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(May 24, 2024) WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced that his office has submitted fifteen (15) Community Project Funding requests to the House Appropriations Committee for funding consideration ahead of the fiscal year 2025 congressional appropriations process. All six counties in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District are represented in the selections below.   

(May 16, 2024) WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed Europe Subcommittee Chairman, Tom Kean, Jr.’s (NJ-07) Rosatom Sanctions Enforcement Act. This bill will impose sanctions on Rosatom, the Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation.   

(May 16, 2024) BERNARDSVILLE, NJ – Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) officially launched his first Law Enforcement Hometown Hero Initiative, honoring local law enforcement officers across New Jersey’s 7^th Congressional District.  

Congressman Kean took submissions throughout New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District and will be highlighting law enforcement heroes throughout the year. Law Enforcement Hometown Heroes were nominated by their supervisors and chiefs from their respective agencies throughout the district.   

(May 15, 2024) BERNARDSVILLE, NJ – On Monday, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) hosted a roundtable to address rising crime in New Jersey with County Sheriffs and Undersheriffs from Somerset, Union, Hunterdon, Morris, Warren, and Sussex.  

Crime has increased in New Jersey’s suburbs, including home break-ins, catalytic converter thefts, and local small businesses being robbed. 

(May 14, 2024) BERNARDSVILLE, NJ – Yesterday, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) hosted a roundtable to address the rise of antisemitism in New Jersey and nationwide.  

In attendance were Rabbis, Jewish leaders, local elected officials, and high school and college students from New Jersey’s 7^th Congressional District.  

According to the Anti-Defamation League, since Hamas’ brutal surprise attack on Israel on October 7^th, 2023, the United States saw a 140% increase from 2022 in antisemitic cases.  

(May 8, 2024) WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Fire Grants and Safety Act, 393 to 13. Abipartisan, bicameral bill introduced by Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) and co-led by Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), the co-chairman of the House Fire Services Caucus, this bill will support and advance firefighter and first responder services across the nation. 

(May 6, 2024) BERNARDSVILLE, NJ – Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District winner of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition. The first-place winner of the competition is Ellie Beaugris of Somerville High School. Her painting, “Fall Sport,” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year and she will be invited to Washington, DC for a national recognition event.   

(May 3, 2024) BERNARDSVILLE, NJ – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced that his casework team has returned more than $6,200,000 to constituents.