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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Donald Norcross: Protecting the American people, and growing New Jersey's economy
October 18, 2018
In The News

Burlington County Times. By Donald Norcross

...My life has been devoted to fighting for working families, seniors, veterans and students. I know the struggles our families face because I've been there myself: I attended community college, raised my first child as a single dad while struggling to find affordable child care, put two children through college, and have a son who's a veteran and a Dreamer in my family.

Issues: America's Workers Disease of Addiction Health Care National Security
Norcross Announces Over $800k in Federal Funding for South Jersey Fire Stations
October 2, 2018
Press Release

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that five South Jersey Fire Departments have been awarded $827,558 total in Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This federal funding will allow the departments to hire more firefighters, buy new equipment and enhance safety measures.

Issues: National Security
Norcross Announces Nearly $550K for Research at Rutgers University–Camden to Improve Law Enforcement
October 1, 2018
Press Release

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that Rutgers University–Camden has been awarded $546,727 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for forensic science and criminal justice research.

Issues: National Security
Air Force finalizes decision to place new KC-46 tankers at joint base
September 24, 2018
In The News

Burlington County Times. By David Levinsky

...U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, and Reps. Chris Smith, Tom MacArthur and Donald Norcross, applauded the good news, saying the new jets would help ensure the long-term viability of the installation for decades to come.

Issues: National Security
Norcross, Menendez, Booker Announce Over $3M in Federal Funding to Restore Water Systems in New Jersey
September 17, 2018
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), along with U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, today announced a total of $3,492,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assist two New Jersey towns improve their water treatment and distributions systems.

Issues: America's Workers Environment National Security
Norcross, Menendez Announce over $820K in Federal Funding to Support South Jersey Fire Stations
August 31, 2018
Press Release

BLACKWOOD, NJ – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $827,690 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support fire departments in South Jersey. These grants will allow fire departments to hire more firefighters, buy new equipment and enhance safety measures.

Issues: America's Workers National Security
Norcross, Menendez, Booker Announce Over $7M for Homeland Security in South Jersey
August 29, 2018
Press Release

CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (N.J.-01) and Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced $7,392,914 in U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding for South Jersey. The grants will bolster state and local government port security, terrorism prevention, emergency preparedness, and transit security efforts.

Issues: National Security
Norcross Cheers Final Passage of NDAA that Raises Wages for Service Members, Keeps Americans Safe
July 26, 2018
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) – applauded the final passage of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The act raises wages for our men and women in uniform, improves readiness protocols, and boosts modernization and resiliency efforts.

Issues: National Security
South Jersey lawmakers: Trump is wrong on Russia
July 15, 2018
In The News

Courier Post.

...Rep. Donald Norcross called Trump's comments "wrong" and "shameful."

..."I support the unanimous conclusion of America's intelligence community that Russia hacked the 2016 U.S. presidential election," Norcross, a Democrat from Camden, said on Twitter. "This is not a partisan issue, we must treat it as a serious national security breach & take action to protect the very fabric of our democracy.

Issues: National Security
N.J. congressman blocked from visiting immigrant children held in his district
June 20, 2018
In The News

NJ.com. By Jonathan D. Salant

...Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st Dist., said he was told by the Department of Health and Human Services that there was a two-week waiting period before he would be allowed to visit the children cared for by the Center for Family Services, a social services agency based in Camden.

..."The public's representative has a right to visit these children and make sure they are being treated well and that efforts are being made to reunify them with their families," Norcross said.

Issues: Civil Rights National Security