Press Releases

"As you know, the House passed H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) with my support," said Congressman Van Drew. "I worked on and read through every page of this legislation. A majority of this bill funds previously existing federal highway projects that need completing, and nearly half includes new funding for highways, bridges, ports, rural broadband, and will provide investments for hard infrastructure projects that are desperately needed not only in South Jersey, but across America. This bill is paid for through previously existing COVID-19 relief funds as well as unused unemployment money from states and includes no social spending and no new taxes on the American people. 

"As a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I stood in staunch opposition and voted NO on the Democrat’s original infrastructure bill, the INVEST Act, in both committee and on the House Floor. That bloated bill would have provided little help to our country’s dire infrastructure needs and would have continued to cripple our country’s already struggling economy. I have also voted NO on any of the bills that are part of President Biden’s so called “Build Back Better” agenda. This includes my vote AGAINST passing a short-term continuing resolution and my NO vote on raising our debt ceiling which would have given Democrats the funding to ram through their socialist reconciliation package.

"Democratic socialist members such as AOC and her “Squad” voted against the hard infrastructure bill specifically because it did not include the reckless spending they desperately want, and they know that the passage of this bill has ruined any bargaining power they have to force through their socialist reconciliation spending bill. You can read more of her comments here.  

"Reconciliation will raise taxes, spend vast amounts of tax-payer dollars on social programs, give amnesty to illegal immigrants, expand the size of the IRS and allow them to further monitor American bank accounts, and enact Green New Deal policies. I have been, and will continue to be, STRONGLY OPPOSED to allowing this reckless spending bill from ever becoming law. I will continue to vote against and speak out in opposition against any attempt to pass this bill."