Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) today, with congressional leaders, labor leaders, and workers, unveiled the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (H.R. 20). Congressman Norcross, a co-founder of the Congressional Labor Caucus, is a union electrician by trade, a former union organizer, and was president of an AFL-CIO regional labor council for nearly two decades.
CAMDEN CITY, NJ - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $750,000 in new funding that the congressman secured in the FY 2023 omnibus package. The money will be used to stabilize Berth 1 at the Balzano Marine Terminal so the port can meet increasing business activity.
CHERRY HILL, NJ - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and father of a veteran, announced and congratulated the region's 2023 congressional nominees for the United States service academies.
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $1.4 million in new federal funding for two Community Partnership Centers founded and run by Rutgers University in Camden. The funding was secured by the congressman in the FY 2023 omnibus package and will be used at two community centers to increase staffing and programming in adult education, workforce development, health, wellness, youth and families, civic engagement, and other areas of need identified by the communities.
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced he will be joined by labor leader Charles Wowkanech to hear President Biden lay out his vision to help create jobs, strengthen the middle class, and grow our economy.
CAMDEN, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the Camden Fire Department will receive $338,978 in federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), which is administered in part by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These funds will empower firefighters in Camden City to enhance safety measures and acquire protective equipment to improve their safety as they protect the life and property of Camden residents from fire and other hazards.
CAMDEN, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that a health care center in Camden will receive a $1.66 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide essential health care services to underserved communities in South Jersey. The grant recipient, Project H.O.P.E., specializes in providing primary health care, behavioral health care, and social work services to the city's most vulnerable populations. The federal funding was administered through HHS's Health Center Cluster Program.
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today released the following statement in response to the announcement by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about its investigations into numerous unsafe Amazon warehouses.
U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today visited the Food Bank of South Jersey (FBSJ) to highlight nearly $1 million in federal funding that he secured in the FY23 omnibus funding package for the local nonprofit. The funding will be used to help increase food delivery services and decrease the food bank's carbon footprint by purchasing hybrid delivery trucks and vans.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross was officially sworn in as a United States Representative for New Jersey's 1st Congressional District today, representing the people of South Jersey in the 118th Congress.