Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) and Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) have introduced the bipartisan Coordinated Leadership for Environmental and Aquatic Needs–Unified Planning Act (CLEAN-UP), legislation that would expedite the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) ability to remediate contaminated sediments for water projects by granting indemnification waivers to USACE when following an EPA-approved remediation plan.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources, today announced Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awards totaling $16,654,166.68 that will go to Passaic County, Bergen County, and Passaic City for flood control efforts.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, today called on Donald Trump to fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and joined calls to impeach the disgraced cabinet secretary.

“I call on President Trump to fire Secretary Noem immediately. If he does not act, the House must begin impeachment proceedings without delay.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, today voted no on H.R. 7147, the bill which provides appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to open a probe of the Trump Education Department’s abrupt decision to slash $170 million in critical funding to public schools, including roughly $8 million to eight schools in New Jersey’s Ninth District.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) just published an op-ed in the USA Today Network on the Trump administration’s decision to cut nearly $8 million in federal education funding to public schools in Paterson and Passaic City. The text is below.
 

Trump’s assault on public education arrives in New Jersey

By Congresswoman Nellie Pou

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) announced the 2026 government spending bill package that passed the House of Representatives today included $9,711,000 for 11 separate community projects in the Ninth Congressional District sponsored and championed by Pou. Rep. Pou voted to approve the underlying legislation and the funding must now be ratified by the U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today voted to pass H.R. 1834, Democratic-led legislation to reinstate the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax subsidies which expired at the end of 2025. This bill would reinstate the credits for three years.