FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ewing, NJ (March 10, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Governor Chris Christie’s administration repeatedly failed to comply with its order to establish new affordable housing guidelines for New...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Ewing, NJ (March 6, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) joined Americans across the country in honoring the 50th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” when civil rights leaders marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on their way to Montgomery to protest the “Jim Crow” l...
For Immediate Release Contact: Courtney Cochran (202) 225-5801 WATSON COLEMAN “RELIEVED” AT HOUSE PASSAGE OF DHS FUNDING BILL Washington, DC (March 3, 2015) ― Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following statement after the House passed H...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Courtney Cochran, (202) 225-5801 Washington, DC (March 2, 2015) ― Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 address to a joint session of Congress: “As a fierce supporter of Israel, I am disappoint...
Today, on the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) voted against H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015, a misleadingly named bill that would restrict women’s private health care options. This bill was a last-minute, late-...
Following her first State of the Union Address as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech: “I am proud that President Obama has continued to focus on the issues that New Jerseyans care abo...
Following the announcement late Friday that the United States Supreme Court will review four cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, in the only federal appellate court circuit to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement: “There are 36 st...
In one of her first major House votes, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman voted against legislation today to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Rep. Watson Coleman, who was sworn in on Tuesday to represent the 12th Congressional District of New Jersey, was among 153 Democrats to vote against the bill, w...
U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman was sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives by House Speaker John Boehner on January 6th, 2015. The Honorable Bonnie Watson Coleman was elected to serve as representative of New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. Representative Bonnie Watson Colema...
A photo of the 114th freshman class was taken on the East Front steps of the United States Capitol.
