I’m proud to work with my colleagues to bring these dollars home and will continue to fight to bring more back for New Jersey in years to come.
Continue to fight to bring more federal funding back to New Jersey in future years.
Occurrences
Evidence
The page says Senator Kim is fighting for FY2026 community-project funding requests in New Jersey and warns there is no guarantee the requests will be included in the spending bills.
The page lists FY2026 CDS requests across New Jersey, including specific project names, locations, requested amounts, and recipients, showing that Kim filed concrete funding asks for state projects.
In this May 30, 2026 press release, Kim said he was promoting his vision for New Jersey's future through innovation and investment and said he was looking to bring additional investment and opportunity to South Jersey.
The page states that, for FY2026, Senator Andy Kim submitted Congressionally Directed Spending requests for important community projects across New Jersey to the Senate Appropriations Committee, and lists multiple appropriations subcommittees where he is 'fighting for' requests.
The page says CDS is an opportunity for Senator Kim to advocate for federal funding for specific projects in New Jersey, references FY2026 disclosures, opens FY2027 CDS submissions, and invites programmatic funding requests for FY2027.
In a May 16, 2025 disclosure letter to Senate Appropriations subcommittee leaders, Kim certified that he requested FY2026 Labor-HHS-Education CDS items. The attached table lists New Jersey recipients and requested amounts, including $3.02 million for Coriell Institute in Camden, $2.5 million for Saint Peter's University in Jersey City, and $4.875 million for Stockton University in Galloway.
The page lists FY2026 Labor-HHS-Education CDS requests Kim is fighting for, including New Jersey projects such as a $1.45 million statewide entrepreneurship program, $435,000 for a Bridgeton ambulance, $3.8 million for University Hospital in Newark, and $2.75 million for Integrity House in Newark.
The page lists FY2026 CDS requests, including $5 million for a Paterson Homeless Hub, $5 million for the Carteret Ferry Building Project, $10 million for a Paramus recreation center, and other New Jersey housing, public safety, transportation, and infrastructure projects.
The page says Senator Kim strives to serve as a resource to New Jersey grantseekers, offers grant-support assistance including letters of support for federal and state grant applications, and notes a December 16, 2025 webinar on federal grants, appropriations, and CDS best practices.
Kim's office reported that he visited Gloucester County to promote innovation and investment, heard from local workers and Rowan University leadership, discussed what support communities need from Congress to invest in local infrastructure, and shared updates on work to expand access to reliable public transit across South Jersey.
Assessments
The promise was framed as continuing to fight for more federal funding for New Jersey, not guaranteeing that every request would be enacted or awarded. During Kim's current Senate term, his office submitted and publicly disclosed FY2026 Congressionally Directed Spending requests for many New Jersey projects, maintained FY2027 appropriations and CDS processes, and provided grant-support resources for New Jersey applicants. That is concrete same-term federal appropriations advocacy directly matching the promised action.
The promise was to continue fighting for more federal funding for New Jersey, and the evidence shows Kim did that during his current Senate term. His office publicly posted FY2026 community-project funding requests and specific CDS requests for New Jersey projects, which are concrete appropriations actions rather than just general rhetoric. The record provided does not show final awarded funding yet, but for a promise framed as continuing to fight for funding, sustained formal funding requests and advocacy are sufficient to count as delivered.