Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, strongly opposed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have undermined the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law, which helps provide family-sustaining wages for workers and local economies. The amendment failed by a vote of 242 to 183.
Norcross' remarks on the Floor follow:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and David B. McKinley, P.E (R-WV) introduced H. Res. 430, a Resolution to designate July 10 as National Journeyman Lineman Day.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that Rowan University's School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM) has been awarded a $355,900 federal grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the House Armed Services Committee. The Act, which passed with a 60-1 vote out of Committee, provides our military personnel with the resources they need to keep our nation secure and includes safeguards to protect New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (MDL) from closure.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, strongly supported an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for a new, updated, appropriate Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
Norcross' remarks during the Committee mark-up follow, as prepared for delivery:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force led by Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ),Annie Kuster (D-NH), Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) released its legislative agenda for the 115th Congress. The agenda includes commonsense, bipartisan legislation to address the opioid epidemic from the perspective of law enforcement, prevention, treatment, and recovery.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and an IBEW union electrician, cheered the unanimous passage of H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. The House-passed bill included a provision by Norcross that extends the allowable use of funding for career-building programs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement on the Senate Republican's newly-released "Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017:"
"Senate Republicans are deceitfully calling this bill 'better care,' but it's actually 'badder care.' It's not any better, in fact it's not even care at all. This plan is still a tax break for the very wealthy disguised as 'care' for American families.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (WA-09), and 21 other original co-sponsors introduced the Fostering Unity Against Russian Aggression Act of 2017.
WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of the National Defense Authorization Act mark-up next week, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, led a letter to the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee requesting funding for 18 air refueling tankers. Norcross was joined on this bipartisan letter by South Jersey Congressmen Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) and Tom MacArthur (NJ-03).