Press Releases

October 15, 2008

October 9, 2008

PATERSON—U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s misguided attempt to auction takeoff and landing slots at Newark Liberty Airport and other regional airports:

October 8, 2008

October 8, 2008

October 8, 2008

BLOOMFIELD— Standing with President Richard Levao on the campus of Bloomfield College, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today announced a $600,000 federal grant to help increase enrollment for minority students in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), international affairs and health education degree programs.

October 6, 2008

October 6, 2008

September 25, 2008

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators  Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) and Albio Sires (D-NJ-13) today announced that Essex County has been awarded over $429,000 to help reintegrate youthful offenders back into their communities and reduce the rate of recidivism at the county Juvenile Detention Center (JDC).  The New Jersey Senators, along with Pascrell and Sires specifically designated the project funding for Essex County’s justice initiative in the 2008 congressional budget.

September 25, 2008

WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today announced that the Township of Belleville has been awarded a $16,000 grant from the Justice Department’s Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program.

September 13, 2008

CEDAR GROVE— U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) was today joined by special guest General Glenn K. Rieth of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and over 150 veterans and various service providers at the Cedar Grove VFW for the Congressman’s 10th annual veterans fair.