Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Demands VA Reverse Recommendation to Close Veterans Clinic
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today called on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to halt its misguided plan to close the Paterson Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 2 which serves veterans in northern and central New Jersey.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Introduces Protections for Senior Lab Services Facing Cuts
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee with purview over health care, Scott Peters (D-CA-52), Richard Hudson (R-NC-08), Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05), and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) today introduced the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act, or SALSA.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Landmark Anti-Opioids Bill Ratified by House of Representatives
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) this evening hailed the passage in the House of Representatives of his Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act. Championed by Pascrell, ALTO encourages the use of non-opioid treatments in emergency departments throughout the country.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Calls on Clarence Thomas to Resign
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted to the latest reports that Ginni Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, conspired with lawyers for Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the election.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Bacon, Demings, Fitzpatrick Introduce Law Enforcement Officer Fair Retirement Act
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Don Bacon (R-NE-02), Val Demings (D-FL-10), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) today introduced the Law Enforcement Officer Fair Retirement Act to ensure federal police and first responders are paid the full compensation they have earned.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Praises Proposed $360M to Protect Houses of Worship Amid Rising Tide of Domestic Extremism
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised the FY2023 spending bill released by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security which includes the full $360,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) long sought by Pascrell and his colleagues to protect houses of worship from rising domestic extremism threats.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Casey, DeLauro, Cornyn, Fitzpatrick, Spartz, McCaul Herald Progress in China Trade Proposal
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Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) and Victoria Spartz (R-IN-05) and U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Cornyn (R-TX) released a joint statement on the new proposal for an outbound investment mechanism in the conference of H.R.4521, the Bipartisan Innovation Act.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Hails Medical Device Decision to Grow Patient Safety
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today celebrated new action by the Accredited Standards Committee X12 moving the nation one step closer to including Unique Device Identifiers (UDI) on medical claims forms.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell and Homeland Chair Thompson Demand Answers on New Security Grant Funding Formula
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02) have called for answers on how a new scoring system for allocating funds from the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) that incorporates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s social vulnerability index (SVI) impacts New Jersey and Mississippi.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces Over $2 Million in Federal Grants for Safe Routes to School Program
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U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today $2,078,000 in federal funds to increase route safety and accessibility near K-8 schools in several Bergen and Passaic County towns.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Tells Medical School Grads “We Are Counting on You”
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today delivered the keynote address at the American University of Antigua College of Medicine (AUA) graduation ceremony at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. There are 250 graduates in the AUA class of 2022, and over 2,000 family members, loved ones, and well-wishers attended the ceremonies.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Lauds Landmark Executive Order on Policing and Public Safety
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the longtime co-chairman of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, today praised President Biden’s Executive Order to Advance Effective, Accountable Policing and Strengthen Public Safety.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Calls on Senate to Quickly Confirm ATF Chief in Wake of Uvalde School Massacre
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the longtime co-chairman of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, today praised the Senate for holding a hearing on Steve Dettelbach to be the next Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and called on the Senate to expeditiously confirm the clearly qualified nominee.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Neal, Davis Statement on GAO Foster Care Report
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Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL-07), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) released the following statement after the release of a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on LGBTQ+ youth in the foster care system and ways the U.S.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Police Training Bill Passes House
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today hailed passage in the House of his legislation, the TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act (H.R. 2992) during National Police Week. The legislation will create enhanced training to help law enforcement and first responders better recognize and treat people suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Co-leads 57 Congressmembers Seeking Probe into American Journalist’s Death in Israel
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) co-led a letter with Reps. Andre Carson (D-IN-07) and Lou Correa (D-CA-46), calling on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of State to open investigations into the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 in the city of Jenin.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Convenes Hearing on Tax Fairness and the IRS
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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 convened a hearing on ways the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can help make the U.S. tax system fairer for all Americans.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell’s Lifesaving Anti-Opioids Bill Advanced by Energy & Commerce Committee
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Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today thanked his colleagues on the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee for their reauthorization of his Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act. Led by Pascrell, ALTO encourages the use of non-opioid treatments in emergency departments throughout the country.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Praises Biden Admin Again Supporting Mexican Labor Rights
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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 praised the Biden administration for its latest trade enforcement action, this time against Panasonic for labor violations against workers and its Reynosa Mexican facility.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Lambastes Plummeting Audit Rates for Wealthy Tax Cheats
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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 highlighted a new report he requested from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) auditing rates have steadily plummeted over the last ten years, disproportionally benefiting wealthy Americans.
