U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today commended U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), House Homeland Security Committee chairman, for asking the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to brief the committee about the extent to which information sharing gaps and violent extremism contributed to the shootings last week at Fort Hood that left 13 people… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today lauded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama for his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.
“Clearly, President Obama has effectively communicated to the world that a new era in the United States has… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today denounced Scotland Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill’s decision to free Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in the terrorist attack against Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988.
Al-Megrahi returned today to his… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) cosponsored legislation today the “Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009” that would establish a Federal Aviation Administration task force to identify aviation industry best practices in areas including pilot training and inter-carrier information sharing.
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Acting to strengthen federal chemical security standards and extend the Department of Homeland Security’s authority over chemical plants, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) voted to approve The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 in the House Homeland Security Committee today.
“The Chemical Facility… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security today issued the following statement regarding the emerging H1N1 influenza.“The emergence of swine flu in the United States reminds us how quickly and easily a bio incident can spread across countries. It also calls in to question how prepared we are to… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) New Jersey’s only member of the Homeland Security Committee today announced over $86 million in new federal homeland security funding for New Jersey’s chemical plants, ports, rails, busses and emergency communication infrastructure. “I applaud the Obama administration for demonstrating a… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today joined a congressional delegation in the White House to brief President Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, National Security Adviser General James Jones and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on what they learned from soldiers, diplomats and President Hamid Karzai during a recent foreign assignment in… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08), the author of the Firefighter Investment Response Enhancement (FIRE) grant program today announced two FIRE grant awards for Eighth Congressional District municipalities. In the latest round of funding, the Bloomfield Fire Department has been awarded $302,198 to invest in a new vehicle, while Little Falls… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security today announced that $1,060,774 in federal funding has been allocated for the State of New Jersey to improve the reliability and accuracy of state government issued identification documentation.
“Fortifying our identification… Read more »
