WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) issued the following statement: "I celebrate Tahesha Way's appointment as New Jersey's lieutenant governor. In Secretary Way, Gov. Murphy has chosen an exceptional leader, someone whose love of our state is manifest in her exemplary record of public service. "As New Jersey's top election official and the first Black person to lead the National Association   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.) today applauded President Joe Biden's nomination of Mr. Jamel Semper to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to succeed District Judge John Michael Vazquez. Semper has received support from both New Jersey senators throughout the nomination process as a qualified nomine  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Statement on Passing of Board of Public Works President Joe Fiordaliso Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman released the following statement upon the passing of Board of Public Works President Joe Fiordaliso: "Joe Fiordaliso was a state institution. He had a big sense of humor, big personality, and an even bigger heart. Everyone who knew him has a story of Jo  more

NORTH JERSEY, New Jersey, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Sept. 7, 2023: * * * Today, September 7, 2023, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice and New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office's report which found that the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus, New Jersey (NJVHP) facility violated the constitutional rights of its residents during the pandemic. The pandemic result  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: PARSIPPANY, NJ -- As part of this year's U.S. Open, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill penned an essay as part of the tournament's "Champions of Equality" series, which features women from a variety of fields and celebrates 50 years since Billie Jean King led the charge for equal prize money for men and women tennis players. Congresswoman Sherrill has been a strong advocate for women's athletics, with her E  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Long Branch, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) joined Governor Murphy at a press conference to announce that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has granted New Jersey the flexibility to use $425 million in federal funding to improve transit infrastructure and create jobs, including $315 million for NJ TRANSIT and $110 million for federal t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted angrily to the exhaustive report just issued by the U.S. Department of Justice and New Jersey U.S. Attorney's office finding that the Paramus Veterans Home violated the constitutional rights of its residents during the pandemic - and now. "This report issued today by the Justice Department lays out in exhaustive detail a chronicle of misdeeds at  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: PATERSON, NJ - Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today celebrated the announcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it would make prioritize targeting rich tax criminals. This action follows direct calls by Pascrell to use the Inflation Reduction Act to target monied scofflaws. "This is big. Failure to priori  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised the elevation of New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way to be the state's next Lieutenant Governor. "My friend and our Secretary of State Tahesha Way has a distinguished record of public service and has worked tirelessly to ensure that our elections are free, fair, and accessible to all. Her dedication to civic engagement, voting rights, and   more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: Today, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) presented Virtua Health's Advanced Organ Transplant Center with a $2 million Community Project Funding (CPF) award to modernize, expand, and enhance care at South Jersey's only organ transplant center. The CPF award will support Virtua's expansion and renovations to ensure that South Jerseyans have access to the life-saving services and ca  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Sept. 7, 2023: * * * Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. issued the following statement on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's $334 million in special financial assistance to save the pension plan of Teamsters Union Local 863, located in Mountainside, New Jersey. Rep. Payne, Jr. joined a White House press call with Gene Sperling, Senior Advisor to the President and American Rescue Plan Coordinator; Go  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: At an emergency congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today, a leading international legal expert warned the United States is at risk of becoming complicit in an ongoing genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh, where 120,000 ethnic Armenians have been sealed off from food and medicine and are being starved to death by the government of Azerbaijan. The grave warning from Luis Moren  more

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, New Jersey, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: The Borough of Point Pleasant Beach has officially acquired the historic United States Coast Guard (USCG) station on the Manasquan Inlet, announced Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) and Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra today. "The Coast Guard station is nothing less than a national treasure--both for its part in the Coast Guard's lifesaving search and rescue mis  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today delivered remarks on the Senate floor in advance of Dr. Adriana Kugler's historic confirmation to the Fed Board of Governors. Dr. Kugler, a highly qualified economist and the first Hispanic-American ever nominated to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Gove  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today joined a White House press call with Senior Advisor to the President and American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling, Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Gordon Hartogensis, and Teamsters Local 863 Secretary-Treasurer Al Rispoli to announce that the PBGC approved $300 million in Special Financial Assistance (SFA) for  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement in response to Governor Phil Murphy appointing Secretary of State Tahesha Way as the 3rd Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey: "Today's appointment of Tahesha Way as New Jersey's next lieutenant governor ushers in a new chapter in our state's history. I have no doubt that Lieutenant Governor Way will be an exceptional   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- 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, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's hearing, "AUKUS: A Generational Opportunity to Deepen Our Security Partnerships With Australia and The United Kingdom." The witnesses for the hearing were the Honorable Jessica Lewis, Assistant Secretary for the Bu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 7, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report critical of the Department of Defense's "333" security assistance projects, titled "Building Partner Capacity: DoD and State Should Strengthen Planning   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to MV Realty, a Florida-based real estate company on the accusations of pred  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today applauded President Biden's nomination of Mr. Jamel Semper to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to succeed District Judge John Michael Vazquez. Semper has received support from both New Jersey senators throughout the nomination process as a qualified nominee that serves with a sense of justice and empa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Dover, NJ -- Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) spent time in classrooms and with the leadership of Head Start Community Program of Morris County in Dover to see first hand the educational and economic opportunities Head Start creates for families and our communities in New Jersey. She reiterated the need to protect federal support for their work as it comes under threat in Washington. Congresswoman S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: PARSIPPANY, NJ -- Today, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement after Governor Phil Murphy's announcement of New Jersey's new Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way: "I applaud Governor Murphy for selecting Tahesha Way as New Jersey's next Lieutenant Governor. While no one can truly replace the late Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, Tahesha is an outstanding choice to be her successor. S  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * Congressman Rob Menendez today released the following statement after President Biden's nomination of Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Jamel Semper to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey: "AUSA Jamel Semper is an accomplished, distinguished, and highly-respected attorney, and a welcome addition to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.   more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Sept. 8, 2023: * * * Congressman Rob Menendez today released the following statement after Tahesha Way was sworn-in as New Jersey's third Lieutenant Governor: "Governor Murphy has made a terrific choice in appointing Tahesha Way as New Jersey's third Lieutenant Governor. "Throughout her time as New Jersey's Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor Way has exemplified what it means to be a de  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: JERSEY CITY, N.J. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the significance of Labor Day and the Labor movement: "Today, as we celebrate the significance of Labor Day, we recognize the incredible legacy of the labor movement. Over the years, it has built the middle class and raised the standard of living for all workers, regardless of whether or not they belong to a union  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Long Branch, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), State Senator Joseph F. Vitale (LD-19), and State Senator Joseph Cryan (LD-20) together demanded action after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report highly critical of the care provided for veterans at state-run homes in Menlo Park and Paramus: "It is heartbreaking to read about the inexcusable treatment of our heroic veterans in this  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) released the following statement on the appointment of Tahesha Way as New Jersey's 3rd Lieutenant Governor: "I celebrate Secretary Tahesha Way's appointment as New Jersey's Lieutenant Governor. With his choice, Governor Murphy continues to build the best possible team to serve the people of New Jersey through experienced and diverse leadership. "Tahes  more