Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) announced that the Department of Homeland Security awarded a $34,239 federal FIRE Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to the Secaucus Fire Department. Specifically, the grant will allow the department to invest in new thermal imaging equipment. This grant is the seventh Operations and Safety Grant awarded to Secaucus, totaling $745,215. “Sec... Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, gave the following remarks during the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s hearing on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation. "USTR has invited the American public to comment on matters relevant to the re-negotiation of NAFTA to assist USTR in developing its negot... Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement in response to the report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the Senate Trumpcare bill. "Strike three. After issuing two devastating analyses of two different House bills, today’s nonpartisan CBO analysis found that the Senate bill repealing and ‘re... Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statements after a Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) panel issued its report regarding Guatemala’s compliance with the labor provisions in CAFTA: “Today’s decision is detrimental to the global trading system and flies in the face of th... Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), a former member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced a $453,497 federal grant for the Global Peace Foundation to do training and engagement to counter violent extremism. The CVE grant program was created during the Obama Administration. On January 13, 2017, then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the federal government would... Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), a former member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced a $453,497 federal grant for the Global Peace Foundation to do training and engagement to counter violent extremism. The CVE grant program was created during the Obama Administration. On January 13, 2017, then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the federal government would... Read more »
Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) introduced legislation Thursday that would allow local governments to more easily access private funds for water infrastructure projects. The Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 removes water and wastewater infrastructure projects from the Private Activity Bond (PAB) volume cap. PABs are a form of financing t... Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement after Senate Republicans unveiled their health care bill. "The President correctly assessed that the House bill is 'mean' and, make no mistake, the Senate bill is just as bad or maybe worse. Senate Republicans must listen to the overwhelming view of the American people ... Read more »
U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and U.S. Representative Leonard Lance (R-NJ) led a bipartisan letter with 68 colleagues to Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin protesting the Administration’s plan to eliminate the federal deduction for state and local taxes. The elimination of this deduction would be especially detrimental to high-tax s... Read more »
U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) released a joint statement with Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Dave Reichert (R-WA), and André Carson (D-IN) after the introduction of a House Resolution honoring the United States Capitol Police. Pascrell and Reichert serve together as co-chairs of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus. H. Con. Res. 64 was created in order to recognize... Read more »
