Members of the New Jersey delegation have again reached out to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy demanding urgent answers on the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) ability to carry out the Garden State’s nearly-all vote-by-mail election, as well as on USPS continuing to illegally block congressmembers from inspecting a mail sorting facility in Kearny. The letter is signed by U.S. Reps. Bill P... Read More »
A group of members are calling for increased transparency of the $175 billion Provider Relief Fund (PRF) passed by Congress as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to support frontline health care providers battling COVID-19. In a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, the members seek answers on a series of HHS guidances that inexplic... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today requested that Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) commence an investigation of HHS Secretary Alex Azar’s dereliction in responding to official inquiries from Congress on HHS’s work to fight COVID-19 and root out endemic Trump administration corruption. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have p... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), and Mayor Andre Sayegh today highlighted a $3.4 million Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The grant will help Paterson coordinate with local medical and social service providers to remove lead paint in 66 low-income housing units thr... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today memorialized the eighth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy hitting New Jersey and causing catastrophic damage to the Garden State. “All New Jerseyans remember those terrible days in 2012. I will never forget them,” said Rep. Pascrell, who has helped lead efforts in Congress to provide storm relief to the state. “Our state had never seen anything like that ... Read More »
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Jerrold L. Nadler, the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Maxine Waters, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Financial Services, a... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today condemned recent military attacks on the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and reiterated his unflinching support for peace in the Artsakh region. “The right to self-governance is the very core of the American ideal. All peoples are entitled to that right, regardless of who they are, where they live, or how they pray. The people of Nagorno-Karabakh must have... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted to the Department of Justice’s escalation of a political probe into COVID-19 deaths in public nursing homes. “No one in their right mind would question the gravity of our nursing home crises. The devastation the virus has wrought on our seniors across the entire nation is one of the greatest tragedies in our modern history. In New Jersey, I have... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined by Congressmembers Bill Pascrell Jr. (NJ-9), Eric Swalwell (CA-15), and 33 other House members, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr demanding that he stop using the Department of Justice (DOJ) to undermine our election and help President Trump’s reelection campaign. Barr has failed to con... Read More »
Today, Tuesday, October 27, 2020, U.S. Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-9) released the following statement regarding the first positive COVID-19 case in several months at the state-run Paramus Veterans Memorial Home, where, earlier this year, 89 residents and 1 staff member died from COVID-19. “We are deeply concerned about the possibility of an outbreak at this state... Read More »
\U.S. Reps. David B. McKinley, P.E., (R-WV-01) and Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ-09) have led a letter with 54 Members of Congress to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing concerns over recent coverage denials from health plans for COVID-19 testing. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act passed by Congress in March and the CARES Act both included provisio... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted to a blockbuster report issued by the United States Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General confirming widespread interrupted service under the leadership of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. On August 12, Pascrell called on IG Whitcomb to probe DeJoy’s ill-advised operational changes. “I wanted to read through this entire report before commenting... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) requested the Internal Revenue Service respond to their concerns over the agency’s preparedness for the upcoming tax filing season due to ongoing backlogs that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Clearly, the current filing season has been long and ch... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, led all panel members in demanding answers from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) sudden revocation of the tax-exempt status of 30,000 nonprofit organizations. This decision imperils charitable organizations aiding Americans struggling through the pand... Read More »
Visiting a major East Coast postal facility, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07), and Albio Sires (D-NJ-08) today furiously assailed the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) refusal to allow the members to enter and inspect the Dominic V. Daniels Processing and Distribution Center to assess USPS’s ability to carry out New Jersey’s ongoing all-vote-by-mail election. “... Read More »
