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Watson Coleman Votes to Impeach President Donald Trump

Posted in Press Releases on January 13, 2021 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights, National Security/Armed Services

Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump for incitement of insurrection. She released the following statement: A week ago, violent insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, causing physical damage to the building, threatening the Vice President, Members of Congress ...

Watson Coleman Applauds Progress for Gateway Project

Posted in Press Releases on January 12, 2021

Washington, DC (January 12, 2021) — Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) entered a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFA) on the Portal North Bridge project, allowing this critical piece of t...

In Case You Missed It: Watson Coleman Calls Out Republican Colleagues in OpEd for COVID Malpractice and Inability to Acknowledge Facts

Posted in Press Releases on January 12, 2021

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman published an OpEd in the Washington Post calling out Republican colleagues for their refusal to wear masks and acknowledge facts, leading to the endangerment of the public and their peers. "Over the past day, a lot of people have asked me how I feel. They are usually referring to my ...

Watson Coleman Receives Positive Coronavirus Test Following January 6 Capitol Lockdown

Posted in Press Releases on January 11, 2021

Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) received a positive rapid antigen test result for COVID-19. She believes she was exposed during protective isolation in the U.S. Capitol building as a result of insurrectionist riots. As reported by multiple news outlets, a number of members within the space ignored in...

Watson Coleman Statement on the Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick

Posted in Press Releases on January 8, 2021

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement following the death of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick: What happened to our Capitol on Wednesday, overrun and terrorized by violent and misguided insurrectionists, will be one of our nation’s darkest days, and the death of Officer Sick...

In Case You Missed It: Watson Coleman Calls Out Hudson County for Continued Use of ICE Contracts

Posted in Press Releases on January 4, 2021 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights, Immigration

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman published an OpEd in the Newark Star-Ledger calling out Hudson County for renewing its contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold immigrant detainees and highlighted the contradictions that arise when the justice system, and prisons in particular, operate with a profi...

Watson Coleman Statement on Passing of Monroe Township Mayor Gerald Tamburro

Posted in Press Releases on December 31, 2020

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) released the following statement today after news that Monroe Township Mayor Gerald Tamburro, a veteran and longtime public servant, had passed away: It’s with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Mayor Gerald Tamburro. Mayor Tamburro’s two decades of service to Monr...

Watson Coleman, Pallone, Kim, Pascrell Secure One-Year Reprieve for Sandy Victims, Vow to Keep Fighting

Posted in Press Releases on December 22, 2020 Tags: Economic Development

Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) today announced a one-year delay in recoupment efforts for debt owed to the federal government in relation to Superstorm Sandy has been included in the year end federal spending bill. These recoupment e...

Watson Coleman Votes for Additional Coronavirus Package, Calls for More Direct Relief Payments

Posted in Press Releases on December 21, 2020 Tags: Economic Development

Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement after voting to pass parts of H.R. 133 - the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 - legislation to provide Coronavirus relief. “This is not the bill I wanted, and it’s not the bill struggling families, struggling businesses, and a nati...

Watson Coleman Urges Incoming Administration to Extend Work Authorizations for H4 Visa Holders

Posted in Press Releases on December 16, 2020 Tags: Women, Economic Development, Immigration

Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman released a letter signed by 60 members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging President-elect Joseph R. Biden to unilaterally extend the expiration work authorization documents for holders of H4 visas, the majority of whom are highly skilled women of color and active cont...

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