What Did NJ Members of Congress Get Up to This Summer?

September 8, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org

Federalized soldiers in camouflage uniforms with hip-mounted sidearms greeted lawmakers after they returned from summer recess, a time New Jersey members used to take trips abroad, hold town halls, run for elected office and criticized, or defended, the immense new budget law Republicans hammered through Congress in July.

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NJ SEED: At one time they were called recesses but today are most frequently euphemistically referred to as district work periods. By whatever name, they serve as a time for members to meet with constituents, explain partisan positions and in many cases take taxpayer funded junkets to far off lands to gather important information for their committee work. NJ’s congressional delegation did pretty much all of the above except one member whose concentration is focused on campaigning for governor.