U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today hailed the announcement by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency that it would advance its redevelopment of the neighborhood around Hinchcliffe Stadium with $29.1 million in funding for 75 units of senior housing. “This announcement by the state is a welcome investment for both Hinchcliffe and its surrounding neighborhoods,” said Rep. Pascr... Read more »

Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), John Rutherford (R-FL-04), Don Bacon (R-NE-02), TJ Cox (D-CA-21), and Val Demings (D-FL-10) introduced in the House the TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act. The legislation would implement several measures to better train law enforcement for interactions with individuals suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) or post-traumatic stress diso... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised the hearing the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held on potential unfair and deceptive practices currently racking the live events ticketing industry. Pascrell is the author of H.R. 3248, the Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing (BOSS Act), landmark legislation to fix ... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today assailed a decision by a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit which would allow the Trump administration to continue withholding congressionally-approved funds to seven states and New York City. “This decision by these judges is nothing less than a greenlight for Donald Trump to continue his extortion against New Jersey and... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today wrote to Commissioner Steven Hahn of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting information and details on the federal government’s plan to preserve the medical supply chain in light of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. In 2018, the United States imported more than $13 billion of drugs, devices, and food from Ch... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted to reports that Donald Trump removed Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire after Maguire briefed members of Congress on Russia’s continued attacks on American elections. “If these reports are accurate, we should be clear and direct with what they mean,” said Rep. Pascrell, a leading congressional critic of the Trump administration. “T... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $817,544 to Paterson to help the city combat HIV. The grant will aid low-income individuals and families by enhancing access to care and providing direct financial assistance to areas most severely affected by the virus that causes AIDS. “This grant will help the City of Paterso... Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) came to the defense of Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning ‘Parasite’ after Donald Trump baselessly denigrated the film’s recognition by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a political rally in Colorado. “The movie Parasite has rightly electrified the world with its trenchant observations about class, inequality, and other timely themes of our ... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today responded to a letter the band Pearl Jam sent to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR-02) opposing Rep. Pascrell’s H.R. 3248, the Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing (BOSS Act), landmark legislation to fix the corrupted live events ticket ma... Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) reacted to the announcement by Donald Trump that he would commute the sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who is currently in prison for overwhelming public corruption, and pardon junk bond king Michael Milken, the face of the 1980s finance scandals. “The pardoning of these disgraced figures should be treated as another national scand... Read more »