Above: Gottheimer delivers PPE for Buckingham at Care and Rehabilitation Center. NORWOOD, NJ - On July 9, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) helped deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) donated by Fifth District residents to the Buckingham at Norwood Care and Rehabilitation Center for frontline medical workers and facility staff. Gottheimer was joined by local community members Annie Hausmann, Girl Scout Alexandra Fruhling, Norwood volunteers, Buckingham Administrator Trevor Du...
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GLEN ROCK, NJ - U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) applauded the establishment of a public-private partnership between a Fifth District medical technology company and the federal government to produce millions of injection devices to prepare the U.S. to deploy a COVID-19 vaccine when ready. This week, it was announced that BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), based in the Fifth District in Franklin Lakes, is entering into a public-private partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Hu...
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GLEN ROCK, NJ - On July 7, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) helped retain more than 183,000 jobs in New Jersey's Fifth District thus far, according to new data released this week from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). PPP was created by Congress in the bipartisan CARES Act, to provide aid directly to small businesses and organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and to keep Americans employed. “It’s great to see how t...
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Above: Gottheimer hosts North Jersey small business resources and PPP update video conference call. GLEN ROCK, NJ - Today, July 7, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) hosted a video conference call for North Jersey businesses to provide new updates on Congressional action to extend the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application window through early August, to increase flexibility in forgiveness and in how the funds can be used, and how to apply for PPP and Economic Injury Disaster ...
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Above: Gottheimer viewing New Milford fire truck with (left to right): Lt. Angelo DeCarlo, Captain Gerry Smithson, Councilwoman Lisa Sandhusen, Deputy Chief Jared Birnbaum, Mayor Mike Putrino, Chief Bill Mury, Councilwoman Thea Sirocchi-Hurley, Councilwoman and Fire Liaison Randi Duffie, and Council President Ira Gotsky GLEN ROCK, NJ - On Monday, July 6, 2020. U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited the New Milford Fire Department to thank first responders, to view a brand new fire truc...
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Above: Gottheimer visiting Allendale Fire Department in November 2019. GLEN ROCK, NJ - On Monday, July 6, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced that first responders in the Fifth District have clawed back more than $135,000 in federal dollars to help fight COVID-19 and help lower property taxes. New federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) investment recipients include the Oradell Fire Department, Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corp., the Borough of Paramus, and the Borough...
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Current tunnel is “literally crumbling” On June 30, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to include Congressman Josh Gottheimer’s (NJ-5) amendment — that would require the U.S. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) to publish a “Doomsday” contingency plan if the North River train tunnel underneath the Hudson River would need to be shut down before they allow the construction of the Gateway tunnel to move forward — in H.R. 2, the House’s new major infrastructure bill, the Moving Forward Act. Got...
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Three-point seatbelt provisions are direct result of Vargas family’s advocacy On July 1, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed school bus safety provisions as a part of H.R. 2, the House’s major infrastructure bill, the Moving Forward Act. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) originally introduced these provisions within his bipartisan Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards (SECURES) Act — legislation created in response to the tragic 2018 Paramus bus crash — to require th...
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On June 29, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Josh Gottheimer’s (NJ-5) bipartisan bill, H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act. The bill creates a new one-stop-shop online portal for American consumers to protect and strengthen their credit. “Today, the House passed my bipartisan bill to give Americans the tools they need to strengthen and protect what they spend a lifetime building: their credit. Credit affects all communities — impacting what Americans pay for...
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Bipartisan Protecting Your Credit Score Act heads to House floor for vote A vote is set for Monday, June 29, 2020, on vital new protections for consumers’ credit and greatly expanded transparency into Americans’ credit scores — through H.R. 5332, the bipartisan Protecting Your Credit Score Act — bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and cosponsored by Congressman Tom Reed (NY-23) The bill will create a new online credit portal to provide Americans with free and ...
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