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The Air Force and Boeing announced the acceptance of the first jet on Thursday, officially kicking off the delivery process for the tankers, which are due to arrive at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in 2021.

Congressman Donald Norcross, who was among a host of New Jersey lawmakers and officials who lobbied the Air Force to select the joint base one of the first installations to receive the new tankers, promised to keep close watch on the delivery schedule as it proceeds.

“I’ve been long-fighting for ways to safeguard New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and ensure the KC-46s are delivered to the joint base on schedule,” Norcross, D-1st of Camden, said Thursday. “These refueling tankers will bring new jobs and growth to our state and make our base an indispensable starting point for national security missions on the East Coast. As the delivery process begins, I plan to monitor the schedule and quality of the tankers as we move forward.”

Today, Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) are leading more than sixty of their colleagues in calling on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to prioritize policies that will help tackle the opioid epidemic. A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a dramatic increase in deaths nationally due to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and increases in overdose deaths in many of the hardest hit states.

President Donald Trump stressed the importance of border security for the United States during a speech Tuesday and said the government remains shut down because Democrats won't fund it.

New Jersey's elected Democrats, though, rejected Trump's notion that a wall is about safety for Americans.

Today, Donald Norcross was sworn in to represent New Jersey’s First Congressional District in the 116th Congress and his first votes were in favor of two bills to reopen all government services that have been shut down since December 22nd and ensure workers get the paychecks they earned.

Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st of Camden, also weighed in, saying federal workers would suffer “because of Trump’s egotistical, politically motivated temper tantrum.”

“In New Jersey alone, more than 5,000 federal employees will be impacted by this reckless Trump shutdown. It’s heartless,” Norcross added.