National Security
We must do everything we can to ensure service members, veterans, and their families are cared for in return for their service to our country. Proper defense budgeting ensures our soldiers are best equipped to get the job done. Maintaining the readiness of our military also ensures our national defense. Supporting South Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst not only supports our national security needs, but it also employs 44,000 civilians and military personnel.
I also have a personal commitment to the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel, our closest ally in the Middle East and the region’s only democracy. I am proud to serve on the Armed Services Committee to ensure our military, allies, and strategic partners can meet domestic and security threats to our shared democratic values.
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WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, and Representative Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on his decision to cut the Pentagon’s independent weapons testing office budget by nearly 80% and staff by 74%, and urged him to reverse the cuts to ensure the military’s weapons systems are effective for combat use and safe for troops.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following statement on the Trump Administration's strikes on Iran.
"Last night, President Trump unilaterally ordered a military strike against Iran. For decades, the Iranian regime has posed a persistent threat to U.S. national security, beginning with the 1979 hostage crisis and continuing through its pursuit of nuclear weapons capabilities, its role as a leading global sponsor of terrorism, and its oppression of the Iranian people.
WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congressman Donald Norcross, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and father of a veteran, announced and congratulated his 2026 congressional nominees for the United States service academies.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Congressman Herb Conaway (NJ-03), Members of the House Armed Services Committee, announced that they received a response letter from the Department of Homeland Security after requesting more information on the Trump Administration's intent to house undocumented immigrants at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The letter states that there is currently no approved construction plan or timeline for housing undocumented immigrants at the joint base.
WASHINGTON, DC?- Following the Pentagon's refusal to explain massive cuts to the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), the independent military weapons testing office, and the Pentagon's decision to remove even more weapons programs from DOT&E's oversight list, Representative Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) and U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Congressman Herb Conaway (NJ-03) announced that they received a response letter from the Department of Defense after requesting more information on the Trump Administration's intent to house undocumented immigrants at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the House of Representatives. The legislation included several key national defense priorities for South Jersey that Congressman Donald Norcross fought for.
Fiscal Year 2025 NDAA Priorities Secured by Rep. Norcross:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee's Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ), advanced the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of committee and secured priorities that invest in South Jersey and strengthen our national defense.
Today, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee's Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of the House and secure priorities that strengthen our national defense, create American jobs, support servicemembers and their families, and invest in South Jersey.