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Watson Coleman, House Democrats to Labor Department: Protect Civil Rights in Federal Contracting

Posted in Press Releases on May 4, 2020 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights, Economic Development, National Security/Armed Services/Veterans

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and several House Democrats sent a letter to the Director of the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in strong opposition to the agency’s recent guidance allowing new service, supply, and construction contracts related to c...

Watson Coleman, Pocan, Carbajal, 150 Other Members of Congress Request Increased Protections for Frontline Federal Workers

Posted in Press Releases on April 27, 2020 Tags: Health, Justice and Civil Rights, Economic Development, National Security/Armed Services/Veterans

Today, U.S. Congressmembers Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Mark Pocan (WI-2) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) delivered a letter, signed by more than 150 Members of Congress, to Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy, requesting the inclusion of seven proposals that seek to protect frontline federal workers in future CO...

Watson Coleman Statement on the Death of Ruth B. Mandel

Posted in Press Releases on April 12, 2020 Tags: Women, Education, Justice and Civil Rights

Ewing, NJ (April 12, 2020) — Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) issued the following statement on the passing of Ruth B. Mandel, a strong and passionate voice for women in elected office: “When we count the leaders who helped bring us to a place where it’s not outlandish for a woman to be elected as a mayor, a congressw...

Rep. Watson Coleman Votes for Protecting the Right to Organize Act

Posted in Press Releases on February 6, 2020 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights, Economic Development

Washington, D.C. (February 6, 2020) - Today, Congresswoman Watson Coleman applauded the passage of H.R. 2474, Protecting the Right to Organize Act or PRO Act, legislation that would amend the National Labor Relations Act and related labor laws to extend protections to union workers. “The middle class in America was bui...

100+ Democrats Demand Stephen Miller’s Immediate Firing

Posted in Press Releases on November 21, 2019 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights, Immigration

November 21, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) today led a group of 107 Members of Congress in demanding that the White Ho...

Watson Coleman on Justice Department’s Decision to Resume Executions

Posted in Press Releases on July 25, 2019 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights

Washington, DC (July 25, 2019) – Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) made the following statement in response to reports of the Justice Department’s decision to resume executions of federal prisoners after a 16-year hiatus. “The Justice Department’s decision to resume execution of federal inmates is either a co...

Caucus on Black Women and Girls Cochairs Express Outrage at Criminalization of Miscarriage in Charges for Alabama Woman

Posted in Press Releases on June 28, 2019 Tags: Health, Justice and Civil Rights

Today, Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls Co-Chairs Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), and Robin Kelly (D-IL) addressed the alarming case of Marshae Jones, a young African American woman in Alabama being charged with manslaughter for miscarrying her child after being shot in the stomach. “Th...

Watson Coleman Statement on New Jersey Marijuana Legalization Proposals

Posted in Press Releases on March 20, 2019 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights

Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) issued the following statement on proposals making their way through the New Jersey State Assembly and Senate to legalize marijuana and establish social justice measures that will help correct for years of bias in marijuana use and possession enforcement. “The criminali...

Congresswoman Watson Coleman and Assemblymen Zwicker and Freiman Issued the Following Statements in Response to a Planned Rally of White Supremacists on Saturday in Princeton

Posted in Press Releases on January 11, 2019 Tags: Justice and Civil Rights

WASHINGTON, DC (January 11, 2019) - Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and State Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker issued the following statements in response to a planned rally of white supremacists on Saturday in Princeton. “The freedom of speech that protects you and me unfortunately protects the right of th...

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...

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