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Watson Coleman on TPA and TAA: "My constituents deserve better."

Posted in Press Releases on June 12, 2015 Tags: Economic Development

For Immediate Release Washington, DC (June 12, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement in opposition to legislation that would provide for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA or fast-track authority) and Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade ...

Watson Coleman Votes Against Cuba Travel Amendment to Transportation Appropriations Bill

Posted in Press Releases on June 4, 2015 Tags: Economic Development, National Security/Armed Services/Veterans

For Immediate Release: Washington, DC (June 4, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman issued the following statement after voting against the Lee-Sanford amendment to the FY 2016 Transportation Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, which would allow air and sea travel between the United States and Cuba:...

Watson Coleman Statement on Passing of John Nash

Posted in Press Releases on May 26, 2015

For Immediate Release Ewing, NJ (May 24, 2015) — Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement on the passing of Princeton University mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr.: “I’m deeply saddened to hear that the Princeton community has lost such a brilliant, kind, and humble individual with the p...

Watson Coleman Statement on R&D Tax Credit Bill

Posted in Press Releases on May 21, 2015 Tags: Economic Development

For Immediate Release Washington, DC (May 20, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman issued the following statement after the House voted to approve H.R. 880, the American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015, legislation that would make the Research and Experimentation Credit (R&D credit) permanent without addr...

Watson Coleman Spends Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Day with Lawrence Township Youth

Posted in Press Releases on May 20, 2015 Tags: Economic Development

For Immediate Release Washington, DC (May 20, 2015) ― Today, Aasim Johnson, a rising Senior at Rider University from Lawrence Township, NJ spent the day with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) for the 4th Annual Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Day. Aasim and 60 other foster youth alumni from across the country travel...

Watson Coleman Statement on Tuesday Amtrak Derailment

Posted in Press Releases on May 13, 2015 Tags: Transportation

For Immediate Release Washington, DC (May 13, 2015) ― Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement after an Amtrak train headed from Washington to New York City derailed in Philadelphia, killing six passengers and injuring 146 others: “My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of thos...

Watson Coleman Hosts Press Conference Launching Legislation to Reduce Unchecked Online Ammunition Purchases

Posted in Press Releases on May 13, 2015

For Immediate Release Ewing, NJ (Monday, May 11, 2015) ― At a press conference today in the Serenity Garden in Trenton, Rep, Bonnie Watson Coleman announced plans to introduce the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015, legislation that would place limits and safeguards on the online market for ammunition. “Today, I ...

Watson Coleman Statement on National Teacher Day

Posted in Press Releases on May 5, 2015 Tags: Education

For Immediate Release Ewing, NJ (May 5, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement in honor of National Teacher Day: “Teachers are the linchpin of any community. We entrust them with cultivating the minds of our children, serving as positive role models for young people, and prepar...

Watson Coleman Joins Anti-Semitism Taskforce

Posted in Press Releases on April 27, 2015 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights

For Immediate Release Washington DC (April 27, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement announcing her decision to join the Bipartisan Taskforce on Anti-Semitism, a group of Members of the House of Representatives dedicated to ensuring that Congress develops and implements polici...

Watson Coleman on Lynch Confirmation: "An Incredible Moment for our Nation."

Posted in Press Releases on April 23, 2015 Tags: Women, Children, and Families, Justice and Civil Rights

For Immediate Release Washington, DC (April 23, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) issued the following statement after Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch as the next Attorney General of the United States, making her the first African American woman to serve in that role: “Attorney General Loretta Lynch has s...

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