Press Releases
Peckman River Basin Flood Risk Management Project Clears Key Hurdle After 20 Years
Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced the inclusion of key priorities in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) for communities in the 11th District. The legislation included an authorization for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move forward with the Peckman River Basin Flood Risk Management project.
Washington, DC -- Representatives Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Don Beyer (VA-08), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Maxine Waters (CA-43) today led 32 of their colleagues in calling on FEMA to respond to recent reports that faulty masks, gowns, and gloves were sent to nursing homes.
Washington DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today released a statement slamming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his failure to act with any sense of urgency on the expanded unemployment benefits that expire today:
Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) voted today to advance two major pieces of child care legislation that will help ensure children, families, and workers are protected as we work to safely reopen the country. The Child Care is Essential Act (H.R. 7027) and the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act (H.R.
Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today slammed the Senate’s coronavirus relief proposal for including at least $7 billion for weapons programs, while leaving out aid to state and local governments, ignoring the need for food and rental assis
Sherrill Collected Data and Feedback from Over 350 NJ-11 Small Businesses
Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today sent House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez results from the second NJ-11 Small Business Survey.
Washington, DC — Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today led sixteen of her colleagues in urging Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler to continue their robust oversight over the Trump Administration and begin investigations into federal law enforcement actions in Portland.
Washington, DC –– Representatives Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), John Curtis (R-UT), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to study the impacts of telehealth during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. The legislation requires the U.S.
HHS Announces Second Round of High Impact COVID-19 Area Funding
Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced that three hospitals in NJ-11 will receive $29.75 million in a second round of funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that Congress passed in April.