WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) brought together a bipartisan group of more than a dozen House Members and more than a dozen American hostage family members of those taken by Hamas to unite and call for the immediate return of the hostages. Video of Gottheimer, Norcross, and constituent Adi Alexander's remarks can be found here (https://youtu.b  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement applauding the bipartisan advancement of the Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act through the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Booker and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the bill last year. The bipartisan legislation would leverage the multi-billion dollars in fede  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, in the wake of Alabama's State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during the IVF process are "children" under state law, joined a group of Democratic senators in cosponsoring U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Patty Murray (D-WA)'s legislation to protect access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) nationwide. T  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, issued the following statement: "I am deeply concerned by the Ghanaian Parliament's passage of the so-called 'Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill.' This bill, if signed into law, would criminalize any person who identifies as LGBTQI+, as well as those who support the LGBTQI+   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: NEWARK N.J. -- Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced that his guest to the State of the Union address this week is Roshni Kamta, a Jersey City native whose breast cancer diagnosis at 22 years old led her to freeze her eggs and inspired her advocacy for wider access to fertility treatments on behalf of breast cancer patients and women of color in healthcare. After Kamta received the news that sh  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-CO), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, have returned from a three-day official trip to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank. The Senators met with U.S. diplomats, Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian leaders, and United Nations representatives. Booker and Bennet ar  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: In a letter to TikTok executives, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, pressed for answers on the Chinese-owned company's recent recruitment of American minors for its recent all-out lobbying campaign against congressional action that would require TikTok to server ties with the Chinese Communist Party. "I write to you with grave concerns regarding the targ  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced that he has joined the Congressional Diabetes Caucus. The Congressional Diabetes Caucus was formed in 1996 and has grown to be the largest caucus in Congress with over 300 members in the 118th Congress. The mission of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus is to educate Members of Congress and staff about diabetes and to support legislativ  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced that he has joined the Congressional Diabetes Caucus. The Congressional Diabetes Caucus was formed in 1996 and has grown to be the largest caucus in Congress with over 300 members in the 118th Congress. The mission of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus is to educate Members of Congress and staff about diabetes and to support legislativ  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-07) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act to protect people and families' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from theft by requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update its cybersecurity regulations for SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. "Hu  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: The House approved bipartisan legislation authored by Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) to renew the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer by a vote of 413-to-7. First established in 2018 by the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established a national cancer registry for firefighters to monitor and study the relations  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced today that Luis Acosta will join him at President Biden's State of the Union Address this week. A resident of Perth Amboy and a Health and Physical Education teacher at Edward J. Patton Elementary School, Acosta participates in a local community solar program through New Jersey-based renewable energy company Solar Landscape. Solar Landscape builds so  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ--Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today hailed the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ)'s redesignated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Pallone led a letter with members of New Jersey's Congressional Delegation to the National Cancer Institute in support of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey's application for redesignati  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Red Bank, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today held a press conference to call for Congressional action to eliminate hidden and misleading junk fees and lower costs for American families. Junk fees are fees that are not usually included in the overall advertised price of a good or service. They are often disclosed later in the purchasing stage and have little or no value to the consumer.  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced today that he secured $16,383,535 in funding for 13 projects he submitted to the Appropriations Committee for New Jersey's Sixth Congressional District. The projects were included in a federal spending bill for Fiscal Year 2024 that passed today in the House of Representatives. The projects will help rebuild and repair infrastructure, support low  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement on President Biden's State of the Union Address: "We heard directly from President Biden tonight about the historic progress we've made to build a better America for everyone. By making health care and prescription drug costs affordable, defending women's reproductive freedom, rebuilding our infrastructure, and cr  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today that $1,344,000 in federal American Rescue Plan funds has been awarded to 25 fire departments spanning New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District. The funds, originally made available to the state of New Jersey, have now been allocated by the Murphy Administration to support New Jersey firefighters with upgraded equipment, staffing, and resource  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today commented on recent statements by President Biden and Vice President Harris on the continuing conflict in the Middle East and the need for Hamas to agree to a ceasefire allowing relief for the people of Gaza. "I agree wholeheartedly with the President that Hamas must agree to the ceasefire deal being negotiated that gets hostages out an  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today that he has successfully included $16,137,449 for several North Jersey community projects in the 2024 government spending bill passed by the House. In sum, Congressman Pascrell has secured funding for 16 local projects that include flood mitigation, electric vehicle infrastructure, road and bridge enhancements, and more. The m  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) announced her 2024 State of the Union guest, Matthew Desmond.  Matthew Desmond is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Evicted and Poverty, By America. An outspoken proponent for more robust anti-poverty measures in America, Professor Desmond is also the principal investigator at T  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) helped introduce bipartisan legislation, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, with Representatives Mike Gallagher (WI-8) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8), and the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Gottheimer is a member of the Select Committee o  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, March 7, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced that he is hosting American family members of hostages as guests at the State of the Union address. Gottheimer's guests include the Alexanders, parents of hostage Edan Alexander from Tenafly, NJ, and Jonathan Dekel-Chen, father of hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen. Both hostages are Americans. Yesterday, Gottheimer gathere  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, March 5, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited Walter Stillman Elementary School to read to the first-grade class as a part of the nationwide Read Across America campaign. Gottheimer also announced his new "Free Book Program" -- a completely free program to ensure that every child across North Jersey has access to the books they need to succeed. Gottheimer read   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Today, March 4, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) testified during today's public hearing to stand up against New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) cash-grabbing Congestion Tax. A recording of Gottheimer's testimony can be found here. Gottheimer recently released a Congressional Report on New York's proposed Congestion Tax finding that the MT  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congressman Rob Menendez voted to finalize $19,855,535 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District in the 2024 spending bills. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in our district. "I am honored to have been able to secure almost $20 million in Community Project Funding for projects across our   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) released the following statement on President Joe Biden's State of the Union address: "Tonight, President Biden laid out a vision for America that puts working families front and center, focuses on creating good-paying jobs, prioritizes upholding workers' rights and ensures our economy continues to strengthen. The president also emphasized the  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) secured $13,565,031 for 14 Community Project Funding (CPF) awards throughout New Jersey's First Congressional District to support economic development, create jobs, and respond to the most pressing needs of the community. "I'm proud to have secured $13,565,031 for 14 community projects throughout the First Congressional District to spur economic g  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) announced today that he will welcome Yael Alexander, the mother of New Jerseyan Edan Alexander who remains held hostage by Hamas, as his State of the Union guest to highlight the continued hostage crisis. Edan was kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack while serving near the border with Gaza and there has been no information released on his condi  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) sent a letter to United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy urging greater transparency and sharing concerns about proposed changes to the United States Postal Service's (USPS) South Jersey Processing and Distribution Center and the potential impacts on mail service reliability, the local economy, and jobs in the community. "Residents in South J  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) questioned leaders in the biotechnology sector on the issues facing the growing bioeconomy in New Jersey and related CCP threats to U.S. national security. This hearing, entitled "Growing Stakes: The Bioeconomy and American National Security," was held by the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Comm  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced Communications Workers of America (CWA) N.J. State Director Franceline Ehret as her guest to the 2024 State of the Union (SOTU) Address on Thursday, March 7. CWA represents about 40,000 state workers, 15,000 county and local government workers, and more than 70,000 New Jersey families. "Unions built the American middle class and today, organized labor cont  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Senate Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), are expanding their investigation into the housing of illegal aliens at major airports nationwide. Today, senators sent letters to executive director of the New York-New Jersey Port Authority, owner and operator of John F. Kennedy Internation  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement after the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously voted 50-0 to advance her bill, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which will strengthen U.S. national security and protect Americans on social media apps. "I applaud the swift and overwhelmingly bipartisan action taken by the Energy   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) helped introduce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which will strengthen U.S. national security and protect Americans on social media apps. The legislation, drafted after reports that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using TikTok to shape public opinion in the U.S. regarding key issues such as Ta  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced today that all 15 of the Community Project Funding (CPF) requests she submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year 2024 were passed by the House of Representatives - totaling $15.8 million coming back to NJ-11. This is the third round of Community Projects during her tenure in Congress. The federal funds for these local projects create j  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced today that all 15 of the Community Project Funding (CPF) requests she submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year 2024 were passed by the House of Representatives - totaling $15.8 million coming back to NJ-11. This is the third round of Community Projects during her tenure in Congress. The federal funds for these local   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Vital infrastructure improvement and humanitarian services projects championed by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) in Ocean and Monmouth counties are included in the House-passed consolidated budget and slated to receive more than $20,817,000 in federal funding to help build new roads aimed at alleviating traffic congestion, repair public buildings, improve drinking water, upgrade law enforcement patrol vehicles, e  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement after President Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address: "We will not back down from defending democracy - at home or abroad. "Tonight President Biden delivered a strong, optimistic, forward-looking vision for America - fighting to regain the protections in Roe, ensuring a just and secure border, lowerin  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * TSA Releases Security Preparedness Plan Resulting from Rep. Watson Coleman Bill Last week, the Transportation Security Administration released their Transportation Security Preparedness Plan to Address the Event of a Communicable Disease. This plan, which makes America's transportation systems more resilient to communicable disease outbreak, is the result of Congresswoman Bonnie Watson   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: * * * TSA Releases Security Preparedness Plan Resulting from Rep. Watson Coleman Bill Last week, the Transportation Security Administration released their Transportation Security Preparedness Plan to Address the Event of a Communicable Disease. This plan, which makes America's transportation systems more resilient to communicable disease outbreak, is the result of Congresswoma  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined fellow Senate Commerce Committee Republicans in pushing for more answers about the housing of illegal aliens at major airports nationwide. The senators sent letters to the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), and the interim chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Port Author  more