U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement in response to the postponement of the vote on Republican health care proposal, and the new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring on the bill including the Manager's Amendment.
"When your initial plan causes 24 million Americans to go without health care… Read more »
U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the Ways and Means and Budget Committees, released the following statement regarding the proposed budget blueprint issued by President Trump today.
"This budget makes severe, draconian, and needless cuts to programs Americans rely on every day – from support for clean air and safe water, to promoting diplomacy abroad, to… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, wrote to Governor Chris Christie to highlight the serious adverse consequences that repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its Medicaid expansion will have on New Jersey’s residents and state budget. Rep. Pascrell called on Gov. Christie to relay to House… 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 »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Pete Olson (R-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Dave Reichert (R-WA) introduced H.R. 4614, the Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016. This bipartisan legislation would allow for Medicare coverage of qualified radiology assistant (RA) services.
"Bolstering the U.S.’s health care workforce has long been a… Read more »
GARFIELD, NJ – Legislation would cut taxes for seniors, increase benefits and strengthen retirement security [November 12, 2015]
Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) was joined by Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) for a lunch meeting with 200 constituents at the Garfield Senior Center to discuss retirement security and their plan to expand and strengthen Social… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today announced that seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries who fallen in the gap in Part D prescription drug coverage will receive a one-time $250 rebate check in mid-June. The rebates were made possible by the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the landmark health insurance reform legislation President Barack Obama signed into law last March.
“The… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today joined federal, state and city officials on Monday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Belmont Senior Apartments project at Belmont Avenue and Cliff Street. The start of this affordable housing project that will provide 85 units for seniors was made possible this through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which Rep. Pascrell… Read more »
Helping senior citizens and healthcare providers to a major victory, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today voted in the House of Representatives to override the President’s veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. Following the overwhelming 383-41 House vote, the Senate voted 70-26 to override the veto.
“With this veto override, Medicare… Read more »
Pascrell Secured $200,000 for Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton/Passaic Initiative
PATERSON - U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. announced today $200,000 in federal funding for the Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) "Aging in Place" initiative spearheaded by the Jewish Family Service (JFS), a division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton/Passaic. The… Read more »
