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 Marches Against Gun Violence in Camden City
April 18, 2017
Press Release

CAMDEN, NJ – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined advocates, leaders and community members in Camden to march against gun violence. Last year, our nation logged a record number of mass shootings, more than one a day and since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, more than 220 shootings have taken place on school campuses. These statistics are sobering and disconcerting for our future and the ability for someone to put their hands on a weapon.

Issues: National Security
Norcross, NJOHSP Stress Importance of Security Funding for Religious Organizations, Non-Profits at Community Meeting
April 7, 2017
Press Release

CHERRY HILL, NJ - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Dr. Christopher Rodriguez, Director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, stressed the importance of security enhancement funding for religious organizations and non-profit agencies at a community meeting.

Issues: National Security
Norcross Statement on Syria Strikes
April 7, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement about the U.S. strikes against the Syrian government:

Issues: National Security
South Jersey congressmen voice approval for Trump's decision to strike Syria
April 6, 2017
In The News

Press of Atlantic City. By Steve Hughes

...Democrat Donald Norcross said in a statement that Russia should also be held accountable for its support of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

..."The strikes were an appropriate, proportional response to Bashar al-Assad regime's horrific use of chemical weapons against civilians, including innocent children," Norcross said.

Issues: National Security
Congressman Norcross Demands Republicans Reinstate Addiction Coverage in TrumpCare Bill
March 24, 2017
Press Release

Washington, DC–As Republicans in Congress debated changes to their health care bill, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today led a group of Representatives petitioning President Donald Trump to reverse provisions that would threaten coverage for drug addiction treatment.

Issues: Health Care National Security
Congressman Norcross Applauds State Security Grants to Keep South Jersey Safe
March 21, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC–After more than a year fighting for greater security funding for South Jersey religious and community centers, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) is applauding the State's decision today to provide new Security Enhancements Countering Unmitigated Risk in New Jersey (SECUR-NJ) grants to local non-profit agencies and religious organizations.

Issues: National Security
Norcross Criticizes Second Muslim Ban
March 6, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross released the following statement in reaction to President Donald Trump's second attempt to ban Muslims and refugees.

"President Trump's new travel ban is a distinction without much of a difference. His executive order still blocks Syrian children, Iranian doctors and even Iraqis who helped our troops now seeking to come here as refugees. The president is more focused on saving this failed policy than taking the advice of our military and intelligence experts to help keep our country safe."

Issues: National Security
Sen. Booker and Rep. Norcross Stress Need for Federal Security Funding After Threats at Local JCC
March 5, 2017
In The News

SNJ Today. By Kimberly Kerr

..."If you were at the Jewish Federation in Philadelphia, you had funding for the last 13 years," said Congressman Donald Norcross. "If you're one of the eight synagogues and schools in Philadelphia, you got funding last year. But somehow, if you live in New Jersey, as we do, you were ineligible for that funding."

..."This is a fight that we're all in together," said Rep. Norcross. "To drive out hate and to make sure funding is there when you need it."

Issues: Civil Rights National Security
Norcross Calls on Trump to Ask for Sessions' Resignation
March 2, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to new revelations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions communicated with Russian diplomats at the GOP Convention, then possibly perjured himself in his Senate testimony, Congressman Donald Norcross is calling on President Trump to ask for the attorney general's resignation.

Issues: National Security
Norcross Requests Security Funding for South Jersey's Jewish Communities
February 27, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to a bomb threat made against the Katz Jewish Community Center in Chery Hill, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) is requesting federal security funding to protect South Jersey's Jewish communities.

Issues: Civil Rights National Security