Politics & Government

NJ Senator Andy Kim Hosting Town Hall In Ocean County On Saturday

U.S. Sen. Andy Kim is holding the event to hear from New Jersey residents about their concerns regarding federal issues.

Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., seen here during a Senate hearing in January, will be holding a town hall in Brick on Saturday.
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., seen here during a Senate hearing in January, will be holding a town hall in Brick on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis )

BRICK, NJ — Sen. Andy Kim has scheduled a town hall for Saturday in Brick to hear from New Jersey residents, his office announced.

Kim, a Democrat who was elected to the Senate in November after serving three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as the representative from New Jersey's 3rd District, will be at the Police Athletic League building in Brick, 60 Drum Point Road, for the town hall at 10 a.m.

Kim has held multiple town halls, both in-person events and telephone town halls, since he was elected to the House in 2018. His first was in Holiday City at Berkeley in early 2019, after he first took office.

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"As Congress prepares to negotiate a hyper-partisan Republican reconciliation package that threatens to cut Medicaid, education funding, and other critical support for working people, Senator Kim will outline what’s at stake and hear from New Jerseyans on what they want him to bring back to Capitol Hill and fight for to ensure that New Jersey families’ priorities are put first," a statement from Kim's office said.

Kim also held a town hall in Atlantic County on Thursday and had one scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday in Somerset County.

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Kim serves as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. He is a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and the Special Committee on Aging.

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