Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Trump's release of his detailed budget proposal that calls for the elimination of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, today, U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) led a bipartisan letter from members of the New Jersey delegation to the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee urging them to fund and retain this small, but important agency.

WASHINGTON, DC —Today Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Susan A. Davis (CA-53) led nearly 50 members of the Democratic Caucus on a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on President Trump's proposed budget. The members are asking that the subcommittee reject the proposal in the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget to eliminate subsidized Stafford Loans within the Department of Education budget.

CHERRY HILL, NJ - In recognition of Gun Violence Awareness Day, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined colleagues in introducing a Resolution that would compel Congress to take action in the face of gun tragedies.

H.Res.370, cosponsored by more than 100 Members of Congress, would require that any moment of silence held on the floor of the House of Representatives due to a tragedy involving gun violence be promptly followed by a hearing to discuss the cause of the tragedy and how similar events might be prevented in the future.

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the below statement following President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement:

"We should be following sound science, embracing global cooperation and building a 21^st century clean energy economy. This Administration continues to do the opposite, which is preventing our country from moving forward. Building the clean energy economy is the real way we'll bring high-wage jobs to America.

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the CAMcare Health Corporation was awarded a $2,408,488 Health Center Program grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) and Patrick Meehan (PA-07) sent a letter to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Delaware Governor John Carney and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf urging them to expedite efforts to begin sharing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) information with the goal of preventing opioid abuse. Moreover, the bipartisan letter requests the establishment of a Delaware Valley agreement to improve the effectiveness of PDMPs through interstate data sharing.

CHERRY HILL, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that Gloucester City, Mount Ephraim and Westville Fire Departments have been awarded a $466, 667 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ) was named vice-chair of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force by co-chairs Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH). Norcross will be serving as vice-chair alongside Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).