Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, on the 63rd anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and House Democrats introduced the Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2017.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, passed the House Education and Workforce Committee unanimously and Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the Committee, included a provision that extends the allowable use of funding for career-building programs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, joined a bicameral group of lawmakers to introduce the "Accurate Workplace Injury & Illness Records Restoration Act." This legislation would reinstate the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) recordkeeping rule that was overturned by a Resolution of Disapproval (H.J. Res. 83) under the Congressional Review Act and signed into law by President Trump on April 3, 2017.
CAMDEN, NJ - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) strongly said "#IStandWithPP" at a news conference with local Planned Parenthood patients and staff, and called for ongoing support in the fight for women's healthcare funding.
"Congress should be fighting to protect and improve women's health programs, not eliminate them," said Rep. Norcross. "Let's invest in cures for cancer, not restrict access to cancer screenings. Our nation should be working to prevent sexual assaults, not demonizing and scrapping services for those who have been assaulted."
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that Rowan University was awarded $1,200,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program for a new science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educator recruitment and preparation program. The program encourages talented STEM graduates and professionals to become K-12 teachers at local public schools.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement on his NO vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) that barely passed the House of Representatives with a vote 217-213:
"Only two groups will benefit from this so-called health care bill: billionaires and undertakers.
"TrumpCare is simply a tax break for the super wealthy at the expense of our families, and it will literally put millions of lives at risk.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the following statement on his YES vote on the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, H.R. 244:
"Today's bipartisan vote is welcome news for the American people. I've been fighting to avoid a costly and reckless government shutdown, and today I voted for a bill that provides jobs, opportunity and security for South Jersey's families.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined colleagues in introducing the Equality Act of 2017, which would add to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 nondiscrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in all of the same areas of life that protect Americans on the basis of race, color, religion, and national origin.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) will be providing a total of $861,634 to South Jersey institutions.
WASHINGTON, DC – 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 Subcommittee urging them to fund and retail the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board in the Fiscal Year 2018 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill.