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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.
Rolling Stone. By Matt Laslo
...The group – nearly a quarter of the U.S. House of Representatives – is made up of rural and urban lawmakers, from the far right to the progressive left. They've laid out an ambitious agenda for this year that's focused on getting a package of eight new bills passed and signed into law by President Trump...
The wide-ranging focus of this legislative package is because some lawmakers on the panel come from law enforcement backgrounds while others come from the medical community. For others, the crisis is becoming increasingly personal.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the below statement on the Republican-Trump government shutdown:
"Last year President Trump tweeted the 'country needs a good shutdown' and today, sadly, he got his wish.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, applauded Governor Phil Murphy and Liutenant Governor Sheila Oliver's 'Stronger and Fairer New Jersey' agenda.
"Governor Murphy understands that middle-class families are experiencing a long-term decline in their economic security and that we need to make our economy work for everyone," said Congressman Norcross. "I strongly support his call for Congress and the State Legislature to raise wages for hardworking Americans."
NJ.com. By Taylor Henry
...The bags were pregnancy care packages for local expecting mothers in need. Making the packages was part of a day of service to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
..."It's about the children who weren't always as lucky to win the zip code lottery," said Congressman Donald Norcross. "I live in the city of Camden, and I understand because I see firsthand the things that go on in my city would never happen out in some of the other Cherry Hills or Vorhees. And it's not the kid's fault."
CAMDEN, NJ - Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced an agreement with the United States Navy to return an original gun barrel to the historic Battleship New Jersey along the Camden, New Jersey waterfront.
In all, three 16-inch gun barrels that were once part of the then-U.S.S. New Jersey are being loaded onto trucks today at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, will be hoisted by crane onto railcars tomorrow, and will begin the journey to permanent homes in New Jersey and Philadelphia, including one designated for the Battleship.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force led by Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) released its legislative agenda for 2018. The agenda includes commonsense, bipartisan legislation to address the opioid epidemic by supporting prevention, treatment, recovery, and law enforcement efforts.
The Washington Free Beacon. By Bill McMorris
...On Tuesday Rep. Phil Roe (R., Tenn.) and Rep. Donald Norcross (D., NJ) laid out their plan to allow companies and unions to transition multiemployer pension plans to a hybrid model combining existing defined benefit plans with 401(k)-style defined contribution plans. The bill would update rules governing traditional pension plans in which multiple employers pay into a system to sustain retirement benefits for a pool of workers not just their own employees—a popular model in the construction and shipping industry.
Burlington County Times. By David Levinsky
...Also in the agenda is legislation written by MacArthur to expand the ability of family members to use funds in employer-based health savings and flexible savings accounts for drug treatment, as well as a bill penned by Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st of Camden, that would require the federal government to create guidelines for required courses on drug addiction for doctors and aspiring physicians before they can receive a license to prescribe powerful narcotics.