U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ), along with Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) today announced the awarding of an $824,110 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, and a $556,102 grant from the HHS to the Hackensack University Medical Center. Both grants wil... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the follow statement in response to the U.S. airstrikes in Syria: "Seeing how the President did a 180 degree shift of his viewpoint on the utility of striking Syria, I hope he will also shift his thinking on Syrian refugee ban. 'No child of God should ever' be shunned from our shores after fleeing civil war and the murderous Assad regime. "The atr... Read more »

Committee on Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), and Reps. Sander Levin (D-MI), and Tim Ryan (D-OH) introduced the Currency Reform For Fair Trade Act. This bill takes aim at currency manipulators by enabling the Department of Commerce to impose countervailing duties to offset the impact of currency manipulation on a U.S. industry. "While President Trump soun... Read more »

New Jersey’s newest national park, the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, welcomed more than 177,000 visitors in 2016. The Great Falls is one of the 77 national parks (of 382 reporting) that set visitation records. According to statistics released this month, the National Park Service (NPS) as a whole received nearly 331 million visits last year, beating last year's record numbers by a... Read more »

Yesterday, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Dan Donovan (R-NY) led a bipartisan letter 110 of their colleagues urging the co-chairs of the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Homeland Security to fund the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NPSG) at $50 million in the FY2018 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. The letter cites an increase of anti-Se... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) led a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in introducing legislation to honor Larry Doby, the first African-American to play in the American League, with the Congressional Gold Medal. The lawmakers are cosponsoring the Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act to posthumously honor Doby for his career and contributions to American major... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Democratic Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, gave the following statement after the public release of a draft letter noticing Congress about the opening of renegotiations of the NAFTA trade pact: "In my view, this draft falls far short of the kinds of trade policy reforms we need and the President led the American peopl... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Democratic Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, released the following statement in response to the decision by the Department of Commerce to examine whether China meets the market economy test: "Simply put, China is not a market economy, and I am fully confident that the Department of Commerce’s investigation will confirm... Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, responded to the Ways and Means Committee markup and "unfavorable" report on his Resolution of Inquiry. The resolution was voted down in a 24-16 vote. "What are they hiding? Our constituents are demanding that we make a case for transparency. The committee majority acted today to hide the Presiden... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement in response to pulling the vote on the Republican health care proposal. "As this rushed process unfolded, it became clear that Republicans could not present workable health care policies but instead were constructing an incoherent hodgepodge of proposals," Rep. Pascrell s... Read more »