Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Expresses Disgust at Paterson School Meal Scandal
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today expressed outrage at continuing reports of Paterson public school students being fed substandard meals.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Menendez Applaud Announced Hearing on Strengthening American Media Networks
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today applauded an announcement by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology that it will hold a hearing on Strengthening Our Communications Networks to Meet the Needs of Consumers.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Votes to Let America Pay Its Bills and Hammers Republican Attempts to Start a Depression
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted with House Democrats to raise the federal debt ceiling so that the United States can pay its bills. The House voted to raise the debt ceiling by a tally of 219-to-212.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces $653K for Paterson Community Health Center
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $653,450 to the Paterson Community Health Center to help the center modernize and continue providing primary healthcare to low-income Paterson residents.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Urges Support of Israel’s Defense
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today spoke in the well of the House of Representatives in favor of funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system that protects Israelis and Palestinians from deadly rockets. The House approved the funding by a vote of 420-to-9.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Graves Push to Prevent Higher Flood Insurance Costs
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Garret Graves (R-LA-06) led a letter signed by 38 bipartisan Members of Congress demanding the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) Risk Rating 2.0 implementation be postponed to prevent against unreasonable rate hikes unilaterally imposed by Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) new pricing methodology.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Celebrates Committee Passage of Historic Legislation
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, today celebrated the committee’s passage of the central package of reforms that make up the heart of President Biden’s landmark Build Back Better program to rebuild America.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Neal, Suozzi on the Path Forward on SALT
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House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), and Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03) released the following statement on the path forward on SALT.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Opening Statement on Nursing Home Reform at Markup of Build Back Better Act
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, issued the following statement as the panel considers measures relating to skilled nursing facilities at markup of the Build Back Better Act.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Introduces Bill to Aid to Fired Factory Workers
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today announced the introduction of the Improved Access to Trade Adjustment Assistance Act, legislation that will make it easier for fired workers to obtain federal assistance after their jobs are relocated.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Legislation to Build, Restore Firehouses Included in Reconciliation Proposal
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, hailed the inclusion of $718 million in funding for Fire Station Construction Grants in today’s budget reconciliation proposal put forth by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Condemns Supreme Court Overruling Roe v. Wade in Dead of Night
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to stay Texas’s latest draconian anti-choice law, an action which could spell the end of the protections enshrined by Roe v. Wade.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Hammers Criminal Obstructionism by Republican Leader McCarthy
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today lambasted calls by House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy urging the criminal obstruction of the House’s probe into the January 6 terrorist attack on the United States Capitol.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Secures $965K for Bergen County Firefighters
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded $727,272 to the Cliffside Park Fire Department and $238,095 to the Rutherford Fire Department. Rep. Pascrell worked closely with DHS to secure these Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program awards for North Jersey’s Bravest.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Menendez, Pascrell Applaud HHS’s Final Rule with Provisions to Increase Funding for NJ Hospitals, Tackle Doctor Shortage
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), senior members of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees that respectively oversee national health policy, applauded the FY2022 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final rule that includes provisions from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 pushed by Sen. Menendez and Rep. Pascrell to increase funding for New Jersey hospitals and help address the doctor shortage in the state.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Statement on Terrorist Attack in Afghanistan
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today mourned the death of at least 11 U.S. Marines, a Navy medic and afghan civilians and hundreds injured in a terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell and Warren Unveil Political CRIMES Act
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), joined by Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) today unveiled the Political Corruption Review of Infractions for Misconduct by Executive Servants (CRIMES) Act, legislation to strengthen the Hatch Act to better stop the self-enrichment by government officials that was rampant in the Trump regime.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Votes for John Lewis Voting Rights Act
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in favor of H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The legislation will reauthorize and reinvigorate the Voting Rights Act as Republican election suppression measures are pushed across the country. H.R. 4 was approved in the House by a 219-212 margin.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Supports Budget Resolution
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today supported passage of the budget resolution. Because of the House’s action, Democrats can immediately begin assembling the multi-trillion jobs and families package that is central to President Biden’s historic agenda to rebuild America.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Neal, Blumenauer, Kildee Statement on Labor Enforcement Action
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), and Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI-05) released the following statement last night on the historic pro-worker election results at the General Motors (GM) auto plant in Mexico:
