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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The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how a global superpower becomes critically vulnerable when it depends on foreign nations to manufacture basic components, such as semiconductors, that are vital to the daily life of every American.
A nation that once led the world in manufacturing semiconductors watched helplessly this fall as General Motors temporarily shut down production at North American auto plants because the deadly pandemic decimated the overseas factories that our country now relies on to produce the chips that power nearly every device we use with an on and off switch.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following statement regarding his attendance of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signing ceremony:
Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st Dist., said the delays in passing the infrastructure bill won't matter going forward.
"People don't care about the process," Norcross said. "They just care about the results. Tell me how I'm going to get to work. Tell me I can get to a job because I can put my kid in day care."
After a suggestion made by Rep. Ted Lieu of California that a statement be drafted from moderates laying out some assurances, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a member of the party leadership, and New Jersey Rep. Donald Norcross, a vice chair of the progressive caucus, began trying to piece together a statement with the moderates, led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey.
The U.S. Senate is now considering an amendment from Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) which would grow our industrial base and help give thousands of working Americans the chance to improve their lives. The "Buy American" amendment would also increase the number of domestic manufacturers throughout the country. I applaud the members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted in favor of this amendment, which was introduced by Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.).
U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st, who was an electrician and member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers before being elected to Congress, stressed the money will greatly benefit New Jersey.
"The best social program is a good-paying job, and today the Democratic majority in the House voted to make historic and long-overdue investments in infrastructure that will create millions of jobs for hardworking families," Norcross said.
New Jersey will get more than $12 billion as part of that deal once it's signed by President Biden. New Jersey Rep. Donald Norcross spoke with KYW Newsradio about what it means for the Garden State.
"... the Democratic majority in the House voted to make historic and long-overdue investments in infrastructure that will create millions of jobs for hardworking families. Every stretch of asphalt, every concrete pillar, and every mile of broadband will help rebuild our economy help, South Jersey families put food on the table, pay for their child's education, and meet their everyday needs," said Congressman Norcross.
Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st Dist., a vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said both bills worked in tandem. The second measure, he said, funds "support infrastructure like affordable child care, among other vital investments, to make jobs accessible."
Representative Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, a key centrist Democrat, had sketched out a statement with Mr. Jeffries and a fellow New Jerseyan, the liberal Democrat Donald Norcross, early that afternoon that they hoped could be signed by balking moderates to placate liberals worried that the centrists might tank their social policy bill.