Representative Tom MacArthur

Agreements under the Capitol dome practically assure a full Congressional vote on federal tax code changes by next week, but there are still fine points in play. Shore Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3) wants one of them to help teachers.

Shore Congressman Tom MacArthur dares New Jersey's two Democrat US Senators and its Governor-elect to defend their views, on his turf.

Ocean County taxpayers, up in arms over federal tax-reform plans that they view as a rich man's paradise, plan to protest Friday in Toms River.

Seeming blindsided by Governor-elect Phil Murphy's comments about his "aye" vote for federal tax reform, Congressman Tom MacArthur issued an open invitation to discuss it in Ocean or Burlington County.

Stafford's self-sustaining pilot project that's helping drug users and homeless individuals break their negative spirals might be in line for federal funds, if Representative Tom MacArthur can bring it about.

The Jersey Shore's Congressmen take opposing views of President Trump's decertificaiton of the Iran nuclear deal.

The Opioid Addiction and Prevention Act would, with certain exceptions. limit initial post-acute-care opiate pain prescriptions to 10 days.

Representative Tom MacArthur is creating legislation to maintain prescription monitoring state-by-state, but that would offer federal incentives for meeting common standards.

Designation as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area offers enhanced federal funding and multi-level law enforcement coordination.

Infants and veterans, families and felons, doctors and druggists - all are factors in considerations by the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force in the House of Representatives, which issued its nine-point agenda of legislation proposals this week.