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Jul 10, 2025

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RELEASE: Ahead of Power Grid Operator PJM’s 2025 Electricity Auction, Gottheimer Demands Answers to Prevent Another Rate Hike for Jersey Families

NORTH JERSEY — Today, July 10, 2025, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) led a bipartisan letter with Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) to PJM Interconnection, the regional power grid operator serving New Jersey and 12 other states, demanding answers on how PJM plans to avoid another hike in electricity prices ahead of its 2025 capacity auction. The bipartisan […]

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Jul 8, 2025

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RELEASE: Gottheimer Urges Immediate Vote on Bipartisan IHRA Antisemitism Bill in NJ Assembly, Following More Delays

NORTH JERSEY — Today, July 8, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) sent a letter to New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin calling for an immediate vote on Assembly Bill A3558, bipartisan legislation that will establish the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism as law in New Jersey. This legislation — co-sponsored by […]

Jul 3, 2025

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RELEASE: Gottheimer Statement on Trump’s Tax Hike Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, July 3, 2025, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) released the following statement after voting against Trump’s extreme-right budget bill: “Trump’s Tax Hike bill is a complete debacle for New Jersey, for our families, our children, our veterans, and our seniors. This is not the Big Beautiful Bill — it’s the Big F’ed […]

Jul 2, 2025

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RELEASE: Gottheimer, Lawler Introduce Bipartisan Bunker Buster Act to Equip Israel Against Iran’s Continued Nuclear Threat, Strengthen U.S. National Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, July 2, 2025, U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Mike Lawler (NY-17) introduced the bipartisan Bunker Buster Act, legislation that authorizes the president to support Israel’s defense by providing the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), or “bunker buster” bomb, and the aircraft required to deploy it — to take out Iran’s underground nuclear […]