Category: Press Release

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 […]

October 24, 2022 — Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement in response to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recent vote to update their ‘suggested’ list of vaccines for schoolchildren to include COVID-19. “The CDC knows that by updating their list of suggested vaccines for schoolchildren, many states will force children to […]

October 14, 2022 — Congressman Van Drew expressed his complete opposition to the implementation of offshore wind projects off the coast of South Jersey being rushed by President Biden and Governor Murphy. “Since these offshore wind projects were announced, I have expressed my concerns and reservations, and they have not wavered,” said Congressman Van Drew. “While […]

October 4, 2022 — United States Congressman Jeff Van Drew’s campaign manager Ron Filan released the following statement regarding the New Jersey Education Assocation’s endorsement process and the campaign’s decision to decline seeking their support.    “More than three months ago, Congressman Van Drew sent a letter to the New Jersey Education Association rightfully calling it […]