I’m glad to have this opportunity to speak out against the so-called health care bill that is snakebiting its way through Congress. You know, as you just heard from Senators Booker and Menendez, there’s a reason why they, along with many Senate Republicans, including Susan Collins and Dean Heller, won’t vote for this bill. There’s a reason why doctors and nurses, insurance companies, hospitals and patients and advocates have all come out against it. There’s a reason Democrats and Republicans in ...
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SUSSEX, N.J. -- Today, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited the Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative (SREC) in Sussex, NJ. The non-profit cooperative serves 12,000 members across Sussex County and the Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County. Gottheimer is the first Member of Congress to visit the cooperative since it began in 1937. At the cooperative, Gottheimer was briefed about the operation of the electric utility and examined their outage-prevention technology. The group, led by Chris Reese, t...
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"Visits like today's tour of downtown Hope -- where I get to meet with constituents and business owners in their hometowns and hear their needs -- are a critical part of my job representing North Jersey and getting us a better return on our federal investment. I'm proud to say that I've heard from people in every corner of the Fifth District; from Alpine to Belvidere and Montague, my staff and I have announced grant funding opportunities, joined fishing derbies and strawberry festivals, stood up and celebrated America's veterans and first responders, and hosted many mobile office hours."
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Today, following Congressman Josh Gottheimer’s vote to defend public safety and support first responders with the resources they need to keep Jersey families safe, local law enforcement and area mayors applauded his stance. According to mayors, cities, and police chiefs, this legislation would threaten public safety, which is why it is opposed by the NJ State PBA which represents 33,000 police officers in New Jersey; the National Fraternal Order of Police -- representing more than 325,000 federa...
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NEW MILFORD, N.J. - Today, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced that New Milford will be receiving $194,858 in federal funds as a part of the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. AFG awards allow fire departments to purchase or upgrade equipment, vehicles, workplace training, and other firefighting and fire prevention activities. New Milford has aggressively pursued these federal funding opportunities to return more tax dollars to the town. Ea...
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We should all take this moment in Van Neste Square to honor the champions who helped raise this rainbow flag, here in our state and across the nation.
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It’s good to be here in Ridgewood as we conclude Pride Month and celebrate the second anniversary of marriage equality becoming the law of the land. I’m proud to see this flag behind me flying here this morning--it’s an important symbol that hate and intolerance have no place in our communities. I know that other towns in our area, including Westwood, Glen Rock, and Rochelle Park, have similarly sent the welcome signal to the LGBT community. That’s progress we should all be proud of. Those are t...
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Today, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced that he led a bipartisan group of Sussex County Mayors, Senator Steve Oroho, Assemblywoman Gail Phoebus and Assemblyman Parker Space in a push to accelerate the completion of the Andover Rail Station. Gottheimer, Oroho, Phoebus, Space, and 11 Sussex County Mayors wrote to the Executive Director of NJ Transit and the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, requesting an update on the project and an accounting for i...
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WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) hosted Mayors from across the Fifth Congressional District for meetings with federal experts on grants available to local communities, road and rail projects impacting the region, the heroin and opioid crisis, and clean drinking water. The Mayors discussed strategies to better leverage grants to serve their constituents while improving the return on investment the region sees for its federal tax dollars. The Fifth Congressional District ...
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FAIR LAWN, N.J. - Today, Congressman Josh Gottheimer joined AARP NJ and nearly 200 members of the public for a Protect Medicare Forum and discussion of health care reform and retirement security in New Jersey. At the forum, Gottheimer and representatives of the AARP spoke about bipartisan initiatives to strengthen Medicare and how to save seniors money on healthcare costs before taking questions from the audience on a variety of topics. The AARP Forum was hosted and moderated by Dave Mollen, Pre...
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