WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, issued the following statement: "Today, our legal system has reaffirmed that no one is above the law, not even a former president. "The fact is that former President Trump was afforded his due process rights and was able to mount a full defense in a court of law,   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: On the heels of Memorial Day, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) sent a letter to the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure urging the committee to approve the resolution granting the medical leases for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers in Sussex County, Delaware and Southern New Jersey as called for in President Biden's budget f  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Perth Amboy, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today joined local leaders for the official opening of the United Way of Central Jersey's (UWCJ) Financial Opportunity Center (FOC) in Perth Amboy. Pallone secured $425,000 in federal funding to make the center possible. The new center is based on a proven model that will provide an integrated set of services for families in need, including indi  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the co-chairman and co-founder the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, has introduced a resolution to designate a National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month to help build public support to treat and cure the terrible illness. The resolution is cosponsored by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ-04). "Americans with Huntington's Disease confront enormous challe  more

NEWTON, New Jersey, May 29 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, May 28, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced new federal investment secured for New Jersey to ensure that every family has access to high- quality, high-speed, affordable internet. The new $50 million federal investment will be made available through the New Jersey Broadband Infrastructure Development Equity program, or NJBIDE, and will invest in fiber-optic technology   more

LAFAYETTE, New Jersey, May 30 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Yesterday, May 28, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) called on United States Postal Service leadership to uphold its pledge to reestablish a post office in Lafayette, New Jersey, five years after they suspended operations. Since USPS's 2019 decision to close the post office, Congressman Gottheimer and his team have corresponded with the Postal Service, advocating f  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: Today, Friday, May 31, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced he led a bipartisan letter signed by twenty-five Members of Congress to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen, urging the Administration to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) following its recent decision to issue warrants for Israeli officials. The IC  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following statement on May 31, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after introducing the Paula Bohovesky and Joan D'Alessandro Act. In 1973, Joan D'Alessandro was seven years old and had just left her house to sell Girl Scout cookies in her New Jersey hometown. Making only the mistake of knocking on a neighbor's door, she was sexually assaulted, beaten, and strangled to death. Over t  more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, May 31 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on May 30, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) released the following statement on Donald Trump being found guilty: "Today, Donald Trump received his day in court and a jury of his peers found him guilty on all 34 charges. This verdict underscores that no one is above the law and it is a solemn reminder of our duty as Americans to protect our democracy." * * * Original text he  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: After successfully pushing for record funding of the LymeX Innovation Accelerator Program, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Chair of the Congressional Lyme Disease Caucus, has requested a meeting with the top official charged with overseeing the promising federal initiative to ensure an aggressive action plan is robustly implemented to advance critical diagnostics and treatments for Lyme disease patients. "Wit  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on May 30, 2024: * * * Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) today issued the following statement as Governor Murphy pushes to further limit community review for offshore wind projects on the heels of a bogus environmental impact statement published by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the Atlantic Shores South project off the New Jersey coast: "Despite the unmistakable signs that offshore wind proje  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement regarding the pathway to a permanent ceasefire laid out by President Biden this afternoon: "I strongly support the pathway to a permanent ceasefire laid out by President Biden this afternoon. It is reasonable, it is tenable, it is necessary for lasting peace to take hold. Crucially, it sets the foundation for rebuildi  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Livingston, N.J. - Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced the 15 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests she submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year 2025. If included in next year's budget, these local projects will create jobs, drive our local economic growth, and improve the quality of life throughout the district and state. "I am excited to announce the 15 new Communi  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: LIVINGSTON, N.J. - Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement after Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records. "No American is above the law, including a former president. Trump has shown that his priority is to serve only himself, both financially and otherwise. The American people deserve to know the full scope   more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Watch their full conversation here MADISON, N.J. - Yesterday, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), former federal prosecutor, and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee and former constitutional law professor, sat down for a conversation about defending our democracy, securing America's democratic institutions from future insurrection attempts, and the need fo  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), for 15 years the leading critic in Congress against Ticketmaster, today shared an opinion editorial in the Star-Ledger echoing Pascrell's demands to break-up the behemoth monopoly. "One such lawmaker is Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ 9th Dist.), who protested the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster back in 2010, because he foresaw how it would ultimately make it  more