Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC -- Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-9) and Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) will introduce two pieces of legislation to improve oversight of long-term care facilities and strengthen the laws governing their pandemic response. While only 0.5 percent of U.S. residents live in nursing homes, individuals in nursing homes account for 40 percent of the nation's COVID-19 deaths.
Parsippany, NJ -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) will hold a telephone town hall with residents of New Jersey's 11th Congressional District on Thursday, October 8 at 5:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Suzan DelBene (WA-1), and Terri Sewell (AL-7) today introduced the Strictly Pay for Efficient and Expedited Delivery of Your (SPEEDY) COVID-19 Tests Act, which will encourage commercial testing labs to streamline COVID-19 PCR testing notification operations to help patients get their results sooner.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The New Jersey congressional delegation today wrote to President Trump in support of Governor Phil Murphy's request for a Major Disaster Declaration, making the state eligible for more federal resources as areas recover from damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaias that battered New Jersey in August.
(Washington, DC) – Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Environment is holding a hearing titled, "Coping with Compounding Crises: Extreme Weather, Social Injustice, and a Global Pandemic."
Parsippany, NJ -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced today that her New Jersey office is extending service hours to ensure individuals with commitments during traditional business hours can access staff remotely and on a regular basis.
Washington, DC -- Today marks 575 days since the House of Representatives passed the landmark Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8), which would require universal background checks for gun purchases. Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), a U.S. Navy veteran and former federal prosecutor, marked the anniversary by renewing her call for the Senate to take up H.R.
Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Rep. Mikie Sherrill's (NJ-11) Mitigate Methane Now Act. The legislation would curb climate change immediately by encouraging the replacement of old distribution lines, which are a major source of methane leakage across the country, particularly in the Northeast where the oldest infrastructure is located.