Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Helped negotiate and pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 which suspended the debt limit until January 2025, bringing an end to a debt ceiling standoff that threatened the credit rating of the United States and the stability of the national economy.
$95 billion security aid package
Helped negotiate and pass a $95 billion security aid package to provide critical security and humanitarian aid for America’s key democratic allies, Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The package, which includes eight Gottheimer-led bills, all passed with bipartisan support.
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
Forces TikTok’s CCP-controlled owner to sell the application or be banned from the American market. An earlier version of Gottheimer’s bill passed the House with broad bipartisan support.
The Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act
Targets the Chinese financial institutions purchasing Iranian oil and requires the Treasury Department to make annual sanctions determinations for Chinese banks.
Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act
Imposes sanctions on foreign persons, agencies, and governments that assist Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), or their affiliates.
FEND off Fentanyl Act
Imposes more severe, longer-lasting sanctions on those involved in fentanyl trafficking.
SHIP Act
Imposes sanctions on refineries that process Iranian oil in violation of U.S. sanctions, slashing the Iranian regime’s profits from oil sales.
MAHSA Act — imposes sanctions on the leaders of the Iranian regime for their repeated human rights abuses and state sponsorship of terrorism.
REPO Act
Allows the President to confiscate Russian assets that have been frozen in the United States and transfer them to assist in Ukraine’s reconstruction.
Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act
Enhances sanctions enforcement and implementation against terrorist organizations that use innocent civilians as human shields.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Helped draft and pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, now signed into law, the greatest infrastructure investment in a century. It will help build the new Gateway Train Tunnel, fix our crumbling roads, bridges, rail, and NJ Transit, help improve climate resiliency to deal with flooding, invest in our ports, expand broadband access to the unconnected, and get lead out of our children’s drinking water.
Inflation Reduction Act
Helped get the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law to pay down the debt/deficit, lower prescription drug prices, cap insulin, provide support for families struggling with the high cost of health insurance, create jobs, and put in place the most important climate investments in our nation’s history.
Bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act
Helped get the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act signed into law to lower costs for families, boost domestic manufacturing of semiconductor chips we rely on, create new jobs, and help end our dependence on foreign manufacturers of chips that’s driving up the price of consumer goods.
Bipartisan Honoring our PACT Act
Helped get the bipartisan Honoring our PACT Act signed into law to expand VA health care and benefits for veterans who have been exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances.
American Rescue Plan
Helped get the American Rescue Plan signed into law to deliver relief to every single Fifth District county and town, federal investment for broadband and sewer, grants to address environmental harms, additional vaccines, and small business and restaurant relief.
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT, a bipartisan, bicameral life-saving bill, which is the most significant piece of gun violence prevention legislation in nearly 30 years. From suicide and domestic violence to gun violence in our cities and mass shooting, the bill creates commonsense gun safety regulations to tackle the problem from all angles. (Signed into Law)
Bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act
Helped negotiate and pass the bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act which reformed and modernized the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 to ensure that electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state’s vote for President. It replaced ambiguous provisions of the 19th-century law with clear procedures that maintain appropriate state and federal roles in selecting the President and Vice President of the United States as set forth in the U.S. Constitution.
CARES II
CARES II – Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the bipartisan a COVID-19 emergency relief package shaped by bipartisan, bicameral legislation originally developed and agreed upon by the Problem Solvers and a group of Senators from both sides of the aisle. The final COVID-19 emergency relief package closely mirrored the bipartisan, bicameral proposal from the Problem Solvers, including:
USMCA
USMCA – The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force on July 1, 2020. The USMCA, which substituted the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a mutually beneficial win for North American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. The Agreement creates more balanced, reciprocal trade supporting high-paying jobs for Americans and growing the North American economy. Agreement highlights include:
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (2020) and the Coronavirus Response and Consolidated Appropriations Act (2021)
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (2020) and the Coronavirus Response and Consolidated Appropriations Act (2021) provided fast and direct economic assistance for American workers, families, small businesses, and industries. Many of these provisions were based upon a framework put forth by the Problem Solver’s caucus. The Caucus’ proposed recommendations included:
Break The Gridlock
Repeal of the excessive health care “Cadillac Tax” surcharge
Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
December 2019 – Tom Suozzi’s bill, H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act passed the House. This bill would have increased the SALT cap to $20,000 in 2019, and eliminated the cap in 2020 and 2021. It would have also raised the highest income tax bracket from 37 percent to 39.6 percent.
The Heroes Act
May 2020 – The Heroes Act passed the House the first time. This legislation would have delayed the SALT cap for one year.
The Heroes Act
October 2020 – The Heroes Act passed the House the second time. This legislation would have delayed the SALT cap for one year.
FY17 funding bill passed
On May 3, 2017 Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Democrat Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Republican Tom Reed (NY-23) announced a first win for the Caucus after it used its influence to get the FY17 funding bill passed. The bipartisan Caucus previously indicated that it would lead the effort to avoid a government shutdown by supporting such a funding bill if it contained no ideological riders.This bipartisan agreement eliminated more than 160 poison pill riders that would have been devastating to the environment, put restrictions on consumer financial protections and attacked the Affordable Care Act.
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Definition of Antisemitism
Rep. Gottheimer worked with President Trump to enact an executive order codifying the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism in order to ensure that we are combatting the full scope of invidious discrimination in America.
Hiring of Post- 9/11 Veterans
Rep. Gottheimer introduced his first amendment, H.Amdt.96, to H.R.1367, a measure that will accelerate the hiring of post- 9/11 veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The amendment ensures that the VA Secretary includes recipients of the Post-9/11 GI Bill and recently graduated young veterans as a distinct category eligible for excepted service appointments at the VA. This language was later incorporated into S.114, the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017, which was signed into law on August 12. Rep. Gottheimer introduced the amendment in March, and it passed the House unanimously. Inspired by conversations with New Jersey veterans, including his Veterans Affairs Director Mike Devilliers, and reports by the Department of Labor that post-9/11 vets face a higher unemployment rate than other veterans and that expanded hiring at the VA is needed, Rep. Gottheimer’s amendment addresses critical barriers to veteran employment.