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This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou. It was a privilege to join so many members of our community this weekend to raise Peru’s beautiful red and white flag here in North Jersey. 

Our district is home to one of the largest Peruvian American communities in the United States, and I could not be prouder to represent it in Congress. Your families, businesses, traditions, and hard work have helped shape our neighborhoods and made North Jersey a stronger, more vibrant place to live. 

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.