Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell and Katko Leads Effort to Double Nonprofit Security Grant Funding
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and John Katko (R-NY-24) today led 143 House colleagues requesting a significant increase in Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funding for Fiscal Year 2022.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces Winners of 2021 Congressional Art Competition
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today announced the winners of his annual Congressional Art Competition. All submissions can be viewed here and the winners are listed below:
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell and Blumenauer Lead Ways and Means Democrats Combatting Forced Labor Abuses
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03) led 18 Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee seeking increased government funding to combat imports to the United States made with forced labor.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation for First Responders
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), co-chair of the Congressional Law Enforcement and Congressional Fire Services Caucuses, and U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) have reintroduced their bicameral, bipartisan Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Ocasio-Cortez, Kaptur Lead Colleagues Demanding Support for Postal Banking
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Expanded pilot programs can extend financial services to urban and rural communities, reinvigorate beleaguered USPS
U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), today led 33 House members seeking an expansion of postal banking pilot programs to extend banking services to millions of underbanked Americans and revitalize the Postal Service.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Hoyer, Fitzpatrick, Bost Lead 47 Members of Congress Urging Funding for Firefighter Cancer Registry
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Mike Bost (R-IL-12), the co-chairs of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, led 47 Democrats and Republicans seeking to fund the Firefighter Cancer Registry at the congressionally-authorized level of $2.5 million.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Leads $10 Million Funding Request for Alternatives to Opioids Program
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) is leading an official request to fund the Alternative to Opioids (ALTO) Demonstration program at $10 million for Fiscal Year 2022. The federal program was established by Rep. Pascrell’s Alternatives to Opioids in the Emergency Department Act, which was enacted into law in 2018.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell and Bacon Lead Colleagues Requesting Funding Increases for Traumatic Brain Injury Programs
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02), co-chairs of the Congressional Traumatic Brain Injury Task Force, led a bipartisan contingent of House colleagues requesting funding increases for vital traumatic brain injury (TBI) programs in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Leads Funding Increase Request to Combat HIV/AIDS Epidemic
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10) led 113 Members of Congress in requesting funding increases for federal programs that address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10) led 113 Members of Congress in requesting funding increases for federal programs that address the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Fitzpatrick Lead 26 Members of Congress Demanding Funding for Bulletproof Vests
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the co-chair of the House Law Enforcement Caucus, and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) led 26 Democrats and Republicans seeking to fund the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant Program at the authorized level of $30 million in the Fiscal Year 2022. BVP is a federal program that helps state and local law enforcement agencies purchase bulletproof vests for officers working in the field.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Rutherford Lead 159 Members of Congress in Support of Police Funding
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and John Rutherford (R-FL-04), the co-chairmen of the House Law Enforcement Caucus, led a bipartisan group of 159 Democrats and Republicans requesting increased funding in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 appropriation bill for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Colleagues Demand Answers on Mondelez Factory Closures
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today led a letter to Dirk Van de Put, CEO of Mondelez International, demanding information on the company’s recent facility closures in Fair Lawn, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia, and the company’s outsourcing of American jobs.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Colleagues Demand Justice for Burmese Workers
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Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Andy Levin (D-MI), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), and James P. McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement in response to recent reports of increased violence against Burmese trade unions and workers by the Burmese military.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: In Name of Justice, Equality, and Democracy, Pascrell Votes for DC Statehood
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today supported landmark legislation to establish the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth as the 51st member of the United States of America, which passed the House of Representatives 216-208.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Speaks Loudly for Paid Leave
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, participated in a committee hearing, “In Their Own Words: Paid Leave, Child Care, and an Economy that Failed Women.”
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Backs Ban Against Immigrant Discrimination
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in support of H.R. 1333, the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants, or NO BAN Act, legislation that narrows the President’s ability to block immigration into the United States and discriminate against immigrants.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Supports Expanded Access to Counsel
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in support of H.R. 1573, the Access to Counsel Act of 2021, legislation that will ensure the right to access legal counsel for individuals facing immigration inspection upon seeking admission into the United States.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Praises Chauvin Guilty Verdict
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today released the following statement after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Commemorating 100th Anniversary of NJ State Police
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Co-Chair of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, today extended his heartful gratitude to the New Jersey State Police on the occasion of their 100th anniversary and praised their lifesaving efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Leads Call to Modernize 9-1-1 Infrastructure
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the co-chair of the House Law Enforcement Caucus and the co-chair of the House Fire Services Caucus, today led a letter to House leadership urging inclusion of the Next Generation 9-1-1 Act in the upcoming infrastructure package.
