Milltown Post Office to Reopen Monday

The post office has been closed since it was damaged during Hurricane Irene.

The Milltown Post Office will reopen its doors after being closed for more than a year following damages caused by Hurricane Irene. According to a press release from the office of Rep. Rush Holt, the post office will open its doors on Monday with a formal reopening ceremony. Holt and Milltown Mayor Eric Steeber, joined by officials from the USPS will reopen the office at 3 p.m. The post office closed after it was heavily damaged by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. "On December 16, 2011, shortly after visiting the flood-damaged post office, Holt wrote to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe requesting assurances that Milltown would retain a full postal retail facility," the release said. "The USPS provided such a commitment in May 2012 but…

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Milltown Post Office to Reopen in February

The Post Office will reopen in it's previous location before finding a new, permanent location.

The following is a statement from U.S. Rep. Rush Holt. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) announced today (Friday, Dec. 7), that the U.S. Postal Service will resume providing postal services at the existing Milltown Post Office facility, which has been closed since it was damaged last year in flooding from Hurricane Irene. The USPS has indicated that the Milltown Post Office will reopen by mid-February 2013, as soon as repairs are completed. Resuming service at the existing post office is an interim step toward establishing permanent postal services in Milltown.  The USPS intends to relocate to a new Milltown facility in the future, and a public meeting will be scheduled to hear public feedback about the new facility’s location. The USPS …

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Holt Praises South Brunswick Biotech Company During Visit Monday

Rep. Rush Holt lauded the innovative work of Signum Biosciences in treating Alzheimer’s disease.

Praising the work of innovators who took a small business grant and turned it into new jobs and new products, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) this week visited a South Brunswick biotechnology company working on treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. On Monday, Holt toured the offices of Signum Biosciences in Monmouth Junction to learn about the company's ongoing research and development, and to highlight legislation he sponsored that supports research-intensive small businesses. "This is research that we want happening here in New Jersey," Holt said. "It employs members of the community now. It is aimed at work that will eliminate suffering – in this case, by treating Alzheimer’s. And it will produce potentially big payoffs long into the …

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Holt Fights to Stop Drilling Off New Jersey's Coast

Amendments to regulate off shore drilling was blocked before being considered.

The following is a statement released by U.S. Rep. Rush Holt. (Tuesday and Wednesday), U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) continued to lead efforts to block legislation that, if enacted, would endanger New Jersey’s beaches by accelerating offshore drilling without updating safety and environmental reviews.  As the House considered the so-called “Congressional Replacement of Offshore Drilling Plan,” HR 6082, Holt offered amendments to prevent drilling off the coast of New Jersey, to ensure adequate environmental review of proposed drilling, and to end royalty free drilling the Gulf of Mexico. This was the 11th drilling bill to be brought to the House floor in the last 18 months to benefit Big Oil at the expense of worker safety, public health, and…

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Holt to Hold Another Telephone 'Town Hall' Tonight

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt invites residents of New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District to join the conversation at 7:30 p.m. today, July 17.

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-Hopewell Township) of New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District will hold another of his telephone “town hall” meetings with central New Jersey residents beginning at 7:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, July 17. Holt will hear directly from constituents and answer their questions about issues pending before Congress, including Medicare, Social Security, and proposals to create new jobs.     Residents of the 12th Congressional District will receive telephone calls at 7:30 p.m. today inviting them to participate in the conversation. District residents who would like to ensure that they are called may register on Holt’s website at http://holt.house.gov/townhall or by call his office at 1-87-RUSH-HOLT.

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To the Editor

LETTER: Holt Supports Affordable Care Act

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt says the act, like so many others in America's past, will be tweaked and refined over time.

To the Editor: The essence of the Affordable Care Act is to guarantee, through a variety of approaches, that every American can count on having access to excellent health care. We still have much work to do.  Every major piece of American legislation ever passed, from Social Security to Medicare to the Civil Rights Act, has been refined and improved over the years.  So, too, the Affordable Care Act will be refined and improved as we gain experience with it. Today’s decision ensures that we can continue making progress toward the goal of guaranteeing access to excellent health care for every American. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt

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South Brunswick Businessman to Challenge Holt for Congressional Seat

Republican Eric Beck, who will oppose U.S. Rep. Rush Holt in the race for the 12th Congressional District, believes smaller government and a flat tax are crucial to an economic turnaround.

Citing a need to improve unemployment by ending governmental mismanagement of the economy, South Brunswick resident Eric Beck announced a bid earlier this year to challenge U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) for the U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 12th District. Beck, a small business owner and entrepreneur from Dayton, started Risk Masters in 2009 as a risk management consulting firm specializing in business continuity management. Beck also holds an MBA from Rutgers University Business School. He said Rep. Holt is out of touch with voters and lacks the business understanding to stimulate job creation. "My opponent has spent his entire career in academia and has never been in a position to run a business, create jobs, and deliver a product to a …

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10:00 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Anna R. Please look into Rush Holt's record. Among other things, he was on a select bipartisan commission [Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), Congressman John Campbell (R-CA), Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ), Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC), Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), and Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) on planning and appropriations. Rush Holt can -- and does -- work with both Democrats and …   more ›

Proposal Would Integrate Libraries into state Job-Training Programs

Rep. Rush Holt wants libraries to take a lead role in the economic recovery by providing funding for the tools job seekers need.

According to a 2009 survey funded through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 77 million people visited libraries to use computers. Of that, 30 million used them to access information to find jobs and get resume help. Of that, 3.7 million reported that they got a job thanks to the tools provided at local libraries.* On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt visited the East Brunswick Public Library’s Business Resource Center to talk about how it too has taken a lead role in meeting the needs of small businesses and job seekers and to discuss ways to make it even better.  “Today, the head of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Susan Hildreth came to New Jersey and wanted to know what was a particularly good example of a library that is …

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Rush Holt To Visit East Brunswick Library

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt and Susan Hildreth, director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, are touring area libraries on Thursday.

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) will join Susan Hildreth, the director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, will stop by the East Brunswick Public Library as part of a series of events with librarians and school children throughout Central New Jersey. Rep. Holt’s visit will take place at 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12. His stop will be to highlight a recent Broadband Technology Opportunity Program grant to expand services to the unemployed and underemployed.  Rep. Holt will also announce the Workforce Investments through Local Libraries (WILL) Act, which would integrate libraries into job-training efforts such as State and Local Workforce Investment Boards. The “tour” is designed to highlight legislation by Rep. Holt that is …

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U.S. Rep. Rush Holt Speaks on Health Care and Social Security at South Brunswick Town Hall Meeting

U.S. Rep Rush Holt answered questions on the stability of social security, "Obamacare," and charter schools during a town hall meeting in South Brunswick Monday evening.

About 100 people packed the main meeting room in the South Brunswick Municipal Building on Monday evening for a town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ-12). The congressman took questions from the audience on a variety of topics, with social security and health care being the two main areas of concern. "There's a lot I could say about what's going on in Washington, New Jersey and around the world, but I could speak best from your questions," Holt told the audience as the meeting began. The meeting, which ran from 7 p.m. to about 8:45 p.m., included multiple questions concerning the state of Medicare and social security. "Medicare and social security are successful programs and the stories of their imminent demise have been greatly…

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