NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Cory Booker today released the following statement: "New Jersey owes Gov. Codey a huge debt of gratitude for his five decades of service--in the New Jersey Assembly and Senate, and as our state's 53rd Governor. "In fighting to make our state stronger, fairer, and more compassionate, he consistently chose action over doubt, courage over despair, empathy over indif  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) released the following statement on the Trilateral Summit with South Korea and Japan. "The summit today between the U.S., South Korea, and Japan is historic. This gathering at Camp David symbolizes a new era of engagement, cooperation, and stability in the Indo-Pacific. "When I traveled to South Korea and Japan last year, I spoke with leaders from bot  more

FORT LEE, New Jersey, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Today, August 16, 2023, with the 2023 Little League World Series underway, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) stood with local Little League athletes, parents, and coaches at Fort Lee's American Baseball Field to announce new bipartisan federal legislation that will provide tax credits for families to lower the cost of youth recreational sports and equipment. The bipart  more

RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: Today, August 14, 2023, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined with local leaders and water providers to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new water treatment facility -- Ridgewood Water's Ravine Treatment Plant. Ridgewood Water serves more than 62,000 residents across Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Midland Park, and Glen Rock. Working closely with the mayors and council membe  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) hosted a roundtable with health officials and local advocates on progress to protect young people from dangerous tobacco products. Pallone held the roundtable at the Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies at Rutgers University. The Institute's Center of Excellence for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco recently received funding from   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2023: * * * Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today delivered the following statement at the nurses' picket line at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: "I'm here at the picket line today in New Brunswick to join the striking nurses from RWJ University Hospital. I've been a longtime advocate for union workers, who are the backbone of our communities in New Jersey an  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) re-introduced the bipartisan Homeless Children and Youth Act alongside Republican Reps. Bill Posey (FL-08) and Don Bacon (NE-02) and Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-03). This legislation would improve access to housing services and assistance for children, youth, and families by aligning the definition of homelessness across fede  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement honoring State Senator Richard Codey's decades of service to New Jersey as he plans to retire at the end of this year. "As the longest serving legislator in New Jersey's history, Dick Codey dedicated his life to our state. Whether he was fighting for mental health resources for mothers experiencing postpartum dep  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 17, 2023: * * * Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement in response to the ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that, pending consideration by the Supreme Court, would reinstate the stronger protections for the chemical abortion pill mifepristone that were in place before 2016. "Mifepristone was created to starve unborn babi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2023: * * * Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), who voted against the Biden Inflation Reduction Act, released the following statement in response to President Biden celebrating it's one-year anniversary: "As Americans continue to battle high prices, Democrats are boasting about today's one-year anniversary of President Biden's egregious tax and spending spree that was insultingly named the 'Inflatio  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) released the following statement in response to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision to limit access to mifepristone: "Today's decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is yet another affront to basic reproductive rights in our country. While access to mifepristone remains the law of the  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) released the following statement commemorating the one-year anniversary of President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law: "A year ago today, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. This historic legislation, which I was proud to support, was designed to lower costs, grow the middle class, and inves  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) sent a letter to United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield urging her to introduce a resolution calling for an immediate end to Azerbaijan's eight-month blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement after Turkish Cypriot security forces attacked UN Peacekeepers in Pyla. "I strongly condemn the attacks on UN peacekeeping forces and their property in Pyla. Attacking UN personnel is unacceptable and criminal under inter  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 17, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released this statement after the Nicaraguan government seized the prestigious University of Central America in Nicaragua (UCA), in its latest act against the Catholic Church and democratic norms. "I am deeply disturbed by the Ortega regime's   more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both-D-N.J.) announced today a combined total of $2,833,000.00 to support community projects for the residents of Newton and Jersey City, and patients of Inspira Medical Centers Inc., including for emergency response communications equipment and violence intervention programming. Newton's First Response Communications Equipment w  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), along with nine of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter this week to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urging the agency to take further steps to address the problem of lead-poisoning in federally assisted housing. In the letter, the Senators requested an update on HUD'  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) is highlighting the one year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which has brought down the cost of healthcare for New Jersey seniors and boosted the clean energy economy. Over the past year, inflation has fallen to 3.2%, compared to a high of 9.1% last June -- and in the last two years, New Jersey has had the strongest overall ma  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) joined a group of colleagues who are former prosecutors, law enforcement officials, and judges to urge Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to establish an ethics counsel and independent investigative body within the Supreme Court. Sherrill and her colleagues followed up on an earlier letter compelling the Chief Justice to adopt the same common sense ethics stand  more

MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: In a letter to Verizon, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) this week urged the telecommunications giant to "heed the genuine economic, aesthetic, environmental and health concerns of the community" and rescind its plans to install twenty 30-foot towers along the boardwalk in Belmar as the corporation's wrongful lawsuit against the town has opened a new opportunity to halt the proj  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) released the following statement on today's announcement by State Senator Dick Codey that he is retiring at the end of his current term. "It is an indisputable fact that the Garden State is greater because of Dick Codey's five decades of public service. I had the tremendous honor of serving with him in the New Jersey Senate and know   more