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Essay Contest
June 24, 2026

(June 24, 2026) LEBANON BOROUGH, NJ – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced the winners of his contest celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Students were instructed to write an essay that responded to the following prompt: 

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US HOUSE LOGO fit screen
June 18, 2026

(June 18, 2026) LEBANON BOROUGH, NJ – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced the names of 16 students who have accepted an offer of Appointment to a U.S. service academy and will be joining the class of 2030 this summer.

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App Challenge
June 8, 2026

(June 8, 2026) LEBANON BOROUGH, NJ – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced the opening of the 2026 Congressional App Challenge, the official STEM competition of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Allegiance
May 11, 2026

(May 11, 2026) LEBANON BOROUGH, NJ – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced the winners of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition for New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District. This year’s competition theme was “Celebrating America’s 250 Years.”
 

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america 250 essay contest
April 14, 2026

(April 14, 2026) LEBANON, NJ — Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced that his office is accepting submissions for an essay contest to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. The contest is to open to all students in grades 3-6 residing in New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District.

Using their own words, students are encouraged to creatively honor this upcoming milestone in America’s history by writing an essay that responds to the following prompt: 

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FY27 map
April 9, 2026

 

(April 9, 2026) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced that his office has submitted 20 Community Project Funding requests to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration ahead of the Fiscal Year 2027 congressional appropriations process. Each of the six counties in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District are represented in the selections below.
 

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DHS Letter
April 7, 2026

(April 7, 2026) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin urging a thorough review of the Department’s proposed processing facility in Roxbury Township, New Jersey.

In his letter to the newly confirmed Secretary, Congressman Kean called for meaningful engagement with local officials who have raised concerns about the facility’s impact on their community.

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RESCUE Act
March 27, 2026

(March 27, 2026) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced the introduction of the Rosatom Energy Sanctions Compliance and Unified Enforcement (RESCUE) Act, legislation that would impose sanctions on Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, and cut off a key source of revenue fueling Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine.