WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release and letter on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Acting Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) Administrator Billy Nolen urging the FAA to implement the Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2018. The law requires all new commercial aircraft to be built with a secondary barrier sep  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon released the following statement following the House's passage of H.R. 3746 - the Bipartisan Budget Agreement: "The Bipartisan Budget Agreement prevents the worst possible crisis - a devastating default on our debt - while rejecting Republicans' extreme demands to cut critical lifelines for everyday Americans. "I want to be clear about how we got h  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Congresswomen Grace Meng (NY-06) and Yvette Clarke (NY-09) and Senators Martin Heinrich (NM), John Cornyn (TX) and Alex Padilla (CA) reintroduced the bipartisan Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act, a bill that would increase language access for mental health services at community health centers. The legislation would establish a   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on June 1, 2023: * * * Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) issued the following statement on her vote to suspend the U.S. debt limit until January 2025: "Yesterday, I voted YES on H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. I voted in favor of this bipartisan compromise to raise the debt ceiling because it was necessary to save our country from default and potential economic collapse. "I thin  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Department of Commerce testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee about the importance of screening American companies' investments in countries of concern. Their testimony supports U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)'s bipartisan proposal to protect American supply chains and innovation by establishing a mechanism to better understand risks po  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: This week, Representatives Dan Meuser(R-PA) and Susie Lee (D-NV) introduced H.R. 3609, the Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act. This bipartisan legislation ensures that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has time to update and fix the deeply flawed National Broadband Map before the Department of Commerce fully allocates broadband infrastructure funding. This mapping plays a   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued this statement following passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, an agreement between House Republicans and President Biden that will both raise the debt ceiling and cut spending to avoid the nation's first-ever default. "I am proud to vote for the Fiscal Responsibility Act. This bill will continue to pay the bills of America while also defunding IR  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following testimony by Lawton Robert Burns, a James Joo-Jin Kim professor of health Care management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, involving a hearing on March 30, 2023, entitled "Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Prescription Drug Supply Chain: Impact on Patients and Taxpayers": * * * Good morning, Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to address the role   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following testimony by Lawton Robert Burns, a James Joo-Jin Kim professor of health Care management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, involving a hearing on March 30, 2023, entitled "Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Prescription Drug Supply Chain: Impact on Patients and Taxpayers": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Adversarial Relationships The historical lesson here is that the relationships between PBM  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) voted in favor of H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act. The legislation passed with a bipartisan vote of 314 to 117 and now heads to the United States Senate. Rep. Smucker released the following statement after casting his vote in favor of the legislation: "The fiscal challenges facing our nation are great and there remains significant work to be done,  more