monmouth County will receive $4 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to make critical repairs and improvements to the Belford Ferry Terminal in Middletown. In September 2022, Pallone wrote to DOT to highlight the county's application and urge close consideration. The terminal provides passenger ferry ser  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2023: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), lead sponsor of legislation to reform the ticket industry, praised an announcement today that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing January 24 on the lack of competition in the live events ticket market. "After years of abuses and indignities, American fans and ticket buyers are crying out for help attending a live event without s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2023: U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today visited the Food Bank of South Jersey (FBSJ) to highlight nearly $1 million in federal funding that he secured in the FY23 omnibus funding package for the local nonprofit. The funding will be used to help increase food delivery services and decrease the food bank's carbon footprint by purchasing hybrid delivery trucks and vans. "One in  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2023: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced that uterine cancer has been added as a covered condition under the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP). Previously, uterine cancer was the only cancer not covered through the program. "I am proud that we are finally fulfilling our promise to 9/11 first responders, including the many women who ran into danger and put their lives on   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following commentary with Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-New York, to El Nuevo Dia on Jan. 20, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.-07) today published an op-ed in El Nuevo Dia, titled A year later, our law is ensuring the disclosure of any conflicts of interest in Puerto Rico's debt restructuring process. In this piece, they highlight how their bicameral and bipartisan law, the P  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following remarks on Jan. 20, 2023: * * * The following are excerpts of remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, for the 2023 National March for Life Rally in Washington, DC. "Thank you, Jeanne! What a glorious day! It is so inspiring to see all of you gathered here today in support of in the most critical human rights issue of our day--protection of the unborn child from the viol  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2023: Tapped by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to chair the influential Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today vowed the bicameral panel, under his leadership, will "aggressively counter the transnational repression of Xi Jinping's brutal dictatorship and ramp up scrutiny of those who are aiding and abetting the Communist regime." "The CECC has be  more