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Watson Coleman, Grijalva Call on House Leaders to Ensure Criminal Justice Reform Bill Ends Private Prisons

Posted in Press Releases on December 12, 2018 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights

Following reports that Congress may move to pass a criminal justice reform bill before the end of the year, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging them to ensure the final measure that reac...

Watson Coleman Responds to President's Request for Border Wall Funding

Posted in Press Releases on December 11, 2018 Tags: Immigration

WASHINGTON, DC (December 11, 2018) – Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the President and Vice President met with Democratic Leadership about the approaching government budget shutdown. "What we saw today was a President, someone who considers himself “a leader,” thro...

Watson Coleman Responds to Sunday’s Incident at US-Mexico Border

Posted in Press Releases on November 26, 2018 Tags: Immigration

EWING, NJ (November 26, 2018) – Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) issued the following statement after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents fired tear gas at refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. at the San Ysidro border crossing. “Yesterday was a dark day for America. Donald Trump sanctioned the us...

Menendez, Watson Coleman and New Jersey Democrats Release New Report on the Impact of President Trump’s Tax Law on New Jersey Homeowners

Posted in Press Releases on November 5, 2018 Tags: Economic Development

Today, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06), Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10), Bill Pascrell Jr. (NJ-09), Albio Sires (NJ-08), and Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released a new report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee documenting the tremen...

Watson Coleman Statement on Racially Motivated Shootings in Pittsburgh and Kentucky

Posted in Press Releases on October 29, 2018 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights

Following the shooting of two African Americans outside of Louisville, Kentucky last week and Saturday’s mass shooting at the Pittsburgh-area Tree of Life Synagogue, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) issued the following statement: “Gun violence of every kind has become a plague in this country, but there is a...

Watson Coleman Leads Congressional Call for Mnuchin to Cancel Saudi Arabia Trip

Posted in Press Releases on October 17, 2018

In a letter sent today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) led 11 members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to cancel plans to attend Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative conference in light of concerns that the Saudi government is responsible for the alleged m...

Watson Coleman Bill Would Give Raises to American Workers

Posted in Press Releases on September 28, 2018

In an effort to incentivize corporate practices that will grow wages for those below the C-suite, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) today introduced the Employee Profit-Sharing Encouragement Act, legislation that would require companies with more than $25 million in annual earnings to set up profit sharing pla...

From Bonnie: My Health, and a Reminder that Healthcare Should Be an American Value

Posted in Press Releases on September 26, 2018 Tags: Health

My core belief in equality is one of the reasons I first decided to run for Congress. My belief that we all deserve a fair shot extends to every corner of the things that shape our lives, including the notion that your income, social status, occupation or lack of an occupation should not determine your access to qualit...

Watson Coleman Seeks Economic Security for Students, Caregivers with New Bill

Posted in Press Releases on September 25, 2018

Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced new legislation that seeks to address growing economic divisions by making caregivers and students pursuing higher education or advanced degrees eligible to receive the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The EITC Modernization Act of 2018 would increase financia...

House Passes Watson Coleman Bill Authorizing TSA Support Force that Facilitated TSA Sandy Recovery Operations

Posted in Press Releases on September 4, 2018 Tags: National Security/Armed Services/Veterans, Transportation

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TSA National Deployment Force Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Transportation Security Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee which formally authorizes the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) N...

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