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Jeff Van Drew is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held positions in the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly. Van Drew's political career has been marked by his focus on issues such as healthcare and taxation, often expressing opposition to the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
The internet without net neutrality isn't really the internet. Net neutrality is the way the internet should always work. Net neutrality is essential to everything we need in our society and in our democracy, from educational and economic…
Right now, we face a health crisis. Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative brain disease and the most common form of dementia; 5.8 million Americans have this disease. One in three seniors dies with Alzheimer's. It is the sixth leading…
Harrison Township, New Jersey, recently celebrated its 175th anniversary. This town has been a staple of south Jersey for many years. Harrison Township was built on farming, as its local economy and its access to Philadelphia and New York…
Today, over 68 million women participate in elections. This would not be possible without the brave and brilliant suffragettes who never gave up the fight for equal rights. Tomorrow, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of House passage of…
I appreciate being allowed to speak to the Members of the House. On May 8, 2015, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft proclaimed Cape May County a Coast Guard Community, an honor claimed by only 18 cities and only one other county…
Right now, we are in the season where folks are deciding where to go to college. A big factor in that decision is their financial aid package. The skyrocketing cost of college is saddling many with outrageous student loan debt. The…
From the moment of their founding in 1882, the Knights of Columbus have made charity their first principle. Their Liberty Council 1910, based at the parish of the Holy Cross in Bridgeton, New Jersey, is made up of a diverse group of men of…
In 2016, however, the Service, under the previous administration--this, again, was the previous administration-- inexplicably reversed this exception and concluded that sand from Hereford Inlet could no longer be used for beach nourishment…
COBRA prohibits all Federal expenditures on units of the coastal barrier resource system, except for a few clearly defined exceptions, which are found in section 6 of the statute.
I am going to keep my questions focused on one topic, which is the Coastal Barrier Resource Act, also known as COBRA.
In a perverse way, COBRA has the potential to have the opposite effect of its goal in this case.
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