September 2, 2009- Congressman Sires presents a check to Mayor Smith of Bayonne to help fund the Police Department's Emergency Operations Center.

April 24, 2009- Congressman Sires and members of MAST Construction take a tour of the Garden Street Lofts in Hoboken, which is New Jersey's first residential, high-rise, GREEN building.

February 25, 2009- Myra Brodsky of Guttenberg and the American Council of the Blind visits with Congressman Sires.

March 4, 2009- Congressman Sires holds his annual meeting with the Jewish War Veterans in his Washington office.

August 31, 2009- Congressman Sires presents a check to the North Hudson Community Action Corporation.  North Hudson CAP received funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to improve community health centers.

September 28, 2009- Congressman Sires speaks at a press conference on the Bayonne bridge, encouraging the Port Authority to increase access for larger ships to pass through.

March 2, 2009- Jeane Lutz of Carteret displays her quilts that will be given to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital.  Pictured L-R: Mayor Daniel Reiman of Carteret, Jeane Lutz, Congressman Sires, and 1st Sgt. Quin Waterman.

September 23, 2009- Congressman Sires discusses the future of NASA with astronauts from the STS-127 crew, including astronaut Dave Wolf and commander Mark Polansky of New Jersey.

January 23, 2009- Congressman Sires and Secretary Salazar listen to a park attendant at Ellis Island during the Secretary's visit to the Statue of Liberty.

October 5, 2009- Congressman Sires along with Senators Lautenberg and Menendez present Mayor Smith and the Bayonne Fire Department with a grant from FEMA to assist firefighters.

March 12, 2009- Congressman Sires meets with Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones to spread the awareness of the importance of swimming lessons for children.

June 8, 2009- Congressman Sires speaks at the ARC Mass Transit Tunnel groundbreaking ceremony about the importance of the tunnel to the 13th District.  The project is expected to bring in 6,000 jobs a year, as well as double rail capacity into NYC.

February 18, 2009- Congressman Sires greets Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Ferry Captain Britanny Catanzara, who helped to rescue 26 of the passengers of flight 1549.

October 5, 2009- Congressman Sires announces $3.5 million in federal funding for the Bayonne Fire Department.  The Department was awarded the grants through FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

August 25, 2009- Congressman Sires visit with Coast Sector Captain Robert O’Brien and Rear Admiral Joseph Nimmich of the U.S. Coast Guard.

September 15, 2009- Congressman Sires speaks at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute event titled, "Latinos Leading in the Green Economy and Partnering for the Future."