Press Releases
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Chair of the House Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces – announced the Protecting Military Firefighters from PFAS Act, which will ensure health tests are conducted for servicemembers who may have been exposed to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – commonly referred to as PFAS.
Funding for critical national security missions at JBMDL, Picatinny, 177th Fighter Wing at Atlantic City potentially at stake
NJ delegation overwhelmingly rejects Trump's national emergency declaration
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement on the passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act:
"I've always supported making voting easier, not harder – and it's a good thing we finally have the opportunity to give more Americans the ability to have their voices heard, to implement campaign finance reform and to restore trust in our public institutions.
Caucus Focus: Issues of Importance for Construction Workers;
Meeting Guest: Ironworkers' International President
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) and David McKinley, P.E. (R-WV-01) hosted the inaugural meeting of the Congressional Bipartisan Building Trades Caucus in the 116th Congress. With both new and seasoned colleagues in attendance, the meeting focused on infrastructure, apprenticeships, retirement security and prevailing wage.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross - a former minimum-wage worker - voted in favor of the Raise the Wage Act, of which he is a lead sponsor, in the House Committee on Education and Labor. This marked the first vote in more than a decade to raise the federal minimum wage.
March is Women's History Month
Norcross Received Equality Award from the Alice Paul Institute
WASHINGTON, DC - During the first week of Women's History Month, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) introduced a House Resolution to have a portrait of New Jersey native and women's rights leader Alice Paul hung in the U.S. Capitol building.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) - a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force - voted in favor of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, H.R. 8, and dedicated his vote to the memory of Charles Cohen, a survivor of the first modern mass shooting in Camden City in 1949.
WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of a public meeting with South Jersey residents and New Jersey's Transportation Commissioner, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement on the Atlantic City Rail Line:
"The tens of thousands of people in South Jersey, our state and the region who rely on the Atlantic City Rail Line deserve to have normalcy returned to them as soon as possible. And last week, I expressed this to NJ Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner Gutierrez-Scaccetti and New Jersey Transit (NJT) Executive Director Corbett.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted to terminate President Trump's unlawful, dangerous emergency declaration that could steal billions from the Department of Defense's military construction funds critical to the security of our nation. The House-passed resolution, H.J. Res. 46, which Norcross co-sponsored, stops the emergency declaration under the authority provided in the National Emergencies Act.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a lifelong labor leader and Pennsauken native – announced that the Peter J. McGuire memorial and gravesite is now part of the National Register of Historic Places.