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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) was re-elected to serve as Vice Chair for Labor for the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the 117^th Congress.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) has been appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve as the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee's Parliamentarian for the 117th Congress. This is Norcross' fourth consecutive appointment to the committee that shapes and implements the party's agenda, advises the Caucus on important issues and assigns members to committees.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Donald Norcross, (NJ-01) and David McKinley P.E. (R-W.Va.) and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) celebrated the House passage of the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020. The bill, which includes their bipartisan and bicameral Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act, will invest more than $3.5 billion to create nearly one million new apprenticeship opportunities over the next five years.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) applauded the passage of the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020 through the House of Representatives. The legislation invests more than $3.5 billion to create nearly one million new apprenticeship opportunities over the next five years. Norcross is a lead sponsor and author of the bill along with his fellow House Education in Labor Committee members Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53) and Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03).

WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Chair of the Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee – was appointed to serve on the joint conference committee for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The conference committee is charged with producing a bicameral compromise on the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) defense policy bill.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) introduced H.R. 8762, the Fast Track Advanced Apprenticeships Now Act, a bill that would cut bureaucratic red tape to allow apprenticeship programs for emerging occupations to be approved faster.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2466, the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2020, H.R. 2281, the Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act and H.R. 3878, the Block, Report, and Suspend Shipments Act of 2020.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) are leading a letter this week to Congressional leadership requesting they include funding for key federal programs that implement and enforce worker safety measures, protect workers' rights to organize, and provide access to employer and employee training – especially registered apprenticeships – in any final appropriations package for the 2021 fiscal year.