"Today is a dark day for New Jersey families and businesses. The Conference Committee’s proposed SALT "fix" to the Tax Hike Bill is insulting to our intelligence, demeaning to our hard-working families and small businesses, disastrous to our property values, and condemns our state to another recession. Their version of "fixing" this problem involves more benefits for Moocher states, paid for, once again, on the backs of Jersey families. Put another way, we’ve just been robbed by a bunch of Mooch...
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New Jersey Bankers Association President John McWeeney Jr. and Congressman Josh Gottheimer Speak About Their Joint Opposition to the Tax Hike Bill. Today, Congressman Josh Gottheimer stood with New Jersey Bankers Association President John McWeeney Jr. at the Columbia Bank Corporate headquarters in Fair Lawn, New Jersey to firmly oppose the Tax Hike Bill making its way through Congress and warn about the dire consequences that this bill promises to unleash on the Financial Sector in the Northea...
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Today, Congressman Josh Gottheimer announced that he had achieved an office milestone: helping 100 North Jersey seniors with Medicare and Social Security constituent casework. To mark the occasion, Congressman Gottheimer met with Renèe Cavaleri, a West Milford constituent, who had been experiencing roadblocks with Social Security before contacting Gottheimer's office to help. Because of a procedural error, the Social Security Administration had failed to release to Renèe the survivors benefits o...
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"I am proud the House passed this bipartisan legislation that is targeted to achieve maximum leverage over the Palestinian Authority to end the funding of terror"
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Today in response to the United States Declaring Jerusalem the Capital of Israel, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) released the following statement: "I have long believed that the United States must recognize that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, our vital ally, the leading democracy in the Middle East, and the nation-state of the Jewish people. Current law, signed by President Clinton in 1995, maintains that the United States Embassy in Israel should be established in its capital, Jerusale...
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RELEASE: Gottheimer, Lance Unveil Bipartisan Tax Cut Plan to Save SALT, Cut Taxes for NJ Families and Businesses of All Sizes, Reduce Deficit Plan Would Protect New Jersey Taxpayers, Seniors, Students Rep. Josh Gottheimer and Rep. Leonard Lance introduce Gottheimer-Lance Tax Cut. WASHINGTON – Today, ahead of the House and Senate Conference, Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Republican Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ-7), two members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, unveiled a Bipartisan fix to save...
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This weekend, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) congratulated 125 new firefighters at the Firefighter One Program graduation at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute in Mahwah. At a ceremony at the Bergen County Technical Schools, the graduates completed the Firefighter One Program, a curriculum of 56 lessons, twice a week, for both career and volunteer firefighters. "Congratulations to our 125 new firefighters. Thank you for having our backs. We will always have yours!" Said Congress...
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Today in response to the Senate Passage of the Tax Hike Bill, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) released the following statement: "This Tax Hike Bill is unmitigated assault and tax hike on New Jersey families and businesses. And, what’s worse, by eliminating the deductions we rely on, it’s a broken promise to every resident and business in our state. That’s why everyone--from the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce to law enforcement to nearly every member of the Congressional delegation, Democrat a...
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“In New Jersey, our infrastructure is a mess. By solving our nation’s infrastructure issues in a fiscally responsible way, we can create jobs, secure our families from crumbling roads, bridges and rails, and give our country and New Jersey a competitive advantage on the world stage"
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Washington, D.C. – Today, the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus wrote to Congressional leadership to call for action on a long-term, fiscally-responsible, bipartisan budget deal. Earlier this year, without policy riders, the Caucus successfully pushed for an FY17 funding bill, and used its bipartisan influence to avoid a government shutdown. The Problem Solvers Caucus members noted, “We believe that Congress should act quickly toward passing a long-term, bipartisan budget deal that would elimina...
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