Press Releases
PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Budget and Ways & Means Committees, released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the U.S. added 242,000 jobs in February, up from 172,000 jobs the previous month. The unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from January.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Richard Hanna (R-NY) today introduced a bill that would create a national cancer registry for firefighters diagnosed with the deadly disease.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.), member of the House Budget Committee, today expressed support for the President’s budget proposal, while also condemning the refusal of Republicans on the House Budget Committee to hold a hearing on the President’s proposal for fiscal year 2017.
State received only $15M of potential $300M in available resiliency dollars
PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $2,297,203 to the City of Paterson under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
PATERSON, NJ – FEMA has agreed to review certain areas that do not flood historically. [January 22, 2016]
PATERSON, NJ – State lost out on North Jersey projects totaling over $300 million [January 22, 2016]
PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) stood with local business leaders yesterday to announce the permanent extension of Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code allowing small businesses to plan ahead and make investments knowing they will not be hit with a tax bill for those purchases. [January 20, 2016]
CLIFTON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the promoted and appointed members of the Clifton Fire Department. [January 8, 2016]