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Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces Nearly $1 Million in Federal Awards to Protect North Jersey Schools
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Co-Chair of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $500,000 and $499,980 in school safety grants to Fort Lee School District and Secaucus School District, respectively.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Applauds Historic Israel-Lebanon Agreement
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) this morning celebrated the historic maritime agreement signed by the governments of Israel and Lebanon.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Amodei Call for Proclamation of October as Italian American Heritage Month
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-02), co-chairs of the Congressional Italian-American Delegation, introduced of a resolution in the House of Representatives to establish October as Italian and Italian-American Heritage Month.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Blasts Damning Report of Systemic IRS Failings
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today blasted Internal Revenue Service (IRS) leadership following findings by the below Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reports that the agency approved four-out-of-five fake charities that applied for tax exempt status.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Demands Answers from NFL on Head Injury to Miami Quarterback Tua
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the founder of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, is today demanding answers on the severe head injury to Miami Dolphins star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa just four days after he likely sustained another head injury.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell and DeLauro Push Urgent Action to Protect American Jobs and Supply Chains
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today urged the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to move swiftly to protect American jobs and supply chains and enact their watershed legislation, the National Critical Capabilities Defense Act (NCCDA), submitting an official joint statement into the record for the committee’s hearing on “Examining Outbound Investment.”
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Joins House and Senate Leaders Urging President Biden to Protect American Workers and Supply Chains
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) has joined leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate calling on the Biden administration to take aggressive steps to safeguard national security and American supply chains.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Mourns Governor Jim Florio
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today issued the following statement mourning the passing of former New Jersey Governor and U.S. Representative Jim Florio.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell and Davis Reintroduce Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Danny K. Davis (D-IL-07) today reintroduced the Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act, legislation which seeks to combat gun violence through increased federal taxes on guns and ammunition and by closing tax and regulatory loopholes on some of the most popular and deadly firearms.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Demands Social Security Support Public Servants
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, reported H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act out of committee and spoke strongly in favor of protecting Social Security during a Ways and Means markup hearing.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Legislation to Expand Medicare Mental Services Passes Committee
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Legislation to expand Medicare mental health coverage by creating a new benefit category sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) has been unanimously approved by the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. H.R. 8878, sponsored by Reps. Pascrell, Judy Chu (D-CA-27), and Adrian Smith (R-NE-03) now heads to the full House of Representatives for its consideration.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Chu, Smith Introduce Legislation to Expand Medicare Outpatient Mental Services
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Judy Chu (D-CA-27), and Adrian Smith (R-NE-03), members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, have introduced H.R. 8878, legislation to expand Medicare mental health coverage by creating a new benefit category for intensive outpatient programs (IOPs).
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Pursues Possible Phony Medicare Billing by Hospital Behemoth
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, has called on U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Beccerra to probe possible Medicare fraud by the HCA Healthcare chain.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Excoriates Environmental, Economic Impact of NY’s Congestion Pricing Scheme
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reiterated his opposition to New York’s proposed congestion pricing scheme which would impose a heavy financial and environmental burden on New Jersey.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Gottheimer Announce $661K for Teaneck First Responders
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U.S. Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded $661,595.18 to the Teaneck Fire Department and the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Demands More Answers on Helicopter Noise Bedeviling North Jersey Homes
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) has written to the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeking answers on federal actions that can be taken to curtail noise from helicopter flights above residential areas in North Jersey.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Demands Answers from Ticketmaster on Springsteen Tour Fiasco
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight has today written to the head of Live Nation Entertainment demanding answers about Bruce Springsteen tour ticket sales last month, and how Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s secretive dynamic pricing scheme impacts consumers.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces Over $7.9 Million Disaster Grant for New Jersey
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today celebrated an announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation that New Jersey will receive $7,970,174 in federal grants to repair or reconstruct federal highways and roads on federal lands that suffered serious damage as a result of Hurricane Ida.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Praises Historic Student Debt Forgiveness
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey’s only member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, today praised President Biden’s historic executive action to forgive up to $20,000 of student debt for millions of young Americans.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Unveils Blockbuster Congressional Report on Greedy Gas Gouging
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today unveiled a new report from the Subcommittee detailing widespread executive profiteering, stock buybacks, and gas gouging by large oil companies awash in record-setting profits.
