Press Releases

Dear Governor Murphy, A serious oversight regarding Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) locations in South Jersey has been brought to our attention. While we are thankful these facilities have begun a slow reopening, the lack of geographic focus is putting an extreme burden on large portions of our community. The open MVC locations offering the road test portion for licensing, and separate… Read more »

We have come a long way in terms of equality for every race, sex and creed in this nation. We still have a ways to go to before we are there for everyone, but we must find peaceful and meaningful solutions that offer positive outcomes for all. Read more »

Our law enforcement officers put their lives on the line, and some die in service to their community and nation every year. The malicious conduct that we saw from some police officers, one of whom took George Floyd's life, do not represent law enforcement and they need to be punished to the full extent of the law for their actions.  Read more »

MAYS LANDING-Today, Congressman Jeff Van Drew blasted the decision of the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) to raise tolls on hardworking South Jersey families in the middle of a pandemic. “Under the cover and darkness of a pandemic the SJTA voted to take more money from people in South Jersey who are already financially beaten down,” said Congressman Van Drew.… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jeff Van Drew announced his opposition to the $3 trillion spending bill that Nancy Pelosi unveiled this week. While there are pieces of this legislation that would be beneficial to the current COVID crisis we are in, Speaker Pelosi has added in her wishlist of progressive, nation-changing proposals that she knows will never be signed into law. Congressman Van Drew plans… Read more »

Congressman Jeff Van Drew had a telephone meeting this afternoon with Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services(HHS) Eric Hargan on COVID-19 payments to hospital systems that arbitrarily missed out on hotspot funding. To receive the hotspot funding the hospital must have had 100 confirmed COVID-19 patients by April 10th. This lack of funding has only been exacerbated by the shutdown… Read more »

MAYS LANDING- Today, Congressman Jeff Van Drew is calling on Governor Murphy to surge resources and create a taskforce over the shortfalls in execution on unemployment payments. Congressman Van Drew is requesting an “around- the-clock” approach and to pool resources (including utilizing short-term contract work for those affected) to fix the problems in an inundated system… Read more »

Dear Friend, I wanted to update you on some important happenings in Washington and in New Jersey. Last week the Paycheck Protection Program(PPP) started to lend again after we were able to appropriate additional funds into the program. The disaster relief loans directly from the SBA re-opened for businesses in agriculture as well. Please follow this link to learn more about loans and… Read more »

MAYS LANDING- Today, Congressman Van Drew sent a letter to Governor Murphy requesting restrictions be eased on certain activities and industries that can accommodate social distancing and health guidelines to prevent spreading COVID-19. Included in the request was: Allowing for people to practice their faith Allowing for certain medical procedures and surgeries Allowing… Read more »

Congressman Jeff Van Drew is calling out China’s government for their role in the death, destruction and dereliction of human decency in their behavior over the handling of the Coronavirus outbreak. “Every American of every background and creed should be furious with China for their disregard of human well-being amidst the Coronavirus cover-up they… Read more »