Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a lifelong IBEW union member, electrician by trade, member of the House Education and Workforce Committee and original co-sponsor of the Raise the Wage Act of 2017 – reacted to the newly-released study showing Seattle's $15 an hour minimum wage law has boosted pay for restaurant workers without costing jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, introduced the Remedial Education Improvement Act to make remedial – commonly called developmental – education programs more effective, fair and less expensive. The Act would improve or develop programs based on five reform models that have a proven track record. It would implement these reforms, establish a competitive grant program and allow for the use of federal student aid dollars to support up to two years of developmental education.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) introduced the Road to Recovery Act - bipartisan legislation eliminating the Medicaid Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion for substance use disorder and help states expand access to inpatient treatment for its enrollees.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) and Tom MacArthur (NJ-03) sent a bipartisan letter with 67 of their colleagues to Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin protesting the Administration's plan to eliminate the federal deduction for state and local taxes. The elimination of this deduction would be especially detrimental to high-tax states like New Jersey, California, New York and Illinois.
WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of the third weekend of Pride parades around the country, U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led a group of seventy-two Members of Congress in writing President Trump today to expressing dismay at his Administration's failure to recognize LGBT Pride Month, and to share broad concerns regarding efforts to turn back the clock on LGBT rights.
CAMDEN, NJ - At a news conference on the shore of the Delaware River, U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Patrick Meehan (R-PA) stressed the importance of regional sharing of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) information with the goal of preventing opioid abuse.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that Rowan University was awarded a $203,321 federal grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance chemical engineering education with cutting-edge technology and partnerships, and better prepare South Jersey students for safety challenges when they enter the workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross, voted NO on the Financial CHOICE Act that would dismantle the most important aspects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on former FBI Director Comey's hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee:
"Former FBI Director Comey is right – Russian interference of our democracy isn't a Republican issue or Democratic issue, it's an American issue. He was straightforward in discussing Russia's malicious attempts to 'shape the way we think, we vote, we act'– and that is terrifying. We must follow the facts and get to the bottom of this.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on former FBI Director Comey's hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee:
"Former FBI Director Comey is right – Russian interference of our democracy isn't a Republican issue or Democratic issue, it's an American issue. He was straightforward in discussing Russia's malicious attempts to 'shape the way we think, we vote, we act'– and that is terrifying. We must follow the facts and get to the bottom of this.