Press Releases

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas 1(202) 225-6572 Congressmen Jeff Van Drew and Mike Kelly (PA-16) introduced the Commercial, Low Emissions and Net Energy Reduction (CLEANER) Buildings Act of 2019 which would extend the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings. If this vital incentive is renewed, the deduction, also known as… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2019 CONTACT - Mackenzie Lucas 1(202) 225-6572 Rep. Jeff Van Drew Calls to Finalize Investigations and a Move Toward Productive Policy (Mays Landing, NJ) - Today Congressman Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ) delivered the following statement: “I have had the opportunity to speak to the people of South Jersey. I have held Tele-Town Halls, gone to… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas 1(202) 225-6572 At today’s House Natural Resources Committee hearing, Congressman Jeff Van Drew informed Secretary David Bernhardt of the U.S. Department of the Interior about the problems facing the Borough of Stone Harbor in Cape May County relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA). CBRA was passed… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas 1(202) 225-6572 At today’s House Natural Resources Committee hearing, Congressman Jeff Van Drew informed Secretary David Bernhardt of the U.S. Department of the Interior about the problems facing the Borough of Stone Harbor in Cape May County relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA). CBRA was passed… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas 1(202) 225-6572 At today’s House Natural Resources Committee hearing, Congressman Jeff Van Drew informed Secretary David Bernhardt of the U.S. Department of the Interior about the problems facing the Borough of Stone Harbor in Cape May County relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA). CBRA was passed… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas (202) 225-6572 Congressman Jeff Van Drew voted today to pass the Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act which would block guidance that gives states the ability to weaken the Affordable Care Act’s critical protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions. In 2018, the Department of Health… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas (202) 225-6572 Congressman Jeff Van Drew introduced the Wild Bird Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2019 which would reauthorize for five years the Act originally signed by President George Bush in 1992. The Wild Bird Conservation Act (WBCA) encourages wild bird conservation programs in countries of origin and… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas 1(202) 225-6572 Congressman Van Drew will give the keynote address at Stockton University’s 2019 Commencement Ceremony on Friday May 10, 2019 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Rep. Van Drew will also receive an Honorary Doctorate in Public Service from the institution at the ceremony. “It is such a great… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas 1(202) 225-6572 At the Natural Resources Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee hearing on the State of Fisheries Congressman Jeff Van Drew advocated for the fishermen in South Jersey and throughout the country.  The 2006 Magnuson Stevens Act Amendments dramatically changed the way domestic fishery resources… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2019 CONTACT – Mackenzie Lucas 1(202) 225-6572   Today, the House of Representatives voted in a bipartisan fashion to pass Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s amendment to H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which would keep the United States in the historic Paris Agreement. The Agreement is a technology-neutral pledge by nearly every country in the… Read more »