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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Congress Must Act to Keep Weapons Away from Terrorists
December 14, 2015
Press Release

Cherry Hill, NJ - Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today joined members of South Jersey's law enforcement community in calling for immediate action to close the so-called "terrorist background check loophole."

Issues: National Security
Rep. Norcross: Terrorist Background Check Loophole For Buying Guns Is Urgent Security Matter
December 13, 2015
In The News

CBS Philly. By Steve Tawa

...New Jersey Congressman Donald Norcross and a band of South Jersey law enforcement officials are spotlighting what they call the "urgent national security concern of the terrorist background check loophole for gun purchases."

...Norcross is sending a letter to House Speaker Ryan asking him not to adjourn for the holidays until they move this bill.

Issues: National Security
Fighting to Keep Weapons Out of the Hands of Terrorists
December 8, 2015
Press Release

Washington, DC - Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today joined fellow members of Congress in bipartisan action to close the so-called "terrorist background check loophole," and took action to force a vote on the legislation.

Issues: National Security
A Joint Effort to Protect South Jersey's Joint Base
December 8, 2015
Press Release

President Obama recently signed the National Defense Authorization Act, helping to ensure the national security of the United States and preserve the critical programs at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

New Jersey's Joint Base and the military and civilian jobs there are key to our state's economy. I'm proud to have led this bipartisan effort to advance the mission of the base and safeguard the KC-10 refueling tanker with my colleague from New Jersey, Congressman Tom MacArthur.

Issues: America's Workers National Security
Congressman Norcross Statement Following President Obama's Address to the Nation
December 8, 2015
Press Release

Cherry Hill, NJ-Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following reaction to President Obama's National Address tonight (Sunday, December 6, 2015)

Issues: National Security
Pearl Harbor Day remembered
December 6, 2015
In The News

Courier Post. By Carol Comegno

...The Camden County and Gloucester County boards of freeholders jointly sponsored the event, which included patriotic songs by the Eastern High School Band, the Marine Corps League 1775 Detachment color guard and Maria Di Sciullo singing the National Anthem.

...Keynote speaker Rep. Donald Norcross, D-NJ, likened today's worldwide War on Terror to the unprovoked surprise Japanese terror attack on U.S. military installations at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7,1941, and the Kamikaze suicide pilots of Japan late in World War II.

Issues: National Security
Protecting Our Nation's Power Supply
December 4, 2015
Press Release

Washington, DC-Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-01) is pushing for new scrutiny of some "smart" utility meters to examine whether they compromise the nation's energy infrastructure.

Issues: National Security
Congressman Norcross Returns from 3 Nation Tour of Middle East
November 25, 2015
Press Release

Washington, DC-Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following statement upon returning from a national security-focused trip to Afghanistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Rep. Norcross joined fellow members of the House Armed Services Committee and received classified briefings from high-ranking military and intelligence officials on the ground.

"My first duty is to ensure the safety and security of the American people, and I will always act to defend our country from threats.

Issues: National Security
Norcross visiting Mideast after Paris attacks
November 22, 2015
In The News

NJ.com

...U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, the only New Jersey Democrat to support new screening rules for Syrian refugees, is on a visit to the Middle East with other members of the House Armed Services Committee.

Issues: National Security
Congressman Norcross Travels to the Middle East
November 21, 2015
Press Release

Washington, DC-One week after the deadly terror attacks in Paris, Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-01) has traveled to the Middle East to examine efforts to stop terrorist activities.

Rep. Norcross is visiting three Middle East countries with a bipartisan delegation of Congressional members of the House Armed Services Committee, of which Norcross is a member.

Among the work Rep. Norcross and the delegation will be doing is learning about counter-terrorism initiatives in the region.

Issues: National Security