WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced legislation to include qualifying motorcycles among the vehicles eligible for the clean vehicle tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act. The Electric Motorcycle Parity Act would help millions of motorcycle drivers afford American-made, environmentally-friendly motorcycles and strengthen American manufacturing an  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA) and Ranking Member Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding guardianship laws across the Nation. There are an estimated 1.3 million older adults and people with disabilities in guardianships, which are legal relationships created when a court determines that a person is incapable of ma  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) voted to pass the Bipartisan Budget Agreement negotiated between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy to prevent a disastrous default on our nation's debt. After months of vocal opposition to Republican efforts to strip away funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund, House Republicans ultimately fo  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 1 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) today that Carnegie Mellon University will lead a national consortium that has been awarded $20 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to establish a new University Transportation Center (UTC). To be known as Safety21, the consortium includes a diverse array of partners across the US who will collabo  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced he will vote yes on a bipartisan budget agreement to prevent a U.S. default and an economic crash that would have resulted from default. "Ultimately my vote is for preventing a 2008-like economic crash and recession - and protecting the vast majority of the progress we made in the first two years of the Biden-Harris administration," Evans said. "I disagree   more

COATESVILLE, Pennsylvania, June 1 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) celebrated the opening of Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC)'s new Heliplex facility in Coatesville. Houlahan had the opportunity to view several models of vertical lift aircraft manufactured by Piasecki and learn of others to be produced at the state-of-the-art research and development facility. The innovative site will be used for design, manu  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Upon House passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, issued the following statement: "Democrats have over-taxed, over-spent, and overregulated for years, further plunging the nation into a staggering debt and inflation crisis. "The Fiscal Responsibility Act i  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's (PA-01) Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus endorsed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, a two-party solution agreed to by Speaker McCarthy and President Biden to avoid defaulting on our nation's debt. "Our Problem Solvers Caucus Bipartisan Framework that we endorsed and advanced last month once again played an instrumental role in breaking the gridlock,  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Tonight, Congresswoman Susan Wild (PA-07) voted to pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act and avoid the catastrophic economic impact of default. For months, the most extreme members of the GOP conference pushed the American economy ever closer to the edge of economic disaster--either by forcing a default that would have upended the entire world economic system, or by forcing extreme double-digi  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following floor statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) delivered remarks on the House floor today during the Rule Debate on H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Remarks as prepared: "I rise today in support of this rule and in support of the underlying legislation. Today, the House is taking historic steps to address our nation's out-of-control debt. This House Republican win   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, to avert the federal debt crisis and institute responsible spending reforms. "For over three months, House Republicans worked to avoid a default on America's debts. President Biden and Democrats refused to do the same. Through a combinati  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy issued the following testimony by Peter Conti-Brown, associate professor of financial regulation at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, involving a hybrid hearing on May 17, 2023, entitled "Strengthening Accountability at the Federal Reserve: Lessons and Opportunities for Reform": * * * Over the past two months, three of the roughly twenty banks with assets between $100 billion  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA) and Ranking Member Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding guardianship laws across the Nation. There are an estimated 1.3 million older adults and people with disabilities in guardianships, which are legal relationships cr  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Tonight, US Congresswoman Summer Lee released the following statement ahead of the vote to raise the debt limit and pass a deal on the FY2024 budget: "Over the past few weeks, Republicans in Congress showed their willingness to take us to the brink of a crushing default to force their cruel agenda through. They have proven time and time again their disdain for democracy and working Ame  more