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July 29, 2025

PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) this afternoon celebrated an announcement by the Trump administration that it would finally release disaster funds it had been illegally holding hostage for months. 

At a hearing in May, Pou demanded that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem provide guidance on when grant funding would be released. Just days ago, Pou followed up and wrote to Secretary Noem imploring the Trump government to release federal disaster funding. 


July 29, 2025
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Dear Friend: 

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about supporting our nation’s veterans.

Recently, I had an opportunity to visit and tour our Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Paterson. I met with doctors, nurses, and patients. I wanted to visit the facility to thank the staff for their vital work and ask what they needed from Congress.  


July 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today announced that she has been named co-chair of Congress’s Bangladesh Caucus. She will join longtime co-chair Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC-02). 


July 26, 2025

PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) issued the following statement regarding the increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza.


July 25, 2025

FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) joined a roundtable with Jewish leaders from across the district and North Jersey to discuss rising antisemitism, federal efforts to protect Jewish communities from threats, the Middle East, and other issues.

Pou was joined by Bergen County Commissioner Tracy Zur and Pou’s colleague, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), a senior House Democrat and the second longest-serving Jewish woman currently in the chamber. 


July 25, 2025

PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) visited the Paterson Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, touring the facility, meeting with staff and patients, and answering questions. Pou was joined by her colleague, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. 

Following their tour, the congresswomen met with local veterans’ community leaders. 


July 23, 2025
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Dear Friend: 

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about the future of Medicaid from the new massive Republican budget law. Fresh estimates indicate the law may kill thousands of Americans in the coming years. 


July 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events in the United States, today used the panel’s inaugural hearing to focus on recent tragedies to highlight the importance of preparedness at the upcoming World Cup, Summer Olympics, and America’s semiquincentennial celebrations.


July 18, 2025
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Dear friend, 

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about the growing story around the Trump administration’s decision not to release all of the federal government's files related to the investigation of disgraced criminal Jeffrey Epstein. 

The choice by Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Trump Justice Department to declare no proof of foul play in Epstein’s death and no broader evidence of wider crimes by those close to Epstein has outraged millions of Americans. 


July 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) early this morning voted against House Republicans’ partisan defense budget package.