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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that a Gloucester Township Fire Department has been awarded a $153,214 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant.
This SAFER grant will allow the Fire District 4 department to add a fifth full-time firefighter, with a fair salary and benefits, to their staff, which includes nearly 30 volunteers.
WASHINGTON, DC – 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), is encouraged by President Trump's announcement that he is declaring the opioid epidemic a National Emergency. The Task Force is urging Congress and the Administration to work together to ensure that the Public Health Emergency Fund has the resources to take on the crisis.
WASHINGTON, DC – 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), is calling on Congress and the Administration to take immediate, meaningful action to address the opioid epidemic. The Task Force is committed to working in a bipartisan way and with the Administration to advance solutions to this national crisis.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Ahead of President Donald Trump's briefing on the opioid epidemic this afternoon in New Jersey, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Vice-Chair of the Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic, announces the Improve Addiction Education Act and encourages the Administration to support the plan.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), Vice-Chair and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, sent letter to President Trump calling for action to address the opioid epidemic. The letter comes following the initial findings of The Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, which was released after the commission missed two self-imposed deadlines.
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...Specialists were on hand to answer questions about social security, veterans affairs, medicare and medicaid, cyber security, and more.
..."Not every answer is provided to those who need the care," said Norcross. "Our job is to link those who are seeking help with the proper services that they could get there, and then try to break down the bureaucracy and get them what they need."
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) successfully included a provision in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act that helps veterans struggling with the disease of addiction by directing the Department of Defense to set aside $5 million to study the connection between opioid addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced a provision in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act to provide $162 million to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
"We must focus on sustainability, follow sound science and add high-wage jobs in the energy sector," said Congressman Norcross. "By providing additional resources for energy efficiency and renewable energy, we can better meet the needs of our 21st century economy."
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement following House passage of H.R. 3364, the Russia, Iran and North Korea Sanctions Act:
"We must hold Iran, Russia and North Korea accountable for their hostile behavior. Whether it's attempting to undermine American democracy or unlawfully pursuing ballistic missile tests, these three governments have been threatening Americans and we must never turn a blind eye to that.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, eight years after the last federal minimum wage increase, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) - a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee and an electrician by trade - called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage at a news conference with a bicameral group of lawmakers and low-wage workers.