WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) returned from Baku, Azerbaijan, where he participated in the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) on UN Climate Action. Azerbaijani government sponsored protests greeted Pallone at both COP 29 and the hotel where he stayed. He avoided physical harm only through the efforts of State Department. Pallone was excluded by Azerbaijani President Aliyev from a bipartisan  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined VA officials and local leaders to cut the ribbon on the new state-of-the-art veterans clinic in Toms River, New Jersey. Booker spoke to dozens of veterans, advocates, healthcare workers, and community members to celebrate the grand opening of the new Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), which will provide multiple specialty health servic more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation to expand and improve access to critical support services for individuals with Autism and other developmental disabilities. The EASE with 211 Act (Enhancing Access to Support and Emergency Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities through 211) would establish a grant program through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) ) joined Senate Judiciary Democrats in a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray requesting that the FBI provide to the Senate Judiciary Committee the complete evidentiary file, including documents memorializing interviews, in the closed investigation of former Congressman Matt Gaetz's alleged sex trafficking of minors. The letter fol more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement: "I commend Chairwoman Stabenow for introducing a strong Farm Bill that would defend and expand nutrition programs, deliver investments in climate-smart farming practices, and support family farmers and ranchers in New Jersey and across the country. This bill would p more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to reject the applications seeking to reapprove the controversial herbicide dicamba. In the letter, Senator Booker and his colleagues Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), pointed to dicamba's ongoing and widespread damage to wild plant species and farmers' more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-CA-28) introduced the DIPLOMA Act, legislation that would provide federal grants to states to encourage collaboration between schools and community partners--such as local businesses, non-profits, and government agencies--to address students' holistic needs through evidence-based practices. States can also use a portion of the plann more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation aimed at promoting ethical conduct and accountability for ethics violations within the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. Representative Daniel Goldman (D-NY-10) introduced companion legislation in the House earlier this year. Numerous allegations of ethical improprieties and undisclosed conflicts of interests and gifts, along with refusals to recuse by  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) reintroduced legislation that would allow individuals serving decades-long federal sentences to petition courts for a sentence reduction or release after having served at least 10 years of their sentence. The Second Look Act would allow courts to resentence people who have been rehabilitated and are not a threat t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) spoke(link is external) on the House floor, honoring the life and legacy of Bridgewater resident Suzan "Suzie" Marie Hanna, who tragically passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that can be deadly. Suzie, who had just celebrated her 30th birthday the weekend before Hurricane Ida, was driving ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) submitted testimony today to the House Natural Resources Committee's Federal Lands Subcommittee during its first legislative hearing on his bill (H.R. 9528) to rename two significant facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of the late Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. In his testimony, Pallone urged the subcommittee to advance the bill, more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: FORT LEE, NJ -- Today, November 19, 2024, U.S. Congressman Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced new steps to fight the Congestion Tax. First, according to New York, they have made significant, material changes to their original Congestion Tax plan. With these changes, Gottheimer is calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to fully reevaluate New Yo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: TOMS RIVER, N.J. - Today, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) joined New Jersey and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leaders for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Toms River VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). "One of my proudest accomplishments in Congress was helping secure the building of a brand new state-of-the-art $60 million VA health clinic for our v more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: This week, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the National Security Officials' Foreign Employment Disclosure Act to require nominees for government positions pending Senate confirmation at the Department of Defense, State, Treasury, and the Intelligence Community to report work performed for and financial compensation received from a foreign government more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Today, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $240,000 in Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant to Camden City to improve roadway safety. The funding will be used to collect collision and roadway data and develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan aimed at preventing road deaths and injuries. "Safe roads are essential more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Israel Allies Caucus, issued the following statement in response to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: "The ICC's outrageous issuance of arrest warrants for Prime Mini more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: With the strong support and vote of Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), the House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed (388-21) legislation--H.Res. 1449--condemning the global rise of antisemitism and calling on countries and international bodies to counter antisemitic hate. "The spiritual cancer of antisemitism is metastasizing--not only in our own country but in many others as well--at a rate tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Legislation (H.Res. 915) authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) in response to a New Jersey couple whose adoption of Ukrainian siblings was abruptly upended when Russia invaded Ukraine in March 2022 passed the House of Representatives today in an overwhelming vote of 372-6. During House debate on his resolution, Smith shared the story of Matt and Deidre Gordon, who were in the final stage of adopting Bogdan  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: In a bicameral letter led by House Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), and Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), 112 Members of Congress today asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate and report on the amount of federal funding that has been awarded to abortion providers--including the Planned Parenthood  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: At a ceremony in Toms River today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) was joined by veterans and other federal, state and local officials to cut the ribbon for the new Ocean County Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic on Hooper Avenue, which will replace the Brick clinic that Smith secured in the 1980s but can no longer accommodate the large veteran population in the area. "Words are inadequate to f more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: At a congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today, the widow and three adult children of renowned Northern Ireland human rights attorney Patrick Finucane shared their expectations for the recently established, long-overdue independent inquiry into British collusion in Patrick's murder on February 12, 1989--when he was gunned down in his Belfast home in front of his wife a more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Van Drew voiced strong opposition to tax hikes proposed by the New Jersey Policy Perspective, warning that the suggested measures would make the state less affordable and drive more residents to leave the state. The think tank's report calls for reversing a prior tax cut, which brought New Jersey's sales tax rate down from 7% to 6.625% and would expand the scope of sales tax to in more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Today, Congressman Van Drew questioned Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell in a House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee hearing about reports that FEMA workers were instructed to "avoid homes advertising Trump" while assisting hurricane victims. The directive led workers to skip over at least 20 homes displaying Trump campaign signs  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced the Commission on Advancing Restorative Justice in Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2024. The bill would authorize the Secretary of Education to establish an interagency commission, in close collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services, to promote restorative justice practices in elementary and secondary educ more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Dan Goldman (NY-10), and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) led a bipartisan letter signed by 39 Members of Congress to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and ODNI Director Avril Haines, requesting a classified briefing on the threats to U.S. national security posed by Turkey's growing relationship with Hamas. The letter is supported by the AD more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Today, a resolution led by Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) urging the government of Ukraine to resume adoptions of Ukrainian children by U.S. citizens passed the House of Representatives. After Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the government of Ukraine suspended all foreign adoptions to protect the safety of their children and cope wit more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: LIVINGSTON, NJ Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement regarding New York's congestion pricing plan: "This plan is a tax on New Jersey families meant to force New Jerseyans to pay for MTA upgrades all without getting a cent back for NJ TRANSIT. Make no mistake: New Jersey will not sit back and take it quietly as New York uses our commuters as a meal ticket for the MTA.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, issued the following statement on Somaliland's successful presidential election: "Congratulations to the people of Somaliland for once again conducting 'free, fair and credible' elections and to President-elect Abdirahman Mohamed Abdul more PR