WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Ahead of National Police Week, the bipartisan Invest to Protect Act is being introduced in the House. This bipartisan legislation will make critical, targeted investments in small and midsize police departments with fewer than 200 sworn officers for the recruitment, retention, mental health support, and training they need to protect themselves and their communities. The Invest to Protec  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement. "I welcome the end of Title 42 - a harmful holdover from the Trump administration that severely undermined the legal right to seek asylum, enriched smuggling networks, and failed to protect public health. This misguided policy created chaos at the border and put countless asylum-seekers fleein  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Grayfield Redevelopment and Economic Advancement Through Effective Repurposing (GREATER) Revitalization of Shopping Centers Act, legislation aimed to address the challenges faced by abandoned and underutilized shopping malls and promo  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) have introduced the Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth (DIVERSIFY) Act, legislation that would increase the TEACH Grant award to support students interested in becoming teachers, ensuring an education workforce as diverse as the studen  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced the bipartisan Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Reform Act, legislation that would prioritize enrolling marginal farmland in the CRP, rather than prime farmland, to generate more durable wildlife and environmental benefits while reducing competition for productive farmland between the  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), John Larson (D-CT), and Mark Takano (D-CA) reintroduced the bicameral Respect, Advancement, and Increasing Support for Educators (RAISE) Act, legislation that would boost teacher compensation by putting tax money back in their pockets and help diversify the teaching workforce. The bill would p  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement on May 11, 2023, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon: * * * U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following joint statement. Booker, Schumer, and Wyden are coauthors of the landmark Cannabis Ad  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, May 10 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Standing outside of the New Jersey entrance to the Holland Tunnel, Congressman Rob Menendez (NJ-08) and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) today discussed the potential adverse impacts of New York City's congestion pricing plan on New Jersey residents and communities. "New York's congestion pricing plan stands to push traffic and pollution to our communities while also shiftin  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, May 10 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Just feet from the Holland Tunnel, U.S. Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Rob Menendez (NJ-8) sounded the alarm on the negative environmental impacts of New York's and the MTA's proposed Congestion Tax. On May 5, 2023, without conducting a full Environmental Impact Statement study, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) bli  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 12, 2023, with Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Europe Subcommittee Chairman Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) issued the following statement on the United Kingdom's recent decision to deliver the long-range Storm Shadow cruise missile to Ukraine ahe  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled "'Like Fire Through Dry Grass': Nursing Home Mortality & COVID-19 Policies" to gather facts about pandemic-era, nursing home policy decisions -- specifically in New York, New Jersey, and Penn  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, issued the following opening remarks on May 11, 2023: * * * The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of t  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr., Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, introduced a bill today to provide seven days of paid sick leave to railroad workers. The  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * Today the House passed H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023, which would fix our broken asylum system, hire more Border Patrol agents, and provide them with resources they need, reinstate policies such as Remain in Mexico, and force the Biden Administration to resume building the border wall. The passage of this legislation comes just hours before Title 42 is set to expire, whic  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, May 13 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on May 12, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the historic nomination of Adriana Kugler as the first Hispanic to ever serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in its 109-year history. "For years, I have been a fierce advocate for greater diversity and inclusion in every industry and across the federal government -- including at the Federal   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both-D-N.J.) announced today a combined total of $8,896,682.67 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to mitigate flood risks in the City of Bayonne and in Rutherford, NJ. "As a coastal state that faces many flooding instances throughout the year, including flash flooding in low-lying, urban   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and several of his colleagues in the Senate today reintroduced the Homes for Every Local Protector Educator and Responder (HELPER) Act to create a first-time homebuyer loan program under the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) for teachers and first responders who have served at least four years in their respective role. "First responders and teachers  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Representative Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-P.R.), Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Representative Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.) today reintroduced bicameral and bipartisan legislation to modify the amount of money transferred to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands - known as the 'rum cover over'--from the excise taxes collected on rum that is produced i  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement on May 10, 2023, with Sens. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, and Alex Padilla, D-California: * * * U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement ahead of the Biden Administration lifting the Title 42 public health order. "Title 42 is a harmful Trump-era relic designed to create chaos at the border and circumvent our domestic  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and New Jersey's U.S. Senator Cory Booker introduced the Pollinator Power Act, new legislation that would help reverse the decline in pollinator populations by incentivizing pollinator habitats surrounding new solar projects carried out through the Rural Energy for America Program. "Pollinators are critical to maintaining life as we know it, and as our nation embarks on a hu  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following joint statement on May 11, 2023, with Sens. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, and Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico: * * * U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) today issued the following statement ahead of the Biden Administration lifting the Title 42 public health order tomorrow. "Title 42 is a harmful Trump-era relic designed to create chaos at the border and circumvent our d  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a longtime member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, has published a new op-ed in the Bergen Record of New Jersey outlining what would happen to the American economy if House Republicans follow through on the reckless threats to breach the debt ceiling. "Social Security checks will cease and Medicare reimbursements will freeze, leaving tens of  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) reintroduced the bipartisan National Critical Capabilities Defense Act, legislation that would establish a review process over the potential offshoring of critical United States' supply chains to foreign adversaries like China and Russia. This legislation would create a whole-of-go  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. voted against an immigration bill today that would reinstate the Trump Administration's cruel practice of putting immigrant children in cages before they are deported. The bill, the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2), would construct an unnecessary wall across the country's southern border, limit the ability of federal immigration authorities to process  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr., Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, introduced a bill today to provide seven days of paid sick leave to railroad workers. The bill, the Freight Rail Workforce Health and Safety Act, would allow rail employees to care for their health or the health of a family membe  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the GOP House majority announced an indefinite delay to consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "House and Senate Republican leaders are putting partisan politics and a right-wing agenda above our national security, military readiness, and the wellbeing of o  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 8, 2023: Local law enforcement officers, grassroots non-profit humanitarian leaders and a trafficking survivor along with Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) took part in a panel today at the Monmouth County Human Trafficking Symposium. Organized by Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden, the event was aimed at informing residents on the scourge of modern-day slavery and highlighting efforts at the local, st  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) joined the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, which aims to persuade investors and asset managers to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in their investment decisions. Globally, the value of assets engaged in sustainable investing has grown rapidly and is expected to increase in 2025. As Americans, we have a duty to be  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) released the following statement regarding proposed changes to our border policy: "Most Americans agree the United States is at its best when it comes to the aid of those fleeing violence, persecution, and environmental degradation. It is a part of our shared identity as a nation of immigrants. I will not back down until we uphold ou  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023 : Yesterday, Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and John Rutherford (FL-05) reintroduced H.R. 3170, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act. The bipartisan and bicameral HELPER Act establishes a new home loan program under the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to make homeownership more accessible to teachers and first responders by el  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on May 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined today with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Everytown for Gun Safety, the Newark Community Street Team, police officials, and violence intervention volunteers at a press conference to urge the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to fully implement federal rules outlined in the Bipartis  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on May 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswomen Lucy McBath (D-Ga.-07) and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.-02), today led a bicameral letter of over nearly 90 Congressional colleagues urging the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to implement federal rules to designate who is "engaged in the business" of selling firearms to help close the gun seller backgrou  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on May 9, 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 released the following statement condemning the Arab League's decision to re-admit Syria: "We condemn the Arab League foreign ministers' decision to re-admit Syria, the latest in a troubling trend  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- 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, in addition to Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, today joined in unveiling the Tai  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to various colleagues in the House of Representatives vehemently opposing their calls for the Biden administration to reverse sanctions policies on Cuba and Venezuela. While sharing their concerns regarding the need to dramaticall  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today took to the Senate Floor to deliver remarks calling for Senate passage of his Supporting Americans Wrongfully or Unlawfully Detained Abroad Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation to bolster support for families advocating for the release of their loved ones who ar  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at this morning's full Committee hearing: "Conflict in Sudan: Options for an Effective Policy Response." Testifying before the Committee were the Honorable Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary of State for Political Affair  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) is taking action to stop extreme anti-choice activists from pursuing their ultimate goal of banning abortion nationwide with new legislation to stop the unfair practice of "judge-shopping." Judge-shopping is a known tactic anti-choice advocates use to cherry-pick a court and outcome by filing lawsuits in single-judge divisions where they are all but assured to get a  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Marking Vietnam Human Rights Day, a bipartisan group of House members led by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) have introduced the Vietnam Human Rights Act (HR 3172) to hold Vietnamese officials accountable for gross human rights abuses and help prioritize the protection of freedoms and the development of the rule of law in the country. Authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Vietnam Caucu  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023 : At a congressional hearing today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) pressed the top Biden official tasked with combating human trafficking on the Administration's efforts to stop the exploitation of women and children, especially at the US southern border--where law enforcement officers are now bracing for a surging humanitarian crisis on the heels of last night's ending of the emergency measure know  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: With a record-setting 10,300 migrants apprehended at the US Southern Border earlier this week, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today voted for critical legislation to secure the border as President Biden allows the emergency immigration measure known as Title 42 to expire. Title 42 had given federal officials expanded authority to expedite the removal of those who cross the border illegally  more