CHESTER, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. held a roundtable discussion at Alstede Farms to engage in an in-depth conversation about the ongoing Farm Bill debate in Congress. Joined by a diverse group of farmers, the New Jersey Farm Bureau, agriculture experts, and local mayors to better understand the unique needs and challenges faced by New Jersey farmers. "Discussing the Farm Bill with New  more

BERGENFIELD, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer announced a new $750,000 federal investment clawed back from Washington and away from the Moocher States to fully restore and renovate Cooper's Pond -- an iconic North Jersey park. The buildup of sediment within Cooper's Pond has critically reduced the water level, slowly drying it up. This federal investment will help Bergenfield dreg the pond for the firs  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) introduced the bipartisan Firefighter Investments to Recognize Exposure to Cancer Act, known as the FIRE Cancer Act, which will provide federal investments so that all firefighters across America can access multi-cancer early detection tests and other preventative tests at no out-of-pocket cost -- no matter if they're volunteer or professional fi  more

PARAMUS, New Jersey, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: At New Bridge Medical Center, U.S. Congressman Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced the Preventing Overdoses with Test Strips Act, which will allow federal and state governments to deploy federal grants to community organizations so they can acquire fentanyl test strips -- a commonsense and proven step to saving the lives. Gottheimer is leading the legisl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) along with 9 other members of the New Jersey delegation sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the Department of Justice to rescind its support for CoreCivic, a private prison company, in its lawsuit against the State of New Jersey to overturn a 2021 law which prohibits state and local entities from entering  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) hosted a Constituent Services Fair at the Mercer County Office Park in Ewing, New Jersey. Representatives from 42 agencies and local elected officials provided assistance to over 100 constituents from the Mercer County area. This is the fourth Constituent Services Fair held by Congresswoman Watson  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the Biden Administration's ongoing student debt relief efforts: "Earlier this month, President Biden announced student debt discharges would begin for 804,000 borrowers, including 17,290 in New Jersey, who qualify for $39 billion in student debt relief because of fixes the Administration has made to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released this statement in support of Ukraine on the country's 32nd anniversary of its independence. "Nearly a year and a half into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and almost a decade since President Putin's forces began their brutal   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- 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, along with Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) expelled Taiwan and admitted the People's  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following testimony by Rich Loeffler, business consultant with the Maryland Small Business Development Center Network, involving a hearing on Aug. 17, 2023, entitled "Small Business Resiliency: Learning to Succeed in America's Dynamic Economy": * * * Chairman Cardin and members of the committee, I thank you for allowing me to share some thoughts from the perspective of a former small business owner who n  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined 84 Senate and House colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to swiftly deliver on his promise to deliver student debt cancellation to working- and middle-class families by early 2024. Last year, President Biden's historic decision to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for working Americans would have provid  more

EDISON, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) toured the Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Technical College's Edison Training Center today and received a demonstration on the carpentry skills taught at the facility. Afterwards, she spoke with union leaders about her bill,the Expanding Labor Representation in the Workforce System Act, which Sherrill previously introduced as part of her   more

OCEAN COUNTY, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: At a ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB-MDL) today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) joined Colonel Elizabeth Hanson, Colonel Anthony Smith, other top military officials and servicemembers of the 305th Air Mobility Wing to mark the grand opening of the new KC-46 two-bay hangar that will help house and maintain the Joint Base's next generation refueling tanker jet  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Outside the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, together with a group of Korean human rights defenders called on the Chinese government not to proceed with the forced repatriation of an estimated 2,000 North Korean refugees who face severe human rights violations back at home. "Beijing must recognize t  more