Today, Congressman Van Drew demanded that all offshore wind activity in the state of New Jersey end, following an unprecedented number of whales have washed ashore in the New Jersey/New York area over the past month.
"Since offshore wind projects were being proposed by Governor Murphy to be built off the coast of New Jersey, I have been adamantly… Read more »
Today, Congressman Van Drew announced Nathanael Gaw's app design, 'Weather Map', as the 2022 Congressional App Challenge winner for New Jersey's Second Congressional District. The App Challenge asks local middle and high school students to submit a developed application (app). The apps are judged based on impact, structure, function, technical capability of coding, and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Van Drew announced that he is introducing legislation that will prohibit federal agencies from banning any gas-powered appliances or devices commonly found in residential properties.
"Millions of Americans, and thousands of South Jerseyans, own and operate gas stoves on a daily basis. This move from a Biden appointee to suggest that gas-powered stoves could… Read more »
Today, Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement laying out his legislative priorities for the 118th Congress, including his day one bill introductions.
"We are beginning work in a new Congress, with a new House majority, with new legislative priorities. For the past two years, a one-party Democrat rule has resulted in Americans feeling the burden of every… Read more »
Congressman Van Drew (R-NJ), member of the Homeland Security Committee, led 28 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers as to why highly skilled federal air marshals (FAM) are being stripped from our skies to perform non-law enforcement work at our border.
"At one of the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Van Drew released the following statement after voting against Biden’s $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill.
“With just days to go in the 117th Congress, Biden and the House Democrat majority just rammed through a 4,000+ page, $1.7 trillion spending bill that will lead to even more inflation, even higher interest rates, and an even larger… Read more »
United States Congressman Jeff Van Drew hit back hard after the Chinese Foreign Ministry defended their brutal crackdown on political opponents by claiming “the price of freedom” in America was “1 million Covid deaths + 40,000 gun deaths per year + 107,622 Fentanyl deaths in 2021 alone.” China’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying, went on to add that “the American people… Read more »
Yesterday, Congressman Van Drew questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the House Homeland Security hearing.
"In the last fiscal year, there were over 2.3 million recorded migrant encounters at the southwest border, which included 98 non-US citizens who are on the terrorist watchlist," said Congressman Van Drew. "To attempt to combat the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement slamming the Biden Administration for its authoritarian vaccine mandates on our military resulting in one of the worst years for Coast Guard recruitment. His statement comes after the U.S. Coast Guard announced that they will be offering up to $50,000 in signing bonuses as an attempt to recruit and retain… Read more »
New Jersey - Today, Congressman Van Drew expressed his outrage with the decision by Governor Murphy to approve the increase in tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway for the third year in a row.
"Yet again, New Jerseyans are facing the repercussions of state officials playing politics by refusing to find real solutions to lower the costs of goods… Read more »
