Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Fly Pet Exception for Traveling Swiftly (PETS) Act, legislation that facilitates easier overseas transport of pets for all U.S. Government (USG) personnel when they are being assigned to a post abroad.

Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2023) – Today, co-chair and co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), introduced a resolution that acknowledges the importance of intersectionality for abortion access. The resolution recognizes that women of lower socioeconomic standing and women of racial and ethnic minority status are at the highest risk when abortion is restricted.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) has asked members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to support his legislation (H.R. 3821) to reauthorize the Firefighter Cancer Registry for five years at a higher funding authorization level. Congressman Pascrell helped create the Registry in 2018 through his Firefighter Cancer Registry Act and is now leading legislation to extend this lifesaving program into the future.

On April 4, 2022, in the case titled Marc Stephens vs Equifax, et al, Plaintiff Marc Stephens filed a Federal Civil Lawsuit against Experian, Equifax, Synchrony Bank, and PayPal, pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., (“FCRA”).

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), representing one of the largest and most vibrant Turkish and Syrian American communities in the nation, today voted in favor of H.Res. 132, a resolution Pascrell helped introduce as an original cosponsor.

On January 10, 2023, Judge James B. Clark, III, issued an order for the Defendants City of Englewood and Englewood Police Department to settle the $6 million Federal Civil Lawsuit filed by Plaintiff Marc Stephens for Illegal Entry, Illegal Search, Violation of Due Process, Failure to Train, Failure to Intervene, Harassment, and Defamation of Character.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, and Dick Durbin (D-IL), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Representatives Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the House Democratic Leader, announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act, legislation to eliminate the federal crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparity and apply it retroactively to those already convicted or sentenced.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $1.4 million in new federal funding for two Community Partnership Centers founded and run by Rutgers University in Camden.

U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50) are leading a federal effort to protect Medicare recipients from new medical costs. Their letter signed by 32 House members urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue covering the costs of at-home COVID-19 tests for beneficiaries.

LEONIA, NJ —U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited a newly-opened small business, Shumi Japanese Cuisine, in Leonia. He met with the owner, David Seo, and restaurant staff, and helped make sushi as part of his “Josh on the Job” tour promoting local businesses in North Jersey.