Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tom MacArthur announced that his bill, The Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017 was included in the hurricane supplemental bill and passed the House with bipartisan support.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tom MacArthur urged Governor-Elect Phil Murphy to call on New Jersey’s Democratic Members of Congress to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
WASHINGTON –Today, Congressman Tom MacArthur released the following statement after The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed the House:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman MacArthur urged Congress to protect and expand the educator expense deduction to $500 from $250. Under current law, educators can receive a deduction for supplies they purchase for the benefit of their students, instead of paying out-of-pocket.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman MacArthur urged House and Senate Leadership to restore the medical expense deduction in the tax reform legislation on behalf of the over 140,000 seniors who live in New Jersey’s Third Congressional District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom MacArthur sent the below letter to Governor-Elect Phil Murphy and Senators Menendez and Booker, after their continued partisan attacks.
December 11, 2017
Dear Governor-Elect Murphy, Senator Menendez, and Senator Booker,
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Republican Chairman of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) introduced the College Loan Deferment for Recovery Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman MacArthur released the following statement after the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act passed the House of Representatives:
Washington, D.C.-Today, Congressman MacArthur urged House Speaker Paul Ryan to pass legislation this year that creates a permanent legislative solution to the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
MacArthur was joined by 34 House Republicans in this request.
Nobody knows more than the people of New Jersey the pressure that high taxes can put on a family, small business or senior on a fixed income. After decades of tax, spend and borrow policies foisted upon us by Trenton politicians from both parties, we live in the highest taxed state in America. People are voting with their feet and moving to lower tax states, draining New Jersey of future teac