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Aug 10, 2026

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RELEASE: Gottheimer Hosts Roundtable, Claws Back More Than $1 Million in Federal Resources to Help Stop Domestic & Community Violence in North Jersey

Above: Gottheimer announces funding to help stop violence in North Jersey. HACKENSACK, NJ — Today, August 10, 2026, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) hosted a roundtable at Bergen’s Promise in Hackensack with leaders from Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), law enforcement, local elected officials, and community stakeholders to discuss domestic violence, shootings, stabbings, and other forms of […]

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Aug 4, 2026

Press

STATEMENT: Gottheimer Supports “Pacing the Frontier” Petition, Future of Responsible AI Innovation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, August 4, 2026, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) released the following statement: “The rapid advancement of AI tools is deeply concerning, and so are the serious warnings from the people building them. Just recently, OpenAI and Anthropic models escaped their secure training environments and indiscriminately hacked real-world organizations on their own. These incidents make […]

Aug 4, 2026

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RELEASE: Gottheimer, Lawler Urge FTC to Protect Anti-Discrimination Safeguards in AI as Proposed Rule Threatens Civil-Rights Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Mike Lawler (NY-17) sent a bipartisan letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson and submitted it as a formal public comment, urging the agency to revise its proposed policy statement so that it does not deter AI developers from preventing discrimination. Today, most leading AI […]

Aug 3, 2026

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PHOTO RELEASE: Gottheimer Celebrates New Jersey State Fair in Sussex County

Above: Gottheimer attends New Jersey State Fair in Sussex County. AUGUSTA, NJ — U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined Jersey families, farmers, and exhibitors at the 2026 New Jersey State Fair, including the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show, running July 31 through August 8, 10 am – 10 pm on weekends and 12 pm – […]