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, DC – U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) introduced the National Child Identification Act, H.R. 4172, which aids law enforcement by encouraging parents and guardians to proactively collect and store their children's sensitive identification information at home. When DNA samples are stored safely at home, law enforcement officers can spend the crucial first hours during a missing-person case searching for the child, rather than searching for the child's DNA samples.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Following a weekend of violence fueled by white supremacy, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $4,303,262 in U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding aimed at strengthening state and local government port security, terrorism prevention, emergency preparedness and transit security efforts.
Star-Ledger Opinion Editorial.
By Phil Murphy and Donald Norcross
New Jersey is home to five military bases, from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Picatinny Arsenal, from Naval Weapons Station Earle to the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May and the 177th Fighter Wing in Atlantic City. These installations are essential to our national security – and our location has made them critical pieces of our nation's military preparedness.
NEW JERSEY - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy led the New Jersey Congressional Delegation on a tour of New Jersey's military installations. There were stops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, the 177th Fighter Wing in Atlantic City, Picatinny Arsenal and Naval Weapons Station Earle.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Chair of the Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee – voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) on the House Floor. The act builds a strong national defense, supports service members and strengthens America's workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and House Armed Services Committee – voted in favor of H.R. 3055, a "minibus" package that contains five Fiscal Year 2020 bills that fund federal departments and agencies including those related to military construction, veterans, transportation, commerce, justice, science, agriculture, interior, environment and housing.
Washington, DC – Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed an amendment authored by Congressmen Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Andy Kim (NJ-03) – members of the House Armed Services Committee – to improve road safety at military facilities such as Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and House Armed Services Committee – voted in favor of H.R. 2740, a $982.8 billion "minibus" package that contains four Fiscal Year 2020 bills that fund federal agencies including the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Defense.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Chair of the Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee, voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). The act, which passed with a 33-24 vote out of Committee, builds a strong national defense, supports service members and strengthens America's workforce.
NORMANDY, FRANCE - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) - a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee - attended a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Normandy, France to mark the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Allied D-Day invasion. The delegation, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, took part in observances of the anniversary along with veterans and their families, active duty service members, government and military officials, and foreign dignitaries.