Press Releases
CAMDEN, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) participated in the Biden Cancer Community Summit at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper to hear local perspectives on treatment, proposals for federal actions and personal stories from cancer survivors, doctors, nurses, administrators and more. (Click here to watch the live videos from the event.)
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) was awarded the Exemplary Leadership in Labor award from the African American Caucus (AAC) of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), the Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan and the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials in Washington, DC.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Following the Senate's passage of legislation to help combat the opioid epidemic that included provisions Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) authored and supported, Norcross applauded the progress and called for additional Congressional action.
Most notably, a version of Norcross' bipartisan Jobs Plus Recovery Act, which includes job training in drug addiction recovery programs, moved forward.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), along with U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, today announced a total of $3,492,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assist two New Jersey towns improve their water treatment and distributions systems.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the Housing Authority of Gloucester County will receive $1,177,291 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to eliminate lead-based hazards and provide affordable housing for people with disabilities.
WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of Labor Day, Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today issued the findings of their "Future of Work, Wages and Labor" initiative - launched in early 2016. The Members spent over two years traveling across the country and meeting with experts, labor leaders, and workers to develop policy proposals that address longstanding problems in the workforce and new trends like automation and contract workers.
CAMDEN, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Camden Mayor Frank Moran and Regional Administrator Lynne Patton, of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced that the Housing Authority of the City of Camden (HACC) will receive a $1.7 million grant from the HUD Jobs Plus program.
BLACKWOOD, NJ – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $827,690 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support fire departments in South Jersey. These grants will allow fire departments to hire more firefighters, buy new equipment and enhance safety measures.
PENNSAUKEN, 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 New Jersey State Register of Historic Places.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (N.J.-01) and Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced $7,392,914 in U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding for South Jersey. The grants will bolster state and local government port security, terrorism prevention, emergency preparedness, and transit security efforts.