The comedian turned first responder advocate was back in Washington this week, with a new effort to support those who've become sick while helping protect others.
The town that lost the most souls in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, behind New York City, refuses to let the 19th anniversary come and go without reading those victims' names out loud.
Legislation making police and firefighters who got sick volunteering at Ground Zero eligible for accidental disability pensions gets amended to include EMTs.
After recent drastic cuts were announced, Rep. Gottheimer is among NJ delegates who have rallied to restore the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund.
New Jersey Congressman Tom MacArthur's (NJ 3rd-District) bill to provide funding for the operation and maintenance of the 9/11 memorial in New York City has passed through the House of Representatives.
Regarded as a hero for killing terrorist and Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden on May 2, 2011, former Navy Seal Robert O'Neill spent the weekend before the 9/11 anniversary in Ocean County for a library program.