Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Pushes Swift Passage of Funding to Protect Houses of Worship from Rising Extremism
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in favor of H.R. 6825, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act, which will allocate $500 million annually to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) to help houses of worship and religious communities better protect themselves from rising domestic threats.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Op-Ed Again Urges End to Infamous Tax Loopholes
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, this weekend published an op-ed in the North Jersey Bergen Record outlining the two worst loopholes in America’s federal tax laws, so-called carried interest and stepped-up basis, and urged their closure as essential to creating a fair tax system.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Calls for New IRS Chief
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, today called for President Biden to replace the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner in response to the latest IRS scandal involving millions of destroyed documents.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Calls on New Postal Board Members to Finally Fire DeJoy
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised the Senate confirmation of Dan Tangherlini and Derek Kan to the United States Postal Service (USPS) board of governors, which creates a majority of appointees named by President Biden, and called on the governors to finally replace disgraced Trump Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Blasts Blockade of Women’s Health Protection Act
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today harshly criticized unified Senate Republican opposition of the Women’s Health Protection Act. Pascrell voted for the Women’s Health Protection Act when it passed the House last September.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Legislation to Improve Police Trauma Training Advanced by Judiciary Committee
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Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today celebrated the House Judiciary Committee’s approval of his TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act (H.R. 2992) during National Police Week. First proclaimed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, National Police Week has grown to a series of events that attracts thousands of law enforcement officers to our Nation's Capital each year to honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell’s Lifesaving Anti-Opioids Reauthorization Bill Approved by Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee
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Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today thanked his colleagues on the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Health Subcommittee for their swift and unanimous reauthorization of the Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, McCaul Lead 161 Members of Congress Demanding $360 Million to Protect Houses of Worship
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Mike McCaul (R-TX-10) have led 161 House colleagues requesting a significant increase in Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funding for Fiscal Year 2023. In a letter to the leaders of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, the members officially requested that the NSGP program be funded at $360 million, to be split evenly among the NSGP’s Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) and State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP).
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Announces Major $3.3 Million Outdoor Spaces Grant to Passaic County
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today announced that North Jersey had been awarded $3,349,369 from the Biden administration to renovate North Pulaski Park in Passaic. The funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior comes after Rep. Pascrell had written the government requesting money to reinvigorate the community space.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Rutherford Lead 160 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, are leading a bipartisan group of 160 Democrats and Republicans requesting increased funding in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriation bill for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Proudly Supports Ukraine Lend Lease
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today spoke emphatically on the floor of the House of Representatives in favor of S.3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act to send more American supplies and weaponry to Ukraine to help defeat Russia’s barbaric invasion.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Urges New Crackdown on Mexican Labor Corruption
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today commented on the latest United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) rapid response. The move comes in reaction to rampant collusion and corruption by local Mexican authorities and a sham union at Panasonic plants in Reynosa in the state of Tamaulipas.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Menendez Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Young Athletes
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today reintroduced bicameral legislation today to improve sports safety and protect student athletes from cardiac arrest, concussions, heat-related illness and other on-field or on-court medical emergencies.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Votes to Hold Trump Toadies Navarro and Scavino in Contempt of Congress
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in favor of a House resolution finding former Trump White House trade advisor Peter Navarro and former Trump Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the January 6 commission. The resolution opens the door for the Department of Justice to pursue criminal charges against the pair.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Condemns Barbaric Russian War Crimes
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), whose Ninth District of New Jersey encompasses one of the nation’s largest Ukrainian American communities, today condemned growing evidence of systemic war crimes by Russian forces against Ukrainians and Ukraine.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Colleagues Introduce Legislation on Brain Injuries in Survivors of Domestic Violence
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02) and U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data on the connection between domestic violence and traumatic brain injuries.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Touts $35 Insulin for Millions
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today spoke in strong support of H.R. 6833, the Affordable Insulin Now Act on the floor of the House. This watershed bill will lower the price of insulin to $35 for Medicare beneficiaries and holders of private insurance.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell, Colleagues Demand Delay of Risk Rating 2.0 to Protect Constituents from Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Troy Carter (D-LA-02), and Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell calling for FEMA to delay the rollout of the National Flood Insurance Program’s Risk Rating 2.0 calculation system.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell Leads 97 House Members Beseeching Attorney General to Protect Voting Rights
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today led 96 House members writing to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to exercise greater vigilance and leadership in protecting voting rights from the growing threat of voter suppression in virtually every state in the country.
Bill Pascrell Jr. for Congressman: Pascrell and McHenry Op-ed Sounds the Alarm Against a Backdoor Boon for Chinese Supply Chains
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U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10), co-chairs of the Congressional Textile Caucus, published an op-ed essay discussing the importance of strengthening supply chains in the United States and Central America and ensuring trade policies do not bolster manufacturing and production from factories in China.
