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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) introduced the National Child Identification Act, H.R. 4172, which aids law enforcement by encouraging parents and guardians to proactively collect and store their children's sensitive identification information at home. When DNA samples are stored safely at home, law enforcement officers can spend the crucial first hours during a missing-person case searching for the child, rather than searching for the child's DNA samples.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Following a weekend of violence fueled by white supremacy, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $4,303,262 in U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding aimed at strengthening state and local government port security, terrorism prevention, emergency preparedness and transit security efforts.
PENNSAUKEN, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined New Jersey environmental leaders, business owners and public officials to call for enhanced electric vehicle infrastructure. At an event at the Camden County Boathouse, which is home to an electric vehicle charging station, Environment New Jersey and Jersey Renews showcased electric vehicles.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross, a leader on retirement security in Congress, cheered the bipartisan House passage of H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act. The Act - commonly called "The Butch Lewis Act" - addresses the nation's worsening multiemployer pension crisis and Norcross called for his colleagues to support workers ahead of the vote.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, reintroduced the Remedial Education Improvement Act to make remedial – commonly called developmental – education programs more effective, fair and less expensive. The Act would improve or develop programs based on five reform models that have a proven track record. It would implement these reforms, establish a competitive grant program and allow for the use of federal student aid dollars to support up to two years of developmental education.
Star-Ledger Opinion Editorial.
By Phil Murphy and Donald Norcross
New Jersey is home to five military bases, from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Picatinny Arsenal, from Naval Weapons Station Earle to the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May and the 177th Fighter Wing in Atlantic City. These installations are essential to our national security – and our location has made them critical pieces of our nation's military preparedness.
NEW JERSEY - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy led the New Jersey Congressional Delegation on a tour of New Jersey's military installations. There were stops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, the 177th Fighter Wing in Atlantic City, Picatinny Arsenal and Naval Weapons Station Earle.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross - a former minimum-wage worker and member of the House Committee on Education and Labor - voted in favor of the Raise the Wage Act, of which he is a lead sponsor. After more than 10 years without an increase in the federal minimum wage - the longest stretch in history - fulltime working Americans have been suffering. If the Raise the Wage Act becomes law, minimum-wage workers would see an increase to $15 an hour gradually by 2025.
New Jersey State AFL-CIO
...Today, the House passed the Raise the Wage Act, a bill that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025. If the Raise the Wage Act becomes law, American workers would see the first federal minimum wage increase in more than 10 years.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Middle-Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, led by U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation, which passed with bipartisan support, repeals a 40% excise tax – commonly known as the "Cadillac Tax" – on certain employer-sponsored health insurance plans.