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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) applauded the passage of H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act – a package of bipartisan bills that authorizes major investments in the transition to a low-carbon future. It includes programs to develop and deploy renewable energy resources, improve the efficiency of our homes and businesses, electrify our transportation sector, modernize the grid and enhance its resiliency, prioritize the needs of environmental justice communities and reduce carbon pollution from industrial and traditional sources.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted to advance the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, legislation that 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). The proposal marks a historic investment in workforce training as the nation continues to face record-level unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today released the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-1) – alongside Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53) and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-3) – introduced a proposal to reauthorize the National Apprenticeship Act that would create nearly one million new Registered Apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, and pre-apprenticeship positions over the next five years.
PHILADELPHIA, PA - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, recently visited the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Surface Warfare Center in Philadelphia to witness the foundry pour of the propulsor mold for the first-ever Columbia-class submarine.
CAMDEN, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced today that two federally-qualified health centers in South Jersey will receive a combined total of $348,645 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Care Program. These grants will support disadvantaged South Jersey residents by empowering health care centers to continue their essential community services.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $358,842 in federal grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for local fire departments.
PENNSAUKEN, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) - an electrician by trade and a member of the House Education and Labor Committee - celebrated Labor Day at the annual wreath laying ceremony at the Peter J. McGuire Memorial at Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken. Peter J. McGuire is known as the 'Father of Labor Day,' and lived in Camden and was buried in Pennsauken.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced that the US Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $2.7 million to the Cooperative Business Assistance Corporation in Camden to provide loans to coronavirus-impacted small businesses.
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) celebrated Women's Equality Day and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment being signed into law at the Alice Paul Institute in Mount Laurel, where he was joined by Deirdre Webster Cobb, Chair of the Board of the Alice Paul Institute, Assemblywoman Carol Murphy and members of the Alice Paul Institute's Girls Leadership Council. Together, they also honored the life and work of hometown hero Alice Paul, who was instrumental in the ratification of the 19th Amendment.