Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the below statement on the second Republican shutdown fiasco this year:

"Americans want and deserve higher wages, great schools, safe neighborhoods and a secure nation. Instead, they're getting Trumpocracy.

"After a career of leaving companies financially bankrupt, now Trump wants to make America morally bankrupt. He shamelessly made the decision to end DACA, and his 'Art of the Deal' is to use children's lives as bargaining chips.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that Rowan University's has been awarded a $361,237 federal grant by the National Science Foundation for biomedical engineering and science research at the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site.

CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross released the following statement on the passing of former National Park Borough Mayor Francis A. Witt

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced a major piece of legislation that would help address the teacher shortage the United States is experiencing.

According to a study from the Learning Policy Institute, enrollment in teacher preparation programs has fallen 35% over the past five years. This amounts to a decrease of almost 240,000 potential teachers in the year 2014, as compared to 2009.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the below statement following the release of Chairman Nunes' memo:

"Publicly releasing this partisan, dishonest and misleading memo is a shameful attempt to discredit America's law enforcement agencies, our intelligence community and the Special Counsel investigation.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force is calling on Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) to support funding for the opioid epidemic public health emergency.

WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross – an electrician by trade and member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce – released the following statement:

"What we heard tonight was the world according to a billionaire, for billionaires.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the below statement on his vote against the latest short-term Continuing Resolution:

"Republicans hold the House… the Senate… and the White House – and for the first time in our country's history, they caused a government shutdown under single-party control. These Republicans cannot govern without self-inflicted crises, short-term fixes and blaming Democrats.