Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) the evening voted against H.R. 3838, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, after it was loaded with partisan and non-military measures.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09) today used a hearing of the House Water Resources Subcommittee to push leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tasked with flood management to direct greater federal resources to northern New Jersey communities at risk of flooding and specifically to expedite action on a project for the Lower Saddle River which has plodded along for 40 years.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ–09), who represents one of the nation’s largest Polish American communities, today condemned the incursion of Russian drones deep over Poland.

SADDLE BROOK, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) on Friday held a roundtable with 31 mayors, managers, and administrators from across the 35 cities and towns in Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties within the Ninth District. 

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved the Water Crisis Prevention Act, legislation offered by Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) in response to the recent water emergency in Passaic County. The bill was included in broader legislation to reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The legislation now heads to the House floor.

EDGEWATER, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today visited the Edgewater Senior Center to have a discussion with seniors about what she is working on in Congress. Residents asked questions on issues impacting New Jersey’s senior residents and about social services available to them.

PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today visited the site of the ruptured pipe that has caused a crisis in Passaic County, leading to approximately 200,000 North Jerseyans to be without water for days. There she met with federal, state and local water authority representatives. 

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.