Media

Latest News

Rep. Sherrill Moves to Protect New Jersey’s Coastline, ANWR

September 12, 2019 Press Release

Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) voted this week to protect New Jersey’s 130 miles of coastline and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The Coastal Marine Economics Protection Act (H.R. 1941) passed in the House last night with bipartisan support. It would establish a permanent moratorium on oil and gas leasing along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act (H.R. 1146) that passed today is a bipartisan proposal to repeal a provision of the 2017 tax bill that opened the coastal plain of ANWR to oil and gas leasing developments.

Issues:

Energy

Rep. Sherrill Statement on the 18th Anniversary of September 11th

September 11, 2019 Press Release

Washington, DC -- Today, Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) participated in the Pentagon’s September 11th Observance and released the following statement on the 18th anniversary of the 2001 attacks: “For eighteen years, we’ve celebrated and mourned the members of our community we lost in 2001, and the bravery of the first responders who ran towards the burning buildings in Lower Manhattan, the Pentagon, and Shanksville — into immeasurable and unknown danger.

Issues:

Congress, Health, Veterans

Rep. Sherrill Meets with Local Officials, Organizations to Discuss Efforts to Combat Opioid Crisis in North Jersey

August 27, 2019 Press Release

Parsippany, NJ -- Representative Mikie Sherrill met with local officials and organizations yesterday as part of a swing through the 11th Congressional District focused on the opioid epidemic. In 2018, more than 3,000 people died in New Jersey of an overdose, higher than the national average.

Issues:

Health

Rep. Sherrill Statement on Administration’s Push for Indefinite Child Detention

August 21, 2019 Press Release

Parsippany, NJ -- Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement today after the administration announced a new regulation that would terminate the Flores settlement agreement, a court ruling that prevents the government from detaining immigrant children for more than 20 days:

Rep. Sherrill Tours NJ-11 Superfund Sites with EPA Regional Administrator Lopez, NJDEP Commissioner McCabe, Local Officials

August 20, 2019 Press Release

Fairfield, NJ -- Today, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill toured six Superfund sites in the 11th District of New Jersey. Congresswoman Sherrill was joined on the tour by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Peter D. Lopez, NJDEP Commissioner Catherine McCabe, and well as other local officials from Chatham Township, Rockaway Township, Rockaway Borough, and Fairfield.

Issues:

Energy

Representative Sherrill Launches Office Hours in Wayne

August 7, 2019 Press Release

Wayne, NJ -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) launched Office Hours today at the Wayne Municipal Building. Representative Sherrill’s casework staff will be at the Wayne Municipal Building every other week offering assistance to residents who need help navigating federal agencies.

Sherrill Visits Six Towns in NJ-11 for National Night Out

August 7, 2019 Press Release

Parsippany, NJ -- Representative Mikie Sherrill celebrated National Night Out yesterday across six towns in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District. National Night Out is an annual nation-wide event that promotes police-community partnerships to improve relationships and make our neighborhoods safer.

Rep. Sherrill Announces 2019 Congressional App Challenge Launch

August 6, 2019 Press Release

Parsippany, NJ – Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) is excited to announce that her office is hosting the 2019 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) for students in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, and the submission portal is now open.

Representative Sherrill Calls on the Senate to Pass House Gun Safety Measures

August 5, 2019 Press Release

Parsippany, NJ -- In the aftermath of two mass shootings this weekend in Texas and Ohio, Representative Sherrill (NJ-11) renewed her call for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring commonsense gun safety legislation passed in the House up for a floor vote.

Representative Sherrill’s Health Center Legislation Approved in House and Senate

July 31, 2019 Press Release

Washington, DC -- The House of Representatives approved Representative Mikie Sherrill’s (NJ-11) and Senator Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) bicameral and bipartisan legislation yesterday, introduced with Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), to reauthorize the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2F HICs) program for five years.

Issues:

Health