Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Recent News About Bill Pascrell Jr.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Menendez, Booker, Pascrell Unveil New Legislation to Hold WWOR-TV Accountable for its Failure to Provide Local NJ News Coverage
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U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today introduced new legislation to enforce WWOR-TV’s legal obligation to provide New Jerseyans with New Jersey-specific local news, and to give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) more tools to hold the station accountable should it continue to fail local residents.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Leads Legislation to Boost Zero-Emission Energy Production
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03), John Katko (R-NY-24), Danny Davis (D-IL-07), Anthony Brown (D-MD-04), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-02), Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17), Mike Doyle (D-PA-18), and Bobby Rush (D-IL-01) have introduced the Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Production Credit Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation to aid America’s non-emitting electric generation plants.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Buchanan Introduce Bill to Encourage High-Rise Housing Development
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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, and Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) today introduced the Fair Accounting for Condominium Construction Act, legislation to encourage greater housing development in high-population and high density-areas.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, today marked the 20th anniversary of the lifesaving Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, which was created two decades ago by Rep. Pascrell’s FIRE Act.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Supports Legislation to Fix Social Security WEP Provision, Improve Public Employees’ Retirement Security
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey’s only member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, praised the reintroduction of the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021, legislation to fix the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) for future retirees and provide meaningful relief to current WEP retirees.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Celebrates House Passage of Juneteenth Holiday
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today celebrated the passage in the House of Representatives of S. 475, the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act to finally make June 19, Juneteenth, a federal holiday. Rep. Pascrell cosponsors the companion legislation H.R. 1320 in the House of Representatives.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, McKinley Celebrate Administration Insisting Insurance Companies Make COVID Testing, Vaccines Free
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and David McKinley (R-WV-01) celebrated the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finally insisting that all insurance companies make COVID-19 testing and vaccines free.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Chairman Pascrell Opening Statement at Select Revenue Measures and Oversight Joint Subcommittee Hearing on “Minding the Tax Gap: Improving Tax Administration for the 21st Century”
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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 issued the following statement at the opening of the panel’s joint hearing on “Minding the Tax Gap: Improving Tax Administration for the 21st Century”.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Heralds Senate Passage of Vital First Responders Bill
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the co-chair of the Congressional Law Enforcement and Congressional Fire Services Caucuses, today praised the Senate’s passage of Pascrell’s bipartisan Protecting America’s First Responders Act (PAFRA).
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Sewell Demand Data on GOP-led Termination of Unemployment Assistance
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, and Terri Sewell (D-AL-07) led 10 House colleagues in demanding data on the Republican-led campaign to prevent millions of working Americans from accessing federal unemployment assistance.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Leads New Jersey Delegation in Support of Low-Income Hospital Pilot Programs
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today led seven members of the New Jersey congressional delegation writing to the Biden administration in support of New Jersey’s application to implement hospital pilot programs for seven low-income communities in Atlantic, Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Passaic counties.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Supports Biden Administration’s Recognition of Labor Corruption in Mexico
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today spoke in favor of U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell: ProPublica Report Reflects Broken Tax System
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, commented on a report by ProPublica describing how some of the richest Americans pay little taxes commensurate with their titanic fortunes.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Op-ed: Despite the GOP, We Must Demand Accountability for January 6 Riots
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) has a new op-ed in the North Jersey (Bergen) Record calling on the House to form a select committee to investigate the January 6, 2021 terrorist riots on the U.S.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Fitzpatrick, Bost Introduce Fire Station Construction Grants Act
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Michael Bost (R-IL-12), co-chairs of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, today introduced bipartisan legislation that would help construct new fire stations for America’s firefighters.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Calls on Three New Postal Board Members to Fire DeJoy
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In a letter to the three new members of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors appointed by President Biden, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised their service and asked if they would move to fire Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for his destructive tenure of leadership.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Seeks Answers on Wall Street Takeover of Health Care
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, continued his probing of Wall Street’s destructive and increasingly dangerous control over American health care, asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the relationship between private equity investments and subsequent bankruptcies or closures of health care facilities across the United States.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Condemns Disgraceful Republican Blockade of January 6 Commission
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today condemned Senate Republicans’ blocking of the formation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 terrorist riot on the United States Capitol.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Continues to Highlight Mexican Labor Violations
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) continued his call for addressing the rampant labor violations at General Motors (GM) plant in Silao.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Leahy Reintroduce Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) today reintroduced the Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act which will finally give the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) the ability to electronically search for the records of guns used in crimes across the country.
