WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that more than $17 million is coming back to the region to help build, renovate and modernize public housing across Northeast Pennsylvania. These grants, provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Capital Fund Program, offer annual funding to all public housing authorities across the country. Housi  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Farm Bill framework, which was released last week, includes key programs for Pennsylvania families that Fetterman fought for and secured Today, U.S. Senator John Fetterman, member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, praised Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for her leadership in unveiling the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act last week. This comprehensive proposal, c  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: On Monday night, the House Rules Committee advanced an amendment introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) that would fully repeal a U.S. Department of Energy rule that threatens the future of domestic grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) production. The last domestic producer of GOES is Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works, located in Butler, Pennsylvania. Kelly's amendment would fully repeal DOE's final rule   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) which would fully repeal a harmful U.S. Department of Energy rule that threatens the future of domestic grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) production. The last domestic producer of GOES is Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works, located in Butler, Pennsylvania. The amendment was included in the "Hands Off Our H  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09), Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, issued the below statement following the Committee's subpoenaing of Tyler Robinson, Special Advisor to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and Arthur Plews, Chief of Staff to the SBA. These subpoenas were necessary because of the agency's refusal to comply with  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Susan Wild joined fourteen of her Democratic colleagues to call on President Biden to take executive action to restore order at the Southern border. Rep. Wild and her colleagues urged the President to use all the tools at his disposal to better address security at the Southern border, interdict illicit fentanyl and allow for orderly legal immigration. "It is well past time for both p  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Amol S. Navathe, a professor of health policy, medicine and healthcare management at the University of Pennsylvania, from a hearing dated April 11, 2024, entitled "Bolstering Chronic Care Through Medicare Physician Payment": * * * Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Dr. Amol Navathe. I am a primary care-tr  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08), a member of the Democratic Border Security Task Force, joined 14 House Democrats in calling on President Biden to take executive action to restore order at the Southern border. In the letter sent Tuesday, the Members urged the President to use all the tools at his disposal, including executive action, to better address security at the   more