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This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou. I want to write to you today about a big step New Jersey is taking to strengthen flight safety and improve air travel.

This week, our state announced new investments to help colleges expand aviation training that will prepare more students for careers in our nation’s air traffic control system. This is good news and exactly the kind of forward-looking investment America needs.

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about an event I just held in Kearny.

Today I joined with Hudson County Executive Craig Guy, Kearny Mayor Carol Jean Doyle, and other local leaders to celebrate $3 million in federal funding my office helped secure to make Passaic Avenue safer.

This project will improve one of Hudson County’s busiest corridors with safer roadways, upgraded pedestrian crossings, better traffic signalization, and other improvements. These changes will protect drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists alike.

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou, and I want to share an update about legislation I recently introduced to support federal law enforcement officers who became sick from toxic burn pits after serving our country overseas.

For years, federal law enforcement officers, intelligence personnel, and civilian federal employees served alongside our military forces in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Many were exposed to toxic burn pits that released dangerous chemicals linked to deadly cancers and other serious illnesses.

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to wish you and your family a happy Independence Day as our nation celebrates an extraordinary milestone: America’s 250th birthday.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, our Founders began a bold experiment in self-government that changed the course of history. They did not create a perfect nation, but they created one with the ability to grow, to improve, and to expand the promise of freedom with each passing generation.

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about an important anniversary.

This week marks four years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly five decades of nationwide legal protection for a woman’s ability to make her own personal health care decisions.

Over these last four years, the consequences have become painfully clear. As we long feared would happen, across much of the country, states have enacted sweeping restrictions on reproductive health care. 

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about a recent trip I took to Puerto Rico and my continued work to support the island and its people.

As many of you know, Puerto Rico is deeply personal to me. My parents came to New Jersey from Puerto Rico in search of opportunity, and I am proud to represent a district that is home to a vibrant Puerto Rican community whose contributions help shape our neighborhoods and culture every day.

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to on our Juneteenth national holiday.

Today, June 19, marks the anniversary of the day in 1865 when news of emancipation finally reached enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

That history reminds us of an important truth: freedom is not only something declared. It must also be delivered. Rights promised must become rights experienced.

Dear Friend:

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou, and I am writing to share a meaningful moment that recently took place as we honored the service and sacrifice of a hometown hero.

My office recently helped secure a new grave marker for Private First Class James G. Davidson, a Korean War soldier whose extraordinary bravery earned him the Silver Star, one of our nation's highest military honors, as well as the Purple Heart.