January 11, 2023 — 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 […]
January 10, 2023 — 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 […]
December 30, 2022 — United States Congressman Jeff Van Drew was among the first to welcome and congratulate Absecon City Councilman Steve Light on his decision to become a Republican heading into 2023. Light’s decision will give Republicans a 4-3 majority on the city council with two of the remaining three Democrat seats on the […]
December 26, 2022 — 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 […]
December 23, 2022 — United States Congressman Jeff 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, […]
November 30, 2022 — 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 […]
November 16, 2022 — 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. […]
November 7, 2022 — 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 […]
October 27, 2022 — 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 […]
October 25, 2022 — Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement in support of New York’s Supreme Court ruling that reinstates all employees fired for being unvaccinated, but reiterated that nobody should have been fired in the first place and this ruling should be applied throughout the country. “From the start of the pandemic, I have maintained the […]