Press Releases
PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, has introduced her new legislation, the SAFE TRACKS Act (State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies) to improve American rail safety and prevent suicides. The Act is cosponsored by Congressman Mike Bost (R-IL-12).
PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, is leading 11 members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation calling on U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to restore federal security grant funding that is being slashed by the Trump administration by nearly 50 percent.
PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today continued to tour her district as she visited a local food bank and a Women, Infants and Children (WIC) office in Paterson to highlight the negative impacts of the Republican federal government shutdown on New Jersey communities and residents.
PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today welcomes the draft peace agreement that may pave the way to an end to hostilities in Gaza and the release of all the hostages held by Hamas and of the bodies of Israelis murdered by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today joined 78 House Democrats calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) to bring the House back into session to ensure that American service members are fully paid. Currently, if the Republican government shutdown does not end before mid-month, service members will miss a paycheck.
PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today marked the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attacks against Israel by Hamas, which resulted in the deaths of over one thousand people.
PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today visited the Paterson Community Health Center continuing her tour of sites and institutions being negatively impacted by the ongoing Republican shutdown of the federal government.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09), one of two New Jersey members on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today condemned the announcement by the Trump administration that it was freezing federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel, as well as other projects in the Tristate area, to punish the region for the Republican government shutdown.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today vowed to not accept pay during any shutdown of the government.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) joined 55 Democratic House members blasting House Republicans for cancelling votes next week and calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) to bring Congress back into session to prevent an approaching federal government shutdown.