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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Norcross Announces $460K+ for South Jersey Fire Departments
May 31, 2017
Press Release

CHERRY HILL, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that Gloucester City, Mount Ephraim and Westville Fire Departments have been awarded a $466, 667 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG).

Issues: National Security
Trump defense budget seeks authorization for base closures in 2021
May 24, 2017
In The News

Burlington County Times. By: David Levinsky

The U.S. Department of Defense released the details of President Donald Trump's military budget for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year, and like numerous spending plans introduced previously, it seeks authorization for another round of base closures.

Issues: National Security
N.J.'s Joint Base gets funding in Trump budget
May 23, 2017
In The News

NJ.com. By: Jonathan Salant

Funding for hangars to house the new KC-46 refueling tankers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst were included in President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 budget.

The spending plan for the 12 months beginning Oct. 1 included $269 million for hangars at the two bases selected to house the KC-46 planes, the Joint Base and Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif. The Air Force must complete environmental reviews before the money can be released.

Issues: National Security
Trump defense budget seeks authorization for base closures in 2021
May 22, 2017
In The News

Burlington County Times. By: David Levinsky

The U.S. Department of Defense released the details of President Donald Trump's military budget for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year, and like numerous spending plans introduced previously, it seeks authorization for another round of base closures.

Issues: National Security
Trump wants to close military bases, but N.J. Joint Base may be spared
May 22, 2017
In The News

NJ.com. By: Jonathan Salant

Even as he proposed boosting defense spending by $54 billion, President Donald Trump followed the lead of his predecessor in asking for a new round of military base closings.

Such talk in the past worried New Jersey officials who feared that Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst would be a target, the way McGuire Air Force Base was more than two decades ago.

But that was before the joint base landed 24 new KC-46 refueling tankers. Scheduled to arrive from 2020 to 2023, the planes will be housed by the 305th Air Mobility Wing.

Issues: National Security
Norcross Stresses Continued Need for Independent Investigation After Classified Briefing
May 19, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after attending a classified bipartisan briefing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein regarding the firing of FBI Director Comey and investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election:

Issues: National Security
Norcross Statement on Government Funding Bill
May 3, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement on his YES vote on the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, H.R. 244:

"Today's bipartisan vote is welcome news for the American people. I've been fighting to avoid a costly and reckless government shutdown, and today I voted for a bill that provides jobs, opportunity and security for South Jersey's families.

Issues: America's Workers Budget Disease of Addiction Education National Security
Norcross, Armed Services Committee Members: Alarming Number of Vacancies in Key Positions Undermining Our National Security
April 27, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and five Democratic Members of the House Armed Services Committee wrote to President Trump urging him to take immediate action to identify and nominate qualified candidates to fill positions in his administration vital to the national security of the United States.

Issues: National Security
Op-Ed: Camden is really rising
April 26, 2017
In The News

Courier-Post. By: Congressman Donald Norcross
April 27, 2017

While living in Camden, the great poet Walt Whitman wrote about "a City Invincible," and while we've adopted that motto, many forget he also wrote of a "City of Friends." It is this idea of friendship and community that, I believe, led us on a new path for Camden.

Issues: America's Workers Education National Security
Camden Residents March for an End to Gun Violence
April 18, 2017
In The News

NJTV News. By: David Cruz
April 18, 2017

Young people were at the center of today's march against gun violence. They are, as either victims or perpetrators, the largest part of the tragic statistics in a city whose residents have learned to live with the violence while trying to foster some positivity.

"I feel like there's more to Camden than what people think. It's like there are a lot of intelligent kids out here," insisted teenager Tysaan Brokenboro...

Issues: National Security