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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Saturday May 06, 2023 ( 5 items )  

Casey, Collins, Brown Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Grandparents Raising Children Live in Safe, Affordable Housing
WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, as well as Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), are introducing the Grandfamily Housing Act, legislation that would improve housing for grandfamilies. Many grandparents and kinship caregivers step in when parents are no longer able to care for their children and often live in interg  more

Casey, Fetterman Announce $12.1 Million to Build More Safe, Affordable Housing in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) are announcing $12,081,840 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to acquire, develop, create, and protect affordable housing units in Pennsylvania to ensure low-income households and families, including those experiencing homelessness, have access to safe, clean, and suitable housing. T  more

FETTERMAN QUESTIONS THE ROLE OF GREED IN BANK COLLAPSES, PUSHES FOR EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY AT BANKING HEARING
WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman yesterday participated in a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on executive accountability after recent bank failures. The hearing comes in the wake of First Republic Bank's collapse on Monday, the third bank to be seized by regulators in the past two months, following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature B  more

Meuser Wishes Blackstone Farm Well as Angel Of Empire Prepares to Run in the Kentucky Derby
WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) is pleased to recognize Blackstone Farm as one of its horses, Angel Of Empire, prepares to run in the Kentucky Derby. Angel Of Empire was born and bred in Schuylkill County at Blackstone Farm before being sold to Albaugh Family Stables in Iowa. Angel Of Empire is the first Pennsylvania-bred horse to run in the Kentucky Derby since 2017. The horse is one of the three favorites  more

Rep. Kelly Dedicates Butler Post Office in Honor of Local Civil War Hero Andrew Gomer Williams
BUTLER, Pennsylvania, May 6 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) hosted a dedication and renaming ceremony for the Butler, Pa. Post Office, located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, in honor of local Civil War hero Andrew Gomer Williams. The Post Office is now formally known as "Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building." In 2022, Rep. Kelly led legislation, which unanimously passed both the U.S. House of Representatives and the   more