WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: Republican leaders of the Congressional committees tasked with overseeing activities on federal forest lands are calling on the Biden administration to explain its rationale for creating a special definition for "old growth and mature forests" on federal lands. House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) and House Committee on Natu  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) delivered a speech admonishing Speaker Johnson for his failure to bring forward a vote on Ukraine aid. Houlahan has been passionately advocating for a vote on Ukraine aid for weeks, including during press conferences alongside Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow veterans serving in Congress. She also had the opportunity to speak about th  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on March 21, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) issued the below statement after securing $1,550,000 in federal funding for Fort Indiantown Gap. The funds will be used to construct a 10-lane multi-purpose machine gun range at Fort Indiantown Gap, America's busiest National Guard Training Center. The funding was included in FY24 Appropriations legislation recently signed into law. This range  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on March 21, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) issued the below statement after securing $2,500,000 in federal funding for road reconstruction and drainage enhancements along Main Road in Hunlock and Ross Townships. The funding was included in FY24 Appropriations legislation recently signed into law. This federal Community Funding Project will help ensure safe and efficient transit for both  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on March 21, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) issued the below statement after securing $2,750,000 in federal funding to support the Schuylkill County Municipal Authority's (SCMA) Mt. Laurel Interconnect Project. The funding was included in FY24 Appropriations legislation recently signed into law. This project involves constructing an interconnect with the Mahanoy Township Authority (MTA)   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on March 21, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) issued the below statement after securing $2,700,000 in federal funding to replace the deteriorating single-lane Johnston Street Bridge in New Milford Borough. The funding was included in FY24 Appropriations legislation recently signed into law. Constructed in 1913, this steel bridge sits near the beginning of Johnston Street, a dead-end road w  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: BUTLER, PA -- On Monday, April 1, 2024, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) will hold a public town hall in conjunction with officials from Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works and United Auto Workers Local 3303, which represents workers at Butler Works, to inform the community of a U.S. Department of Energy proposal that could eliminate 1,300 jobs at this plant. The jobs are at risk due to a Proposed Rule from the U.  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Rep. Summer Lee spoke on the House floor in opposition to House Republicans' H.R. 7023, deceptively named the "Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act." This bill is a giveaway to corporate polluters, allowing them to freely dump toxins in our air and water without accountability. PA-12 has among the most polluted air and water in the country, and Rep. Lee  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: This week, Congresswoman Susan Wild's resolution condemning the Russian kidnapping of Ukrainian children passed the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support in a 390-9 vote. Congresswoman Wild introduced the legislation, H. Res. 149, last February. "This vote is about sending an unequivocal message to Vladimir Putin that we stand with the Ukrainian people, and that we will not stop worki  more