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Congressman Albio Sires

Representing the 8th District of New Jersey

Press Releases

Congressman Sires’ Statement Condemning Trump’s Meeting with Putin

Jul 16, 2018 Press Release

(Washington, D.C.) –Today, Congressman Sires released the following statement condemning President Trump’s closed-door meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin that took place in Finland this morning: 

Issues:
Foreign Affairs

Congressman Sires’ Statement on the Indictment of 12 Russian Intelligence Agents

Jul 13, 2018 Press Release

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Sires released the following statement regarding Justice Department’s indictment of 12 Russian intelligence agents as part of the ongoing investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 Presidential election:

Issues:
Foreign Affairs

Congressman Sires' Statement on President Trump's Behavior at the NATO Summit

Jul 12, 2018 Press Release

(Washington, D.C.) –Congressman Sires released the following statement supporting the NATO alliance: 

Issues:
Foreign Affairs

Congressman Sires’ Statement on President Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee

Jul 11, 2018 Press Release

(Washington, D.C.) –Congressman Sires released the following statement regarding President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court: 

Congressman Sires Opposes Hardline Immigration Bill

Jun 27, 2018 Press Release

(Washington, D.C.) –Today, Congressman Sires joined 300 of his Democratic and Republican colleagues in rejecting H.R. 6136, the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, a supposed compromise bill drafted by Speaker Paul Ryan and Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA). 

Issues:
Immigration

Congressman Sires Denounces the Supreme Court’s Decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31

Jun 27, 2018 Press Release
(Washington, D.C.)– Today, Congressman Sires released a statement on the United States Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 decision on Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31. This decision ruled that government employees represented by, but not belonging to, a union do not have to contribute to that union’s costs to negotiate on their behalf.

Congressman Sires Cosponsors the Keep Families Together Act

Jun 19, 2018 Press Release
(Washington, D.C.) –Today, Congressman Sires joined more than 190 of his fellow House Democrats as an original cosponsor on H.R. 6135, the Keep Families Together Act, introduced by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY).
Issues:
Immigration

Congressman Sires Opposes House Republicans’ Attempt to Punish New Jersey for Protecting its Shores

Jun 14, 2018 Press Release
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Sires released a statement on Republicans on the House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources holding a hearing on a draft of the so-called Enhancing State Management of Federal Lands and Waters Act.
Issues:
Economy

Congressman Sires’ Statement on the Disastrous, Partisan Farm Bill

May 18, 2018 Press Release

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Sires released the following statement regarding the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill (H.R. 2):

Sires, Kaptur Introduce Resolution to Honor Victims of the Katyn Massacre and Contributions of Polish Americans

May 16, 2018 Press Release

(Washington, D.C.)- Congressman Sires (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) introduced H.Res. 893 to recognize the memorials and monuments to the Katyn Massacre as important historical reminders of the heinous acts that took the lives of approximately 22,000 innocent Polish prisoners of war at the order of Joseph Stalin.

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