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By Rep. Donald Norcross
Americans are struggling, and the coronavirus has shed a new light on an issue we have known exists for far too long: workers are underpaid. Many of our essential workers who put their lives on the line each day are earning a wage they cannot live on. The federal minimum wage hasn't been raised in 12 years, the longest stretch in U.S. history! It's unacceptable, which is why we must act now to raise the wage.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) applauded the passage of the bipartisan National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 (H.R. 447) through the House of Representatives. The legislation invests more than $3.5 billion to create nearly one million new Registered Apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship positions over the next five years. Norcross is a lead sponsor and author of the bill along with House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03).
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 351 – joined House and Senate Democrats in introducing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, comprehensive labor legislation to protect workers' right to stand together and bargain for fairer wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) was selected by his colleagues on Wednesday to chair the House Armed Services Committee's Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee.
CAMDEN, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced today that a federally-qualified community health center in South Jersey will receive a grant of $133,440 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This grant will support healthcare services for disadvantaged South Jersey residents by empowering a vital healthcare center to continue providing essential community services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) and U.S. Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.) to reintroduce the Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act to expand the highly successful registered apprenticeship model to high-growth job sectors. The bill is also cosponsored by U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) and Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (CNMI-at Large) to introduce a package of education bills to reopen and rebuild our schools, save educators jobs and help students recover lost time in the classroom.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) and incoming Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT), incoming Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate), Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) to introduce legislation gradually raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) and a bipartisan group of colleagues in in unveiling a proposed reauthorization of the National Apprenticeship Act that would create nearly one million new Registered Apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship positions over the next five years. The National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 (H.R.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced today that Rutgers University–Camden will receive $233,066 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research into the effects of climate change on ecological diversity.