WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement in response to the findings of the Justice Department's Civil Rights investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD). "Breonna Taylor's murder shook the world and prompted the Justice Department's investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department. Today'  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.), alongside House and Senate colleagues introduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2023, a comprehensive proposal to protect the rights of workers to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. While large corporations and wealthy individuals continue to capture the rewards of   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.), along with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT.), sent a letter to Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer, expressing concern regarding recent reports that the company would not dispense medication abortion - even when legal. "As of March 2023, at least 17 states have elimina  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- 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 an updated version of the Breakthrough Therapies Act. This legislation will remove regulatory hurdles that inhibit research and compassionate use access to potentially lifesaving treatments that are heavily restricted by Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. U.S. Representatives Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Madeleine Dean (D-PA)  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Committee voted this morning to approve in a 13-8 vote a bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMFs). The bipartisan legislation seeks to formally end the author  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Rob Menendez concluded his trip to Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery, Alabama as a part of the 2023 Faith and Politics Institute Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage commemorates the series of marches that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Congressman Menendez joined a diverse and distinguished Congressional delegation from the 118th Congress led by Rep. Ter  more

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, March 7 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: March 6, 2023, at the Bergen County Justice Center, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer joined with New Jersey's cybersecurity agency to sound the alarm on the threats TikTok and the Chinese Communist Party pose to the safety of our children, our data, and our national security. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made it abundantly clear that it is willing to leverage tech  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement on March 9, 2023: * * * U.S. Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) released the following statement: Israel remains our most vital ally in the Middle East. It is also its own democracy. Regardless of our personal views and concerns, Congress should not publicly intervene in ongoing negotiations of a key democratic ally. Doing so, especially in a partisan way, could underm  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on March 10, 2023: * * * March 10, 2023, during National School Breakfast Week, U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Katie Porter (CA-47) released the following statement: "This week, we're honoring National School Breakfast Week and recognizing the important role that nutritious school breakfasts play in fueling students for success. Too often, children have to get through their day at schoo  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today during a hearing entitled, "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress," emphasized to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell the importance of securing Latino representation on the Fed's Board of Governors. Several of the Senator's colleagues echoed his point o  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned witnesses yesterday during a hearing entitled, "Tax Policy's Role in Increasing Affordable Housing Supply for Working Families" about the impact the $10,000 state and local tax (SALT) cap has on middleclass families. "The 2017 Republican Tax Law gutted this essential deduction, not for larg  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023, and letter: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and Senate Finance Committee, joined a group of 17 Senate Committee Chairs and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in sending a letter to President Biden urging the federal government to utilize a "whole-of  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) alongside House and Senate colleagues introduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2023, a comprehensive proposal to protect the rights of workers to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. While large corporations and wealthy individuals continue to cap  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.), today joined 47 members of the Senate Democratic caucus in introducing the Women's Health Protection Act of 2023, federal legislation to guarantee access to abortion, everywhere across the country and restore the right to comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of Americans. The bill's introduction follows the Suprem  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for the Western Hemisphere, today reintroduced the bicameral, bipartisan No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act. Joining the Senators in presenting this legi  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today shared a new policy essay he has published in volume 60 of the Harvard Journal on Legislation on the origins of congressional dysfunction titled: "A House Decaying: Re-empowering the Legislature and Making Congress Great Again." The Journal is a publication of Harvard Law School. "Congress has been sleepwalking towards obsolescence and i  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee and Congress's leading member seeking positive tax agency reforms, today celebrated the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Danny Werfel to become the new commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). "Running the IRS is one of the toughest jobs in government. Mr. Werfel has his work   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, has written to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20) outlining the economic cataclysms Republicans are threatening by refusing to raise the debt ceiling and implores the GOP leader for his plan to protect the American economy from total disaster. "The full faith and credit of Americ  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-02), David Cicilline (D-RI-01), Barbara Lee (D-CA-12), Joe Morelle (D-NY-25), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) intrdouced the Federal Firearm Licensee Act. This legislation, first introduced in 2021 would update sections in the U.S. Code directed at federal firearms licensees (FFLs) that have not been updated in 30 years. The   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. reintroduced the Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2023 this week to attack the nation's problem with gun violence. The bill, H.R. 1361, provides federal grants to local communities to buy back guns from local gun owners. It would take guns out of communities, promote local businesses, help law enforcement solve crimes, and save American lives. "Ther  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) sent a letter to Charlie Baker, the new president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to offer her support in addressing the current gender inequities within the NCAA's operations and programming, including funding equitable participation opportunities, experiences, and financia  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing today on President Biden's egregiously flawed exit from Afghanistan, Marine Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews told Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that the Taliban brutalized people in front of US servicemembers, knowing that the United States was not "going to do anything about it." "In 2021, a National Security Council spokesperson characterized the Tali  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on March 7, 2023: * * * Amid reports that the Biden Administration is considering reinstating migrant family detention, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement: "The Trump-era policy of family detention was a stain on our past. It has no place in our future. "Regardless of which party controls the White House, most Americans agree that locking families in cages i  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) introduced the Servicemember Credit Monitoring Enhancement Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure every servicemember has access to credit monitoring services. Currently, only active duty military and National Guard and Reserve in active duty status are eligible for free credit monitoring services. This legislation would make all serviceme  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNScapv) -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02) unveiled the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access (MOTA) Act (H.R. 1359). This evidence-based legislation would increase access to care for people experiencing opioid use disorder (OUD) by reforming the outdated regulations governing the prescription and dispensing of methadone. Methadone is one of the most   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in response to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's plans to compensate Koreans who were victims of forced labor conditions during World War II: "I commend the South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's annou  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement in honor of International Women's Day: "On International Women's Day, we celebrate the leadership, fortitude, and resilience of women and girls around the world in championing human rights and universal liber  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, March 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on March 6, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the passing of leading disability rights activist Judy Heumann: "I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of our friend and renowned disabilities rights leader Judy Heumann.   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on March 10, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the International Affairs provisions of the Biden administration's 2024 federal budget request released on Thursday: "From standing united against violent autocrats and with those fighting for a rules-  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the Biden administration's decision to sanction Russian nationals complicit in perpetrating human rights abuses against Russian opposition politician an  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in introducing the Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations (PARTNER) with ASEAN Act, bip  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released a joint statement with Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation; Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Senate Ma  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in releasing the below statements on the Committee passage of their Supporting Americans Wrongfully or Unlawfully Detained Abroad Act of 2023, bip  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: Teaming up to boost efforts in the fight against animal abuse, Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) have reintroduced the Pet Safety and Protection Act (HR 208)--bipartisan legislation to permanently prohibit the sale of animals to research labs by Class B (or random source) dealers who round up pets that are often lost or stolen. "Class B dealers have routinely failed to m  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, today reintroduced legislation with Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX) to allow US citizens the right to sue the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and hold the regime accountable for its large-scale misrepresentation campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Smith-Burgess legislation comes on the heels of new testimony offered b  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today Reps. Greg Stanton of Arizona, Marc Veasey of Texas, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG), which provides grants to state, local and tribal governments to support initiatives that will reduce fossil fuel emissions and conserve energy. The bill reauthorizes th  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) introduced a resolution acknowledging the horrific impact colorectal cancer has on the Black community and that the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force needs to reduce the age of screening for this cancer. Colorectal Cancer, or CRC, is the third most common cancer in the United States for men and women combined  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, and Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), Judy Chu (D-CA-28), Gwen Moore (D-WI-04), and Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), members of the Subcommittee on Oversight, have written to new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel urging him to prioritize tax fairness and do more to pu  more