WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: At a press conference on Capitol Hill today, "Sound of Freedom" hero Tim Ballard joined Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a longtime leader in the fight against human trafficking, to introduce new legislation that requires the Biden Administration to locate the 85,000 unaccompanied migrant children it has lost contact with in the United States. * "The Biden Administration must be held accountabl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) joined Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) -- members of a group often referred to as the 'CTC Six' --to hold a press conference to highlight the skyrocketing child poverty rate and urge Congress to restore the expanded, enhanced Child Tax Credit (CTC). Yesterda  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced the bipartisan Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act, legislation that would require private health insurance plans to cover preventive prostate cancer screenings without imposing any cost sharing requirements for men who are at high risk of developing prostate cancer. Prostate canc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the bicameral Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act (EFSIA), legislation that would grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the authority to collect microbial samples from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) during outbreaks or when there is a public health need.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) introduced the bicameral Green Ribbon Act, legislation that would promote environmental education, health and wellness, and sustainability literacy in schools across the United States. The legislation would build upon the ED-Green Ribbon Schools Program, which was established i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: Congressman Rob Menendez is leading a bipartisan coalition of 114 Members of Congress, urging the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to immediately act on rulemaking required by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to protect public transit operators from assault. The call to address America's transit worker safety crisis is supported by the Amalgamated Transit U  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following following joint statement on Sept. 14, 2023: * * * Congressmen Rob Menendez (D-NJ-08) and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), today issued the following joint statement regarding the decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation to halt progress on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) Northern Branch Corridor Project pending revisions to project design and a new environmental impact study: "The Federal Transit Administ  more

LEONIA, New Jersey, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: Today, September 15, 2023, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer joined elected officials and labor leaders from across New Jersey to call on the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Federal Transit Authority to stop playing games, reconsider their misguided decision, and commit to expediting the environmental impact statement (EIS) process and put the Bergen-Hudson Light  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) introduced the bipartisan Patriot Day Act to designate September 11th as a federal holiday known as Patriot Day. "Our nation suffered immense loss on 9/11, but in the face of great evil, Americans of all walks of life came together to support each other -- especially in North Jersey, where we will always live in the shad  more

PARAMUS, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, September 12, 2023, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited Bergen County's Annual Senior Citizens Festival. Gottheimer greeted and thanked local seniors and veterans for their contributions to the community, and enjoyed the festival's games, music, and food at Van Saun County Park. "Bergen County's Annual Senior Citizens Festival is a fantastic North Jersey tradition and I'm   more

TEANECK, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, on the twenty-second anniversary of the September 11th attacks, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) took part in a remembrance ceremony in Teaneck to honor the members of the North Jersey community and first responders who lost their lives in the horrific attacks, to commemorate the first responders lost since, and to recommit to protecting America from all forms of extremism and t  more

BERNARDSVILLE, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Today, Representative Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced that his casework team has returned more than $2,000,000 to constituents since taking office in January 2023. This total represents 8 months of work on behalf of constituents who have contacted the office for prompt customer service when federal agencies were slow to deliver. "This is what is most important to me a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Long Branch, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement on new proposed standards for drug and medical device safety testing: "I applaud US Pharmacopeia's proposed new standards for drug and medical device safety testing that, if adopted, will provide a viable alternative to the use of horseshoe crab blood in this process. "While most Americans may not know i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today to introduce the Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act. The bill will provide 12-months of continuous coverage for all individuals receiving health care through Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) so that they   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today sent a letter to the Biden Administration requesting that it not include new offshore leasing sales in the 2023-2028 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, which is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. Congressional Republicans and multinational oil companies have long sought to use the leasing program to o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Rob Menendez (D-NJ-08) today issued the following joint statement regarding the decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation to halt progress on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) Northern Branch Corridor Project pending revisions to project design and a new environmental impact study: "The Federal Transit Administration is wrong to add another hur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today castigated the announcement by the House Speaker directing House Republicans to open an impeachment inquiry based on no evidence against President Joe Biden. "Today the United States is hurtling toward a total government shutdown and a farcical impeachment process because the Speaker does not have the spine or guts to do his job," said Congressman Pasc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) wrote to Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber and the University of Pennsylvania President M. Elizabeth Magill, calling on them to take action in response to their universities' inclusion of antisemitic, anti-Israel, and hate-filled classroom curriculum and upcoming guest speakers. Gottheimer's alma mater is the University of Pennsylvania.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Last night, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) helped lead bipartisan legislation that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives to combat growing Iranian aggression in the Middle East. "Iran has directly, or through their terrorist proxies including Hezbollah, Hamas, and PIJ, killed hundreds of Americans, and attacked our bases and our allies in the region. Iran has even arm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following remarks on Sept. 11, 2023: * * * Twenty-two years later we remember the horror and pain suffered by the nearly 3,000 individuals who were murdered and the anguish felt by their families and friends both then and now. We remember and honor the courageous first responders running up the stairs of the burning buildings--with total disregard for their own safety--attempting to save others at the expense of their own live  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation aimed at preventing opioid overdoses and increasing access to overdose reversal medications like naloxone, also known as Narcan. The Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits (WORK) to Save Lives Act will require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue guidance to employers regarding opioid overdose rev  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: The EITC Modernization Act would expand EITC eligibility to caregivers and students Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) reintroduced legislation that seeks to address growing economic divisions by making caregivers and students pursuing higher education or advanced degrees eligible to receive the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The EITC Modernization Act would increase f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Today, Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Brendan Boyle (D-PA) introduced the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act to end the ability of corporations to deduct union busting expenses from their taxes. Co-sponsored by more than 100 members of Congress, the legislation will ensure that American taxpayers no longer subsidize anti-union company activities that violate worker  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today questioned Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, during a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing of the SEC. Sen. Menendez questioned Chair Gensler about the potential risks the SEC has identified as AI tools become more widely used in capital markets, and inquired if the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) yesterday questioned witnesses, including Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Dr. Jenny Schuetz, and Chief Real Estate Officer and Director of Asset Management for Invest Newark, Gregory Good, during a Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee Hearing entitled "Housing Supply and Innovation." The Senator questioned Dr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is illegal: "This misguided decision is outrageous and utterly wrong across the board. The DACA program - which has transformed the lives of our nation's Dreamers with a chance to build their fu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- 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 commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001: Sen. Menendez Speaks at the Annual 9/11 Essex Remembers Ceremony at the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, NJ "Twenty-two years ago today, nearly 3,000 Americans - including 750 from my home state of New Jersey - were sens  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- 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, wrote a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to ensure Meta's platforms are not amplifying Russian election disinformation and misinformation, as Slovakia prepares to hold parliamentary elections at the end of the month. "I am alarmed by recent reports o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: This week, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor on the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, calling on the United States and the international community to respond and hold President Aliyev and his regime accountable for their actions i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- 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, sent letters to the CEOs of Baker Hughes, SLB, and Halliburton - three American oilfield service companies - after the Associated Press reported that they were among U.S. companies that exported more than $200 million worth of items to Russia following its unprovo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening statement at this morning's full Committee hearing, "Assessing the Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh." Testifying before the Committee was the Honorable Yuri Kim, Acting Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- 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 and Co-chair of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, delivered remarks before the Senate Finance Committee reaffirming his commitment to strengthening the economic bonds between the United States and Taiwan. Chairman Menendez stressed the importance of a compromise to ensure   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 11, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement marking the 50th anniversary of the 1973 military coup d'etat in Chile. "Today marks the 50th anniversary of the coup against the democratically elected Chilean President, Salvador Allende, and the start of one of the most  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both-D-N.J.), co-founders of the Senate Gun Violence Prevention Caucus, today joined a broad democratic coalition of nearly 70 lawmakers in urging President Joe Biden to take further executive action to combat gun violence and limit the sale of assault weapons. These executive actions to prevent gun violence are endorsed by Everytown for G  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) announced a combined total of $7,000,000.00 for New Jersey entities from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) for selected projects across the nation led by national laboratories, industry, and academia to accelerate research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) in domestic m  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.), along with Senate and House colleagues, introduced the Child Care Stabilization Act to extend vital federal child care stabilization funding--which is set to expire at the end of this month--and ensure that child care providers can keep their doors open and continue serving children and families in every part of the country.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- 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.), along with Senate and House colleagues, introduce the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act -- comprehensive legislation to put hard-earned wages back in workers' pockets and crack down on employers who unfairly withhold wages from their employees. Among other things, the legislation would give workers the right to recei  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), alongside U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-Texas-20), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-Puerto Rico), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.-07), and Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.-06) today introduced the bipartisan Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) Week Resolution, which designates the week of September 11th as N  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.-05) and Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.-18) introduced the Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act, a bill to prevent gun sellers from circumventing technology companies' terms of service by making it illegal to fraudulently sell firearms and ammunition   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement after Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced House Republicans' plan to open an impeachment inquiry against President Biden:  "Instead of governing and finding common ground, Speaker McCarthy has officially handed the reins over to extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Freedom Caucus -- inching us closer to a needless gov  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WATCH: Sherrill, House and Senate Democrats Host Press Conference Introducing New Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), alongside House and Senate Democratic leadership, introduced the Child Care Stabilization Act, which will extend critical federal grants to child care facilities in New Jersey and across the country. If passed, this legislation would ensure the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Tim Ballard, the former Homeland Security agent whose incredible work is recounted in the summer blockbuster movie "Sound of Freedom," today offered stark testimony about the plight of child trafficking spurred by the chaos at the US southern border and the United States' concerning role in the sex tourism industry at a congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a longtime  more

TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today said Ocean County will receive a federal Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grant of $1,867,163 to install a plastic film air conveyance system and baler, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered optical classification system and technology to analyze the waste stream, as well as a secondary eddy current separator. "This gra  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) and Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) led twelve Members of Congress from New York and New Jersey in sending a bi-partisan letter to the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) expressing concern that the New York-New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study (HATS), and its upcoming Agency Decision Milestone  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced a bipartisan bill to rename the Washington Crossing Post Office after Susan Barnhart, who tragically lost her life in the flooding that devastated Central Jersey and Parts of Eastern Pennsylvania in July. Susan touched countless lives throughout the Mercer County and Bucks County communities, treasur  more