WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today celebrated the announcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it has now recovered one billion dollars (and counting) through increased enforcement. “The Inflation Reduction Act continues to deliver results. The recovery of $1 billion dollars is a gian... Read More »

PATERSON, NJ – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today cheered the awarding of a $99,499,531 grant to New Jersey Transit as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Low or No Emission Bus Grant Program funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Pascrell voted for this law and strongly advocated for this grant to be approved by the Federal Transit Administration. The grant revitaliz... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today mocked a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for Republicans’ Refrigerator Freedom Act. “Abbott and Costello. Rodney Dangerfield. Joan Rivers. Richard Pryor. George Carlin. Chris Rock. All of them are comedy amateurs when compared to the farce of Republican governance on display again today,” said Congressman Pascre... Read More »

PATERSON, NJ – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today excoriated Russia’s attack on a Kyiv children’s hospital, murdering dozens. “Today Vladimir Putin’s Russia terrorist state has committed its latest war crime: bombing a children’s hospital in Ukraine’s capital,” said Congressman Pascrell. “There is no gruesome atrocity the Russian terror state will not commit in its illegal war. My hear... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) this morning hammered the finding by the U.S. Supreme Court that former Presidents enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for so-called officials acts. “This decision by the Supreme Court today is a travesty and perhaps the most dangerous judicial opinion from our Supreme Court in generations,” said Congressman Pascrell. “By smoo... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today hammered the U.S. Supreme Court’s effective overruling of the Chevron Doctrine. “In the words of Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court’s currency today is not reason or fairness, but naked power,” said Congressman Pascrell. “By taking a hacksaw to a decades-old precedent, this Court continues its devolution to an unelected political le... Read More »

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) tonight celebrated passage in the Senate of the bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act. Pascrell was the lead Democratic cosponsor of the House version of the measure. After a vote of 88-2 in the Senate tonight the bill now heads to President Biden’s desk to become law. “When I came to Congress, fire departments across America were literally holding bake sal... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the co-chairman and co-founder of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force has passed four separate amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) addressing traumatic brain injury in American servicemembers. Two of the amendments were bipartisan with Republican cosponsors. The various amendments are cosponsored by Congressme... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the longtime co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, today joined members of Congress at the White House to watch President Biden sign Pascrell’s own Fire Grants and Safety Act into law. The law will help send aid to fire departments across America. “When I came to Congress, fire departments across America were literally holdin... Read More »

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) has held the final events celebrating delivering a total of $17,624,644 to New Jersey’s Ninth District through the 2024 federal government spending bill. “I am so proud our office was able to deliver over $17 million directly into our beautiful communities,” said Congressman Pascrell. “Federal funds are essential to overhauling and protecting our communitie... Read More »

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the co-chairman and co-founder the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, has introduced a resolution to designate a National Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month to help build public support to treat and cure the terrible illness. The resolution is cosponsored by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ-04). “Americans with Huntington's Disease confront enormous cha... Read More »

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), for 15 years the leading critic in Congress against Ticketmaster, today shared an opinion editorial in the Star-Ledger echoing Pascrell’s demands to break-up the behemoth monopoly. “One such lawmaker is Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ 9th Dist.), who protested the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster back in 2010, because he foresaw how it would ultimately make... Read More »

Congressmembers Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Emilia Sykes (D-OH-13) and Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) today introduced 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 would also close tax loopholes that reward companies shipping jobs overseas. “The continued shipping of jobs overseas ruins families, cripples our eco... Read More »

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) for 15 years the leading critic in Congress against Ticketmaster, today hailed and celebrated the announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that it will finally seek the dissolution of the abusive Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly through a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York. “This news is a victory for the millions of American fans who have be... Read More »

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today was relieved by the news that some American doctors trapped in Gaza have been evacuated into Israel, where they will be able to travel back to the United States. The group includes Passaic County Doctor, Ghada Abukuwaik. “Our prayers have been answered: It is with a huge sigh of relief that learned Dr. Abukuwaik and her colleagues have been safely eva... Read More »