Press Releases
CAMDEN, NJ - During the first week of Women's History Month, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) - a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee - hosted a conversation on Women in the Workforce: Raising Voices, Raising Pay with New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy, Rutgers University-Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon and New Jersey Assemblywoman Gabby Mosquera. (Click here to view or download photos.
BLACKWOOD, NJ - As students at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida return to school for the first time since the tragic mass shooting on February 14, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) hosted a roundtable discussion in South Jersey about gun violence.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, electrician by trade and the first labor business agent in Congress – issued the following statement as the Supreme Court of the United States gets ready to hear oral arguments in the case of Janus vs. AFSCME Council 31:
"America needs more good-paying jobs that provide security for families and stability for communities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce – was appointed to the bipartisan House and Senate Joint Select Committee on Multiemployer Pensions.
BLACKWOOD, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that seven fire departments, including Fire Districts 2, 4, 5 and 6 in Gloucester Township, the Pine Hill Fire Department, the Lindenwold Fire Department and the Deptford Fire Department, have been awarded a $1,194,313 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and all of the Democratic Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce sent a letter to Chairwoman Virginia Foxx requesting hearings before the full Committee to examine school shootings.
WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the below statement on the passing of former Assemblywoman and Mayor of Gloucester Township Sandi Love:
"As the family of Sandi Love mourns the loss of their beloved wife, mother and grandmother, South Jersey mourns the passing of an outstanding Mayor and Assemblywoman.
"Sandi will be remembered for her warm personality, sharp mind and passion for helping others, especially the people of Gloucester Township.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) introduced H.R. 4997, the Give Retirement Options to Workers (GROW) Act, a bipartisan effort that is designed to modernize and strengthen the multiemployer pension system for the future.
The bipartisan GROW Act will safeguard the multiemployer pension plan system by authorizing the creation of a new type of retirement option that combines the key features of defined benefit and defined contribution plans.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Donald Norcross, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined with South Jersey students and their families to announce and congratulate the region's military service academy nominees for the class of 2022.
"These students represent the best of the best of South Jersey," said Congressman Norcross. "They are a credit to our community and our country, and whatever path they choose, I know each of them will go on to do great things."
WASHINGTON, DC – Following the release of President Trump's 2019 budget proposal and details of his Administration's infrastructure plan, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – an electrician by trade, member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and Co-Chair of the Rebuilding America Task Force – expressed serious frustration and disappointment.