Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross, a leader on retirement security in Congress, voted in favor of the H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act – commonly called "The Butch Lewis Act" – which addresses the nation's worsening multiemployer pension crisis. The act passed by a vote of 26-18 out of the House Committee on Education and Labor.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined Representatives Katie Porter (CA-45) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) in introducing the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act, bipartisan legislation to improve health plans' and insurers' compliance with mental health parity laws.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have awarded $1,668,052 to Rutgers University-Camden and Rowan University for scientific, medical and technological research and training.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) sent a letter co-signed by a bipartisan group of 128 Members of Congress to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, pushing back on the department's anti-labor policies in its collective bargaining with AFGE, the union representing 260,000 of its frontline employees.
NORMANDY, FRANCE - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) - a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee - attended a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Normandy, France to mark the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Allied D-Day invasion. The delegation, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, took part in observances of the anniversary along with veterans and their families, active duty service members, government and military officials, and foreign dignitaries.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement on the indefinite suspension of the Bombardier and New Jersey Transit's (NJT) River Line that was announced late last night:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ) joined Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) in introducing the bipartisan National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Reauthorization Act. The legislation will strengthen the program through enhanced resourcing and improved oversight.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ) joined Congressmen Bill Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and A. Donald McEachin (D-VA) in reintroducing the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, legislation to educate and train a new generation of American offshore wind workers.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) voted in favor of H.R. 1994, the SECURE (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) Act, which passed the House of Representatives with a 417–3 vote. The SECURE Act expands opportunities for Americans to increase their retirement savings.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Vice-Chair of the Bipartisan Addiction Task Force, along with U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Ann Kuster (NH-02), Chair of the Bipartisan Addiction Task Force, introduced the Parity Enforcement Act, H.R. 2848, which expands the U.S. Department of Labor's authority to hold health insurers and plan sponsors accountable for offering health plans that violate the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.