Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) applauded the passage of the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020 through the House of Representatives. The legislation invests more than $3.5 billion to create nearly one million new apprenticeship opportunities over the next five years. Norcross is a lead sponsor and author of the bill along with his fellow House Education in Labor Committee members Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53) and Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03).
WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Chair of the Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee – was appointed to serve on the joint conference committee for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The conference committee is charged with producing a bicameral compromise on the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) defense policy bill.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) introduced H.R. 8762, the Fast Track Advanced Apprenticeships Now Act, a bill that would cut bureaucratic red tape to allow apprenticeship programs for emerging occupations to be approved faster.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2466, the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2020, H.R. 2281, the Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act and H.R. 3878, the Block, Report, and Suspend Shipments Act of 2020.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) are leading a letter this week to Congressional leadership requesting they include funding for key federal programs that implement and enforce worker safety measures, protect workers' rights to organize, and provide access to employer and employee training – especially registered apprenticeships – in any final appropriations package for the 2021 fiscal year.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – New Jersey Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statements honoring the life and service of Picatinny Enhancement Coalition (PEC) board member Bill Morelli:
CAMDEN, NJ – On Thursday, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined American Training Center, Cooper University Health Care and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development officials virtually to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week and the induction of the first Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Apprenticeship class in South Jersey.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) are announcing the creation of the Labor Caucus, intended to advance the needs of the labor movement, combat the issues facing working families and connect legislators directly with unions and union leaders. The new caucus will be organized by union members of Congress — Representatives Norcross and Pocan are both decades-long union members in the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers and International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, respectively.
TRENTON, NJ – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today in building on ongoing efforts to safeguard New Jersey's front-line workforce, where Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 192, providing mandatory health and safety standards to protect all New Jersey's workers at work during the pandemic.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced today that Rowan University will receive a total of $625,541 from two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will allow Rowan students to increase treatment for those with substance use disorders and increase research on the relationship between substance abuse and sexual assault.
Specifically, the following will receive: