Today, U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Dave Brat (R-VA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) introduced the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017. The legislation would close loopholes in the H-1B and L visa programs to reduce fraud and abuse, provide protections for American workers and visa holders, and require more transparency in the recruitment of foreign workers. This bipa... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today regarding news that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have met with the Russian Ambassador during the campaign without disclosing it to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Under penalty of perjury, Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the Senate Judiciary Committee, 'I have been called a surrogate at a time or two... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) joined 153 colleagues in a bi-partisan letter lead by U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) and Joseph Crowley (D-NY) to the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the FBI Director regarding recent bomb threats aimed at Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) in more than two dozen states across the nation, including the Kaplen JCC on... Read more »

Following reports of elevated pollution levels in the Hackensack River from recent sediment samples, Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Bill Pascrell (NJ-9) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging swift action in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to finalize the Agency’s review of the site and determine if it should be add... Read more »

Committee on Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Reps. Sander Levin (D-MI), and Tim Ryan (D-OH) today sent a letter to President Trump today urging him to go beyond executive action and support legislation that would direct the Department of Commerce to treat currency manipulation as a countervailable subsidy. “We have read reports that your Administration i... Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, joined a group of 45 Senate and House members in introducing a bill requiring the President to publicly disclose any financial interests that would be at stake before acting on trade matters. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member ... Read more »

– Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sent a letter to the Newark Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation raising concerns about reported FBI phone calls and attempts to meet in-person with Syrian refugees. The representatives questioned whether the FBI contact might have an adverse impact on ensuring refugees feel safe and secure in their commu... Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement following news that Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) declined to request President Trump's taxes for closed session review of potential conflicts of interest. "I hoped and still hope that my friend Kevin Brady will put country over party. This isn’t a partisan issue. The precedent was set in 1974 when t... Read more »

In advance of President Trump’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Sander Levin (D-MI), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) detailed the long-standing economic barriers put in place by Japan to block U.S. exports. Rep. Pascrell is the Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee. Rep. Kaptur is co-chair of the House Auto Caucus. She and Mr. Levin trave... Read more »

Today, U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Congressman Chris Collins (R-NY) announced the introduction of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act with 76 bipartisan original sponsors. The bill would create a national cancer registry for firefighters diagnosed with this deadly disease. The creation of this registry would enable researchers to study the relationship between firefighters'... Read more »