U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today convened officials from New Jersey’s Ninth Congressional district in Bergen, Passaic, and Hudson counties for a call to discuss the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and to coordinate vaccination efforts. The mayors asked Pascrell several questions regarding local needs including, vaccination infrastructure, how to secure more doses for their cities and town... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today wrote to President Joe Biden calling on him to fire the entire United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors for their silence and complicity in Donald Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s deliberate campaign to subvert vote-by-mail elections and destroy the Post Office. “After several years of unprecedented sabotage, the United States Po... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised the decision of the Biden administration to eliminate Schedule F imposed by the Trump regime and designed to pillage the Federal civil service. On November 3, 2020, Pascrell led members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight sounding the alarm of politicization at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and demanding then-U.S. Treasury... Read more »

Today, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18) reintroduced the Presidential Tax Transparency Act, legislation requiring sitting presidents and vice presidents and major party candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency to publicly disclose their 10 most recent federal income tax returns. “The stunning corruption of the Trump regime has made clear for all time the... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today led 122 of his House colleagues calling on the incoming Biden administration to expand on its commitment to rejoin the Paris Agreement by working with the governments of Canada and Mexico to include the agreement in the recently-renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). “[W]e strongly urge you to take your commitment to rejoin the Paris ... Read more »

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10), and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07), today applauded the final execution of a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA), unlocking over $800 million in federal funding for construction of a new Portal North Bridge. NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Kevin Corbett today officially signe... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted to multiple news reports that Arizona Republican Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05) worked with far-right extremist groups to help organize the violent mob that attacked the United States Capitol. Last week’s riot seeking to topple American democracy led to the deaths of five people including a U.S. Capitol Police Officer. “It is despicable enough o... Read more »

Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) led Committee Democrats in urging U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Steven Mnuchin to act upon news reports suggesting that tax-exempt organizations had a role in the seditious and destructive activities that took place last week at the United States Capitol. The members asked Treasury to issue emergency guidance detail... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today praised the lifetime of public service of New Jersey State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) upon her announcement that she would retire from the legislature at the end of 2021. “Even among the rich ranks of New Jersey’s leadership, Loretta Weinberg is sui generis: there is absolutely nobody like her,” said Rep. Pascrell. “In Teaneck a... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) this morning celebrated the elections in Georgia of Rafael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to the United States Senate, giving full control of the federal government to Democrats. “The 2020 elections are over and the American people have spoken unequivocally by putting the Democratic Party in complete control of the federal government. Americans demand results and we ... Read more »