Lawmakers joined by leading state health care and public safety officials in push for immediate Congressional action BELLEVILLE - Flanked by leaders from the health care industry and the New Jersey State Police Office of Emergency Management, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8th) and Robert Menendez, (D-NJ-13) today called upon their Congressional colleagues to pass sweeping… Read more »

MEASURE WOULD IMPOSE FIRST FEDERAL MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES Calling bomb threats "emotional terrorism at its very worst," Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today introduced legislation that would, for the first time, require mandatory minimum sentences under federal law for those who make bomb threats against individuals, buildings, or property. Communities throughout New Jersey and… Read more »