Press Releases
Tonight, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). This legislation is critical to New Jersey's 1st Congressional District which has been battered by storms and tornadoes, including Hurricane Ida in 2021 which cost 29 lives in New Jersey.
Tonight, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted to pass the Protecting Our Kids Act (H.R. 7910), a critical piece of legislation that he cosponsored and that would help reduce gun violence in the United States. According to new CDC data, guns are the number one killer of children in America – more than car accidents or cancer. Over the last two decades, more school-age children have died from guns than police officers in the line of duty and active-duty military combined.
"Bob Damminger was a longtime dedicated public servant. He cared deeply about his community and country. He was a visionary for affordable community college and job training programs. Bob was a good man who remembered his working-class labor roots and worked tirelessly to ensure Gloucester County families had a chance at the American dream. My condolences to his wife Debbie, daughter Kimberly and all who loved him. So many lives are better today because of Bob."
Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) held a press conference in front of Amazon's TEB3 fulfillment center in Logan Township, New Jersey, where he stood with former Amazon warehouse workers and called on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to thoroughly investigate troubling reports of injury rates at the multi-billion-dollar company that far exceed the national industry average.
Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) celebrated four high achieving students from New Jersey's 1st Congressional District for receiving the Rhodes Scholarship and Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The Rhodes Scholarship winner, Veronica Lucian of Mickleton, is a U.S. Military Academy cadet who Congressman Norcross nominated to West Point in 2018.
Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) questioned Assistant Secretary of Labor Douglas L. Parker at a hearing before the Workforce Protections Subcommittee regarding opening an investigation into Amazon over skyrocketing injury rates at its warehouses.
Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that CAMcare Health Corporation, a federally qualified health care center in South Jersey, will receive a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The grant will be used to support overall operations at CAMcare, which has provided high-quality comprehensive health care to medically underserved communities in South Jersey since 1978.
Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released the following statement after attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new union-built GEMS Solar Park in Gloucester Township.
Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) was in Camden City to deliver a $3.5 million Brownfields Grant awarded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Brownfield Grant is funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Congressman Norcross helped pass and that was signed into law in November 2021.
Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, secured the inclusion of key portions of his Opioid Treatment Access Act during the Energy and Commerce Committee's markup of the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act.