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This week, I signed onto legislation holding polluters financially responsible for cleanup efforts at Superfund sites, providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, allowing marijuana-related businesses to access banking services, and incentivizing doctors to serve in rural communities.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Albio Sires has named Sharada Suresh and Harita Suresh as the winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge in the 8th District.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) announced funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Community Health Centers as part of the American Rescue Plan:
Last week, I participated in a House Foreign Affairs Committee markup, where we discussed a number of important bills including regaining observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, accountability for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, and repealing the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the White House announced that Newark, NJ would be one of three locations housing federally run mass vaccination sites.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) gave the following statement after Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed legislation aimed at enacting voter suppression into law:
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) highlighted the importance of funding for the Gateway Project in an exchange with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at a committee hearing titled “The Administration’s Priorities for Transportation Infrastructure.”
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ), gave the following statement after Postmaster Louis DeJoy released his ‘Delivering for America’ plan. The Delivering for America plan is a 10 year plan that postmaster DeJoy hopes to implement at the United States Postal Service (USPS).
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Sires released the following statement after two mass casualty shootings in the last week:
This week, we witnessed racism and misogyny on display as eight people were senselessly murdered in Atlanta. The rise in hate crimes and violence against Asian Americans in the last year follows a disturbing trend and is made worse by the discriminatory language used by leaders in our public spaces.