Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, has joined 33 House Democrats calling on the Trump administration to immediately release funding to protect houses of worship under increasing threat.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09), the top Democrat on the House panel overseeing the 2026 FIFA World Cup, today demanded answers on directives issued by the Trump Administration which create opaque and possibly illegal processes that invite waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption regarding security funding for next summer’s games. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) and Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today led 15 House Democrats calling on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program from a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. The Justice Department has so far declined to defend the program.

PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today celebrated the pathbreaking career of her colleague Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) on the announcement that Watson Coleman will retire at the end of the 119th Congress.

PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today criticized the move of several U.S. Senators to back a Republican government funding plan that will skyrocket Americans’ health care costs.

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.