Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Criticizes Removal of Russian Sanctions
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today pushed back on a decision by the U.S. State Department to lift sanctions against the Russian Federation involving the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as new diplomatic talks are set to open between Washington and Moscow.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Praises Partner with Korea Act
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) celebrated reintroduction of the Partner with Korea Act, bipartisan legislation that encourages greater ties between American and Korean businesses.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Votes for January 6 Commission
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the first member of Congress to demand consequences for seditious members, today voted in favor of forming a landmark bipartisan panel to investigate the January 6, 2021 terror attack on the United States Capitol.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Hails House Passage of COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
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To combat the surge in discriminatory attacks on Asian American communities during the pandemic, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in favor of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. Rep. Pascrell cosponsors a companion bill in the House.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Touts $78 Million to New Jersey for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today touted over $78 Million in grants to New Jersey as part of the watershed American Rescue Plan.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Denounces Continued Middle East Violence
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today condemned the continuing firing of deadly rockets into Israel by the terror group Hamas and the growing regional violence. In a statement last week, Rep. Pascrell called for an end to hostilities.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Pocan Sound Alarm on Medicare Oversight
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Mark Pocan (D-WI-02), Katie Porter (D-CA-45), and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35) have written to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Beccera and the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMI) asking them to immediately freeze CMMI’s Trump-era Direct Contracting Entities (DCE) pilot programs.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: FTC Promises Robust Anticompetitive Enforcement of Corrupted Live Events Marketplace
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Responding to a recent letter from U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), and Chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) on regulating the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) agreed that “vigorous enforcement is critical to ensuring competitive markets and protecting consumers.”
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces $3.4 Million Federal Investment in Passaic and Bergen County Infrastructure
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today that the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) and New Jersey Department of Transportation are allocating $2,700,000 in federal grants to critical local projects in Paterson, Passaic City, and Clifton. The funds come from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Champions Legislation to Support First Responders
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), co-chair of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, took to the House floor last night during Police Week to honor the service and sacrifice of our nation’s law enforcement and urge support for H.R. 2936, the Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021 (PAFRA).
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Secures Commitment from U.S. Trade Representative to Combat Labor Rights Violations and Fight Climate Change
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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, today secured commitments from United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai to raise two labor rights violations and need to improve the collective bargaining legitimation protocols with her Mexican counterparts at the upcoming USMCA Free Trade Commission meeting.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Praises New Rapid Response Complaint to Combat Mexican Labor Violations
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Chairman of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, today hailed the second complaint filed under the new NAFTA’s Rapid Response Labor Mechanism.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Condemns Republican Removal of Cheney
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today condemned the removal by the House Republican Caucus of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL) from a leadership post.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces $1.2 Million American Rescue Plan Grant for NJ Department of Health
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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 (HHS) has awarded a $1,208,546 home visiting grant to the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH).
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces Over $500 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funds for North Jersey
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today announced the allocation of hundreds of millions in federal COVID-19 recovery funds for New Jersey’s Ninth Congressional District.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Kildee, Blumenauer Urge General Motors to Address Labor Rights Violations at Mexico Plant
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), Chairman of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, Dan Kildee (MI-05), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) today sent a letter General Motors (GM) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mary Barra, regarding distributing reports of serious labor violations at a GM plant in Mexico.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Supports Accounting of Repeated Mexican Labor Violations
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted positively to first complaint filed under the new NAFTA’s Rapid Response Labor Mechanism.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Urges Middle East De-escalation
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today commented on continuing unrest in the Middle East.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Commends Committee Passage of Bipartisan Retirement Bill
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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 commented favorably on the passage in the Ways and Means Committee of H.R. 2954, the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Bacon, Demings, Rutherford Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Trauma Training for Law Enforcement
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), John Rutherford (R-FL-04), Don Bacon (R-NE-02), and Val Demings (D-FL-10) reintroduced their TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act.
