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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Tuesday May 23, 2023 ( 5 items )  

Dr. Joyce Announces U.S. Air Force Academy Appointment for Jaden Giaccone of Adams County
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. John Joyce, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), announced today that Jaden Giaccone of Adams County has received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy for the Class of 2027. Jaden is a graduate of New Oxford High School and is the son of Desirae Williams. "Congratulations to Jaden Giaccone on his appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy for the Class of 2027. Through his exemplary preparatio  more

Fetterman Pushes for Safer, Pedestrian-Friendly Streets in New Letters to Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release and letters: Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Thursday sent a new letter to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) pushing for an updated street safety framework to deal with the "unconscionable safety crisis" on Pennsylvania streets. This follows a letter Fetterman sent earlier in the week with Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), pressuring the Attorney General and Secreta  more

Senate Special Committee on Aging Chair Casey, Sen. Young Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Older Americans, People With Disabilities Sign Up for Medicare
WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) 2.0 Act to simplify Medicare enrollment for seniors and people with disabilities. The bill would require the federal government to provide advance notice to people approaching Medicare eligibility about basic   more

Smucker Honors Fallen Columbia Borough Police Chief
COLUMBIA, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: In celebration of National Police Week, Rep. Smucker visited the Columbia Borough Police Department to honor the service and memory of former Columbia Borough Chief of Police Harry S. Hartman, who was killed in the line of duty on April 4, 1923. Rep. Smucker shared a copy of remarks entered into the Congressional Record to honor Chief Hartman with current Columbia Borough Police Department   more

Summer Lee Talks Republican Default, Calls Out Washington Insiders on Jake Tapper's State of the Union
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) joined Jake Tapper on State of the Union to talk about the devastating impact of the fight against Republican's default on families like her own and why Democrats cannot cave to the GOP's plot to cause economic catastrophe if Democrats don't bend to their plan to strip away food and medicine from the struggling to give their billionaire donors a handout to b  more