Josh Gottheimer Claims

I will keep fighting every day in Congress for lower taxes for families and small businesses and to make life more affordable for Jersey families.

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I will demand restoration of the full SALT deduction when the current cap expires at the end of 2025.

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I will cut property taxes for everyone by nearly 15%.

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I will give every renter a $500 annual rebate.

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I will implement a new Family Tax Credit for middle-class families with kids or senior parents they care for.

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I will create a new senior bonus and a $1,000 state income tax credit for qualifying seniors.

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I will make New Jersey the first property tax neutral state in the nation through a Move to Jersey program.

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I will create a New Job Business Tax Credit of $5,000 per new job created in New Jersey.

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I will go after tax cheats and make them pay what they owe.

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I will provide free breakfast, lunch, and afterschool snacks to every student in K-12 public schools across America.

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I will eliminate unpaid meal debt and remove burdensome application paperwork for qualifying families.

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I will ensure school meals are nutritious and locally sourced when possible.

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I will extend meal access during summer break and sudden school closures so no child's nutrition falls through the cracks.

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I will provide Congress with a report on the impacts of free school meals and recommendations for nutritious, locally sourced meals.

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I will introduce bipartisan legislation to ban AI surveillance pricing at grocery stores and third-party grocery delivery platforms, including clear disclosure requirements and limits on individualized pricing from personal data.

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I will send a letter to the Department of Labor asking it to investigate the impact of electronic shelf labels on American jobs and report back on whether additional legislative action is needed.

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I will always oppose any attempt to roll back the right to choose and keep fighting to protect access to safe, legal reproductive care.

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I will introduce legislation to eliminate the SALT marriage penalty by doubling the SALT deduction cap for married couples filing jointly.

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I will cut taxes for seniors.

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I will lower utility bills and costs across Jersey.

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I will build more starter and senior housing so people can stay near their families when they retire.

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I will increase policing and community policing to improve safety in homes, neighborhoods, and cars.

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I will use the full force of the law against antisemitic harassment and threats.

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I will fix and significantly upgrade NJ Transit.

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I will fight constantly to keep jobs in Jersey and bring more jobs here.

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I will expand family leave and make pre-K universal.

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I will improve K-12 education.

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I will help parents care for their aging parents.

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I will address the mental health crisis affecting kids.

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I will send Congress a formal briefing on the objectives, progress, and what success looks like in the conflict in Iran.

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I will require the President to explain his objectives and strategy to Congress and to seek either a formal declaration of war or authorization for the use of military force within the War Powers Act timeframe.

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I will introduce bipartisan legislation to make it a federal crime, with strengthened penalties, to knowingly publish the personal information of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, or their immediate family members with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate violence.

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I will fund grants to establish Police Athletic League chapters that partner local officers with kids through sports, mentorship, and youth development programming.

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I will continue to lead bipartisan legislation to support small and mid-sized police departments with resources for recruitment, retention, training, and mental health support.

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I will continue to co-lead bipartisan legislation to create stronger federal penalties for individuals who deliberately target law enforcement officers.

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I will continue to co-lead bipartisan legislation to establish a VA-style home loan program for first responders and eliminate the down payment requirement to get a mortgage.

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I will help develop a strong, smart federal AI framework that protects consumers, workers, and national security while keeping the United States at the forefront of global AI innovation.

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I will introduce bipartisan legislation to require cardiac screenings for high school student athletes before they participate in school sports.

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I will ensure cardiac screenings for student athletes are accessible by encouraging partnerships with hospitals and providers to offer tests at low or no cost.

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I will call on the Administration to protect funding for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

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I will work with my colleagues in Washington to fully fund the HEARTS Act.

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I will introduce bipartisan legislation to combat hate violence, religious discrimination, and transnational repression against Sikh Americans.

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I will lower health care costs across Jersey.

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I will lower child care costs across Jersey.

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I will lower the cost of owning or renting a home in New Jersey.

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I will balance New Jersey’s budget before pursuing tax cuts and new investments.

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I will make New Jersey state government more efficient and streamline bureaucracy.

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I will find at least 5% in efficiency savings in New Jersey state government operations.

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I will modernize state employee health coverage to save money.

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I will introduce legislation to create a 25 percent tax credit for businesses that sell New Jersey-branded products in airports, train stations, and rest stops, and require priority retail space for those businesses in major transit hubs.

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I will send a letter to the New York-New Jersey Port Authority urging it to prioritize storefronts that sell New Jersey-branded items at Newark Airport and other transit locations.

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I will push the Senate to pass the Kay Hagan Tick Act and send it to the President so it becomes law.

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I will work to increase federal funding for Lyme and tick-borne disease research, prevention, education, and related defense research programs.

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I will oppose the administration’s proposal to reorganize the CDC’s Lyme Disease Program and cut its funding.

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I will continue pushing the Tick Identification Pilot Program Act to let residents submit tick photos and receive expert identification and guidance within 72 hours.

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I will continue pushing the Stamp Out Lyme Disease Act to direct the Postal Service to issue a Lyme disease research stamp funding NIAID research.

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I will continue pushing the BITE Act to build a national vector-borne disease prevention and alert system aimed at cutting Lyme disease cases 25 percent by 2035.

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I will continue fighting to pass the bipartisan FIRE Cancer Act to provide federal investments so all firefighters can access preventative tests, including multi-cancer early detection tests.

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I will require every AI developer to submit frontier models to the U.S. government for a shot-clocked review before releasing them to the public.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation directing NIST to develop national standards, guidelines, and best practices for discovering, verifying, and controlling AI agents.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation allowing cloud compute providers to voluntarily report suspected adversarial misuse of their services to the government to close a loophole in U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation directing the NSA to develop an AI security playbook for highly sensitive AI systems.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation prohibiting federal employees from using DeepSeek on government-issued devices.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation giving critical infrastructure operators free access to powerful cyber-capable AI models.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation creating a rapid-response and threat notification service at CISA for small and medium water and electric utilities.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation creating a tax credit for companies' AI workforce training expenses equal to 30 percent of qualified expenses, up to $2,500 per employee per year.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation directing a comprehensive technology assessment of liquid cooling technologies in U.S. data centers and their potential to advance AI computing.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation directing financial regulatory agencies to create Innovation Labs where regulated entities can test AI projects safely.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation requiring operating system developers to verify new users' ages at the device level and give parents tools to choose how their children use devices.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation to create or make available federal grant resources helping K-12 schools establish AI labs with hands-on AI curricula for students and educators.

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I will advance bipartisan legislation requiring all AI-generated content to carry a built-in metadata label so consumers, platforms, and regulators can identify it.

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I will continue working in Congress to protect and expand funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program so North Jersey nonprofits and religious institutions receive the security funding they need.

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I will push FEMA for faster turnaround and greater transparency in Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding so at-risk organizations can plan and receive security investments with confidence.

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I will do everything in my power to ensure children learn the truth about 9/11, honor the fallen, and protect the United States.

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I will help ensure every community in New Jersey's 5th District receives $50,000 for counterterrorism training.

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I will require states receiving federal funding for comprehensive cancer control plans to include at least two pediatric cancer experts on their state cancer coalitions.

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I will establish a national Pediatric Cancer Advisory Committee to develop best practices for addressing pediatric cancer, survivorship, and adolescent and young adult care in state cancer plans.

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I will expand the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program to include pediatric cancer as an explicit purpose so states can use existing federal dollars to support children with cancer and their families.

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I will introduce a House resolution on November 13, 2026 to designate that date as Kylie's Day and honor Kylie Kupperman's life and legacy.

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I will ban Chinese-developed open-weight AI models from U.S. government devices and prohibit federal agencies from procuring software that relies on those models.

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I will send a letter to the President's Cyber Director asking about the Administration's AI cybersecurity clearinghouse and how it can help the government respond to autonomous cyberattack risks.

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I will fight to ensure NJ TRANSIT hits or beats the Lackawanna Cut-off and Andover station project schedule, including targeted construction completion in August 2031 and passenger service afterward.

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I will continue working with Andover, Sussex County, NJ TRANSIT, and Amtrak to bring quality, expansive rail service to North Jersey as soon as possible without delay.

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