America's Workers
Our national workforce keeps our country running and provides invaluable services we often take for granted. Nobody should have to work multiple jobs or extraordinary hours to provide for their family, save for retirement or feel financially secure. As an electrician by trade, I know the best social program in the world is a job and I believe every worker must have an opportunity to succeed, which starts with fair pay. Women have made great strides in history, but it’s time they receive equal pay for equal work and the opportunity to maintain a work and family balance. We need to ensure working families have fair wages, safe working conditions, and a voice in the workplace.
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Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) released the following statement upon passing the Funding for the People Act (H.R. 2471), an omnibus package of 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine, and for 10 community projects in New Jersey's 1st Congressional District.
"That's why I support a gas tax holiday to save New Jerseyans 60+ cents per gallon, and continuing to support highway and transportation trusts through federal aid,"
said Norcross.
"We need to help working families with high gas prices now, just like they did through the pandemic," said Norcoss.
"We support our friends in Ukraine in their fight for freedom. We must also act to protect the pocketbooks of working- and middle-class families here at home," Norcross said.
As gasoline prices surge due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rep. Donald Norcross offered a way he said would bring relief to motorists: Suspend the federal and state gasoline taxes.
Norcross, D-1st Dist., said the action could save motorists 60 cents a gallon.
During House Floor remarks on Tuesday, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) spoke about Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson.
Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) called for a temporary gas tax holiday to help protect American consumers from spikes in energy prices due to Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
"People need help. We helped them during the pandemic, we can help them now," Norcross said.
"Today's announcement makes real what we have been saying all along—that 'Made in America' should mean 'Made in America.' In fact, the Machinists Union, along with U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, championed an amendment to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act that would have made a similar 'Buy American' threshold increase for defense products. That bipartisan amendment passed the House before being defeated by corporate-backed politicians in the Senate.