Congressman Donald Norcross

Representing the 1st District of New Jersey
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News Releases

Jun 1 2017

Norcross Announces a $2.4M Federal Grant for South Jersey Health Centers

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the CAMcare Health Corporation was awarded a $2,408,488 Health Center Program grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

Issues:
Health Care
May 31 2017

Reps. Norcross, Meehan, Blunt Rochester Urge Governors to Expedite Drug Information Sharing

Delaware Valley Region Reps. Encourage Interstate Collaboration to Curb Opioid Epidemic
Reps. Norcross, Blunt Rochester and Meehan sent a letter to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Delaware Governor John Carney and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf urging them to expedite efforts to begin sharing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program information with the goal of preventing opioid abuse.
Issues:
Disease of Addiction
May 31 2017

Norcross Announces $460K+ for South Jersey Fire Departments

Congressman Donald Norcross announced that Gloucester City, Mount Ephraim and Westville Fire Departments have been awarded a $466, 667 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant .
Issues:
National Security
May 31 2017

Norcross Named Vice-Chair of Bipartisan Heroin Task Force

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ) was named vice-chair of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force by co-chairs Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH). Norcross will be serving as vice-chair alongside Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). 

Issues:
Disease of Addiction
May 31 2017

Rep. Norcross, Sens. Menendez, Booker, Mayor Redd Announce $750,000 in Federal Funding for Camden Site Cleanup

Congressman Donald Norcross, Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, and Camden Mayor Dana Redd announced a total of $750,000 in federal funding for Camden to assess, clean, and redevelop contaminated properties in the city.
Issues:
America's Workers, Environment
May 30 2017

NJ Delegation Calls on Trump Admin to Fund Gateway Project

Trump budget eliminates vital New Starts program, jeopardizing major federal funding source to build new Hudson rail tunnels

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation sent a letter to U.S.

Issues:
Transportation
May 25 2017

NJ Delegation Calls for Local Hospitals to Get Fair Share from Medicare

WASHINGTON, DC – The state’s entire Congressional delegation urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reject a proposed rule change that would severely slash Medicare reimbursements to New Jersey hospitals.

Issues:
Health Care
May 25 2017

Norcross Fights for $15 Minimum Wage

Norcross, Colleagues Introduce the Raise the Wage Act of 2017
Congressman Donald Norcross and a bicameral group of lawmakers introduced the Raise the Wage Act of 2017 that will help working families by raising the federal wage from the current level of $7.25 to $15.00 an hour by 2024 and index the minimum wage to the median wage starting in 2025.
Issues:
America's Workers
May 24 2017

NJ House Reps Laud $10M for NJ Transit to Install Positive Train Control

Full NJ Congressional Delegation Called for this Federal Funding in November 2016 Letter
All twelve New Jersey U.S. House Representatives lauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s $10 million grant to New Jersey Transit (NJT) to advance its implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) along its rail lines.
Issues:
Transportation
May 24 2017

Norcross Statement on TrumpCare CBO Score

"The CBO score proves what we already knew: This latest version of TrumpCare is still a tax break for the very wealthy disguised as ‘care’ for American families."
Issues:
Budget, Disease of Addiction, Health Care

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