PRO Honorable Bill Pascrell
United States Representative, New Jersey, Democrat
Representative Pascrell, of the Ninth District of New Jersey, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1988 to 1997 and as simultaneously as Mayor of Paterson from 1990 to 1997. He sits on the Budget Committee and the Ways and Means Committee. The following is from the September 17, 2014, House floor debate on an amendment to H.J. Res. 124, making continuing appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015, introduced by Representative Buck McKeon (CA-R). The amendment would authorize the secretary of defense, in coordination with the secretary of…
