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(June 10, 2024) BUDD LAKE, NJ – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) presented a $600,000 ceremonial check for the Mount Olive Township Stormwater Management project secured by the FY2024 Community Project Funding process. This funding will be used for upgrading the Mount Olive Township Stormwater Management.   

The project will include construction and installation of water pollution prevention and abatement features that will enhance stormwater runoff from transportation facilities that discharge to the lake. 

(June 5, 2024) WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) released the following statement on Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to indefinitely postpone the implementation of congestion pricing.   

(June 3, 2024) WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced his office is now accepting applications for Service Academy Nominations. Congressman Kean invites students from New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District who wish to pursue an education at one of four service academies to apply for a Congressional nomination to the Service Academy.   

(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.