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February 24, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) will attend the State of the Union speech in the House chamber, joined in the visitors’ gallery by Justin Fowler, a resident of New Jersey’s Ninth District and a 20-year member of Laborers' International Union of North America Local 472, who will be there to represent the district and Gateway Tunnel workers. 


February 24, 2026
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Dear Friend,

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you on a somber anniversary. Today marks four years since Russia launched its unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine.

Four years of war. Four years of destruction. Four years of Ukrainians fighting for their independence, their democracy, and their survival.

Russia started this war. Russia alone is responsible for the violence and suffering that have followed. 


February 20, 2026
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Dear Friend,

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about an important decision today from the Supreme Court striking down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs policy.

I welcome this ruling.


February 18, 2026
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Dear Friend,

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about my recent visit to Lodi to present $1,031,000 in federal funding to equip our first responders with new emergency communications radios.

Lodi first responders requested this funding because their current radios are well past their useful life and are no longer supported by manufacturers. In an emergency, reliable communication is not optional. It is the foundation of coordinated response.


February 18, 2026
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Dear Friend,

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about my recent visit to Haledon to present $250,000 in federal funding to rehabilitate the Haledon Recycling Center and protect it from storm damage.


February 17, 2026
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Dear Friend,

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about my recent visit to Secaucus Junction, where I joined Governor Mikie Sherrill to speak out against the suspension of the Gateway Tunnel Project.

The Gateway Tunnel is vital to maintaining reliable rail service between New Jersey and New York and to supporting thousands of construction and skilled labor jobs across our region.


February 17, 2026
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Dear Friend,

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about my recent visit to Hawthorne to present $1,092,000 in federal funding for Hawthorne’s aging sewer system.


February 12, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Task Force overseeing World Cup security, and fellow Task Force members Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14) and LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10), are calling for the Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events in the United States to convene an emergency hearing on whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activi


February 11, 2026
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Dear Friend,

This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to you about my hearing this week where I confronted the heads of immigration enforcement in the Trump administration. 

For the first time, the leaders of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services appeared before the House Homeland Security Committee. I used the opportunity to demand answers about enforcement practices that have raised alarms here in North Jersey and across the country.


February 10, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today grilled the leaders of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. In a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Pou pressed them for accountability on continuing abuses by the Trump administration.