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Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st Dist., a vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said both bills worked in tandem. The second measure, he said, funds "support infrastructure like affordable child care, among other vital investments, to make jobs accessible."
"... the Democratic majority in the House voted to make historic and long-overdue investments in infrastructure that will create millions of jobs for hardworking families. Every stretch of asphalt, every concrete pillar, and every mile of broadband will help rebuild our economy help, South Jersey families put food on the table, pay for their child's education, and meet their everyday needs," said Congressman Norcross.
New Jersey Rep. Donald Norcross joins "Morning in America" to discuss the $1.85 trillion Build Back Better domestic policy package and the accompanying $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
City officials announced an emergency resurfacing project on Tuesday to repave the roughest portions of 13 city-owned streets before year's end.
Through a county contract, the city has hired Asphalt Pavement Solutions, of Delanco, to handle the repaving work. The city expects to spend $500,000 to finish each of the jobs by Dec. 31.
Interim Mayor Vic Carstarphen announced the repaving program at a press event on Thurman Street in the Liberty Park section. Part of Thurman Street is to be repaved between 9th and 10th streets.
And not every center that's actually open right now is one that parents feel comfortable putting their kids in, Rep. Donald Norcross notes. "People who are not living it presently don't really have a gut-level feeling of what it's like to not have a place to put your child that's affordable, that is reliable, that is safe, nurturing. Your child is everything and that has to work in order for our economy to work," he said.
NJ Monitor. By Nikita Biryukov.
In 2014, New Jersey voters backed a constitutional amendment to allow judges to order certain criminal suspects be detained without bail and pushed the courts away from holding minor offenders awaiting trial.
Since that measure went into effect in 2017, the number of individuals imprisoned on bail of $2,500 or less while awaiting trial fell to just 14 last year, the New Jersey Judiciary announced Friday. A study conducted in 2012 put the number at more than 1,500, fully 12% of the state's prison population.
NJ.com. By Jonathan Salant.
A typical New Jersey family of four with one child and one infant in full-time day care would save an estimated $27,000 a year on child care costs under President Joe Biden's proposed spending bill.
That's more than the same family would receive in all but three states, according to the study by the House Education and Labor Committee.
Patch. By Anthony Bellano
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS
An amendment championed by the IAM and U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) that would dramatically increase domestically made procurement requirements in major defense programs has cleared a critical hurdle in Congress.
The IAM, North America's largest aerospace defense union, has been pushing the increase for years in order to strengthen the defense industrial base and domestic supply chain while helping prevent vulnerabilities created by military products being made in China and other countries.
MSNBC. Deadline: White House
Following President Biden's visit to NJ and NY to visit the damage left by Hurricane Ida, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Associated Press White House reporter Jonathan Lemire discuss how Congress and the White House can fight climate change.