PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today wrote to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn calling on his agency to be guided by science and not politics or political interference in granting approvals for therapeutics to combat COVID-19. “The FDA must maintain its global status as the gold standard for drug approval and ... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) accepted their request to allow all New Jersey School Food Authorities to continue feeding students in the Summer Food Service Program through June 30. “The impact of this continuing crisis is especially devastating on needy ... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today wrote 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. “The burdens weathered by our state, city, and local governments will be astronomical. Many are already now contemplating significant budgetary cuts, many of which will like... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for his work to keep open two COVID-19 testing sites in New Jersey, located at Bergen Community College in Paramus and the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, that were slated to be closed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Following Governor Murphy’s intervention, FEMA will continue ad... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today issued a statement on the passing of former Passaic Assemblyman Louis Gill. “I am mourning my friend Louis Gill today,” said Rep. Pascrell. “Louis’s record of service is unmatched. Louis was a teacher, a city councilor, a state legislator, an activist, a grocer, and a son of Poland and a Pulski Day Grand Marshall. His entire life was dedi... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) led New Jersey’s entire House delegation today urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) to include a lifting of the cap of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction in the next emergency relief package considered by the House. The letter builds on recent efforts by several members of the delegation to address SALT in a new stimulus, including... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today announced that the cities of Clifton, Passaic, and Paterson, as well as Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties, had received a total of $14,644,214 in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the department’s first allocation of COVID-19 funding to help Americans weather the continuing pandemic. The recove... Read more »

PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised the formation of a House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Response by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “This move by the Speaker is excellent and essential to fighting the virus,” said Rep. Pascrell. “While we must be focused like a laser on getting more resources to our doctors and nurses and greater direct relief to Americans and small ... Read more »

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today led the New Jersey and New York congressional delegations, including Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kristin Gillibrand (D-NY), in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expedite the awarding of funds for hospitals and health care providers as appropriated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and ... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) supports the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to give financial relief and assistance to the growing numbers of Americans upended by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which today passed in the House the Representatives. “This legislation provides life-saving measures of support to the millions of Americans and countless small businesses... Read more »