Today, the original bipartisan sponsors of the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fully implement this law in the wake of continued attacks on police. The letter (click here for PDF) was signed by U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), U.S. Representative Dave Reichert (R-WA), U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), and U.S.… Read more »
Rep. Pascrell wrote a letter urging the TSA to consider waiving or reducing $85 application fee for access to expedited traveler screening program
PATERSON — In a letter, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) urged Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator Peter Neffenger to examine the feasibility of instituting a program that would allow veterans to participate in… Read more »
Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), member of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus and represents a large Ukrainian-American population in northern New Jersey, issued the following statement in response to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's remarks this weekend on Ukraine and its relationship with Russia.
"This past weekend we again saw that in addition to Donald… Read more »
In continuing his fight to protect nonprofit organizations at high risk of terrorist attack, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) announced $4.26 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Non-Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The program provides critical support for physical security enhancements to nonprofit organization at high risk of a… Read more »
Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Seth Moulton (D-MA), and David Cicilline (D-RI) sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry calling on the State Department to meet its stated goal of screening and resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of this fiscal year. This letter (link) comes as House Republicans introduce legislation to shut down refugee resettlement. To date,… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) successfully advanced initiatives to support local law enforcement and counter tax-related phone scams as the House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation that would combat identity theft and tax fraud.
At Thursday’s committee meeting, the committee unanimously reported the bipartisan Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Prevention Act,… Read more »
Today, Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Budget and Ways & Means Committees, voted in favor or a measure to fund the government. The House adopted the $1.1 trillion Omnibus Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016 by a vote of 316 to 113, and with Senate passage, the bill goes to the President for signature.
“While not everything we wanted, I am pleased… Read more »
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) announced increased funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Nonprofit Security Grant Program has been included in the Congressional spending deal.
“At a time when our communities are seeing an increased threat of a terrorist attack, this funding will go directly toward making nonprofit… Read more »
Rep. Pascrell Joins Reps. Vargas & Cicilline in leading letter that seeks to increase funding for refugee related-accounts
Yesterday, Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr (NJ-9), Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51), and Rep. David N. Cicilline (RI-1) co-led a letter to the House Appropriations Committee encouraging them to increase funding for refugee assistance and resettlement programs as they seeks… Read more »
Refugees subject to highest level of scrutiny & background checks of any U.S. traveler [November 19, 2015]
Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4038, the American SAFE Act of 2015. This House Republican legislation would immediately halt resettlement of refugees from Syria and Iraq:
“Refugees are… Read more »
