Press Releases
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the City of Camden was awarded $1,500,000 in federal funding from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to purchase new zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and to build the necessary recharging, refueling and maintenance facilities.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced Rowan University and Rutgers University–Camden will receive a total of $1,401,341 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for medical research and job training programs.
PAULSBORO, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross, N.J. Senate President Steve Sweeney, N.J. Deputy Assembly Speaker John Burzichelli and the Gloucester County Freeholder Board announced that the Port of Paulsboro will receive a $1.58 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) for a water infrastructure improvement project.
The project is expected to create 150 jobs and generate $10 million in private investment.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) – applauded the final passage of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The act raises wages for our men and women in uniform, improves readiness protocols, and boosts modernization and resiliency efforts.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and an electrician by trade, cheered the unanimous, bipartisan, final passage of H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education (CTE) for the 21st Century Act. The bill, which is now heading to the President's desk, included a provision by Norcross that extends the allowable use of funding for career-building programs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ), David McKinley (R-WV) and Linda Sánchez (D-CA) today introduced legislation to designate July 10, 2018 as Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day. Twenty-five Members of Congress have co-sponsored the resolution.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Following President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross released the following statement:
"The Supreme Court represents one of our three independent branches of government – not a tool for ideological agendas. Unfortunately, the President's nominee is far outside the mainstream, and his appointment threatens to remake the crown jewel of our democracy into a rubber stamp for Trumpism.
The Center for Family Services in South Jersey Housed Several Youths Separated from their Families because of Trump Administration 'Zero-Tolerance Policy'
Norcross was Barred from Immediately Visiting Separated Children in South Jersey; HHS Rep Never Showed Up to Location for Norcross Visit
CAMDEN, NJ – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) visited a location in South Jersey where immigrant children were taken after the Trump Administration enforced a 'zero-tolerance policy' and he spoke to a teenager who has not yet been reunified with his family.
CAMDEN, NJ – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, today visited CAMcare's Gateway Health Center where they vowed to continue fighting against the Trump Administration's continued efforts to undermine women's access to health care. With the recent announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement from the U.S.
CAMDEN, NJ - Today, at a press conference at a U.S. District Courthouse, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) described the obstacles he faced scheduling an immediate visit to separated children in South Jersey and announced legislation he helped introduce to ensure that Members of Congress can fulfill their constitutional oversight duties by visiting federal facilities.