U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today participated in a conference call between the Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to discuss the pending implementation of the new North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on July 1. Following the call with Ambassador Lighthizer, Rep. Pascrell released the following stat... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced that he would vote in favor of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. “Across New Jersey, our doctors, nurses, and first responders have been heroes. They have risked their lives to keep our communities alive and today’s package is for them,” said Rep. Pascrell. “The funding in this bill for expanded testing, hospitals, and... Read more »

NORTH JERSEY – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) today announced the awarding of $2,351,114.87 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) public assistance grants to the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to aid the county’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Bergen County is the ha... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted furiously to comments by Mitch McConnell that he opposes what he labels a “blue state bailout” of states fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and that he prefers states expending enormous resources against the virus go bankrupt. “These wretched remarks by Mitch McConnell are a smack right into the face of every American,” said Rep. Pascrell. “Our stat... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) introduced the Coverage for COVID-19 Treatment Act of 2020. This legislation will require private insurers to cover treatment for COVID-19 with no-cost sharing for patients. “This pandemic is placing unbearable burdens on the backs of our neighbors and their families. With many uns... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted harshly to a report in the Associated Press about the results of a study done of COVID-19 patients at U.S. veterans hospitals that found that “[a] malaria drug widely touted by Donald Trump for treating coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals” and that there were “more deaths among t... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and John Rutherford (R-FL-04) today led 175 of their Democratic and Republican House colleagues calling on the White House to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) non-Federal cost share required under the COVID-19 emergency and major disaster declarations. The current formula requires states to pay 25 percent of public and ... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today mourned the passing of former Paterson Deputy Mayor, Paterson Housing Authority Director, and current Passaic Valley Water Commission member Ed Cotton. “Ed Cotton was a jewel in Paterson’s crown,” said Rep. Pascrell, a former Paterson mayor. “I had the good fortune and the honor of working with Eddie. As my Deputy Mayor, he served diligen... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Katie Porter (D-CA-45), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, today hammered Ticketmaster for refusing to issue refunds to Americans for events that have been postponed indefinitely by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to Ticketmaster President Amy Howe and Live Nation President Rapino, the two members call on Ticketmas... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today wrote a second letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell calling on the Fed to begin buying up municipal debt to give state and local governments flexibility to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite wrestling with one of the worst outbreaks in the nation, large counties like Bergen County are ineligible to apply for municipal debt ... Read more »