Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pallone, Pascrell Legislation Will Force Polluters to Pay for Superfund Cleanup
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Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06) and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today announced the reintroduction of legislation to help the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) clean up Superfund sites listed on the EPA’s National Priorities List.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Pallone, Nadler Lead House Chairs Calling on Biden Administration to Strengthen Antitrust Oversight of Corrupted Live Events Ticket Market
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ-06), the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, today led two other House committee chairs urging the Biden Administration to take a stronger hand of antitrust enforcement in the live events ticket marketplace, particularly in its oversight of the longtime Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Urges Charity and Dignity for Refugees
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted to reports that the Biden administration has yet to raise unconscionably low national refugee admittance caps set by the Trump administration.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Neal, Larson Statement on SSA’s Decision to Halt “No-Match” Letters
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Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement regarding Social Security Administration (SSA)’s decision to halt sending “no-match” letters, also known as Educational Correspondence (EDCOR) notices:
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Lauds Paycheck Fairness Act Passage
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Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) celebrated passage in the House of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which seeks to raise wages and ensure gender equality in the workplace.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces Federal Funeral Assistance for Those Who’ve Lost Loved Ones to Covid-19
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today that FEMA has begun accepting applications for funeral assistance for New Jerseyans who have lost loved ones to COVID-19. Rep. Pascrell helped pass the funeral assistance program as part of the American Rescue Plan last month.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Ocasio-Cortez, Kaptur, Gillibrand, Sanders Call on Congress to Implement Postal Banking Programs
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Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), and U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called on Congress to implement postal banking pilot programs in rural and urban communities across the country as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Senate and House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (FSGG) Appropriations bills and eventual final conference agreement.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Neal, Pascrell Applaud IRS for Tireless Work Distributing Stimulus Checks
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Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) released the following statement applauding the Internal Revenue Service’s work sending out the stimulus checks and supplemental payments to Americans in need:
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Fitzpatrick Reintroduce Green Bill to Help Phase-out Fossil Fuels
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) have reintroduced the Renewable Chemicals Act, legislation that will create an allocated tax credit for production of qualifying renewable chemicals from biomass or investment in production facilities.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Op-ed: Private Equity’s Growing Control of Health Care Endangers the Underserved
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PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, has an op-ed on Wall Street’s growing control of the health care industry, particularly in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Urges United Front for Ukraine Against Russia
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today called on the United States and its allies to come together to support Ukraine in its defense of the growing aggression by the violent Russian state.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Menendez Highlight Student Loan Debt Crisis on Montclair State Campus
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today were joined by students, administrators, and higher education advocates at Montclair State University to highlight the student loan debt crisis.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Gottheimer Join Forces to Fight New York’s Congestion Taxes Targeting New Jersey Commuters
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Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) announced new federal steps to fight back against the proposed New York congestion taxes unfairly targeting hardworking New Jersey families for driving into midtown Manhattan.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Reintroduces Bring Jobs Home Act
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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 reintroduced the Bring Jobs Home Act, legislation which seeks to cut taxes for American companies that move jobs to the U.S. from another nation, and also would close tax loopholes that reward companies shipping jobs overseas.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces IRS Refunds to Unemployment Insurance Recipients
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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 announced that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would send refunds later this spring and summer to Americans who reported unemployment compensation on their tax returns before changes enacted by the signing into law on March 11 of the American Rescue Plan by President Biden.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces $3.7M American Rescue Plan Grant 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 $3,702,250 to the Paterson Community Health Center to assist the center in providing primary health care to low-income Paterson residents.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Praises Landmark Judicial Picks
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would nominate 11 new federal judges, including Julien X. Neals and Zahid N. Quraishi for vacant seats on the U.S.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Aims New Legislation to Force Wealthiest Americans to Pay Fair Share
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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 introduced H.R. 2286, legislation to tax the capital gains of some of America’s wealthiest families upon certain transfers of appreciated capital assets.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Rice Applaud Landmark Offshore Wind Energy Area Announcement
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY-04) applauded the Biden administration’s announcement today designating a new priority Wind Energy Area in the New York Bight to clear the way for offshore wind development off the coasts of New York and New Jersey.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Menendez, Pascrell Lead Call for HHS to Halt Trump-Era Policy that Will Cost NJ Hospitals Millions
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), senior members of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees that set national health policy, today led a delegation letter urging U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to cease implementation of a Trump-era policy that will cost Central Jersey hospitals over $100 million and undermine their ability to attract the best talent at a time when they are at the frontlines of the pandemic.
