WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lee, Congressman Deluzio and U.S. Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman announced that they secured $6,669,000 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to support the "Protect the Parkway" Floodwall Improvements Project making major safety improvements to I-376 (the Parkway East), including the flood-prone "Bathtub" in downtown Pittsburgh. The grant fo  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Additional funding follows recent flooding that closed the critical route The Members secured $142.34 million for the highly congested thoroughfare in December 2023 100,000 daily travelers on the two arteries will see upgrades including bridge rehab, flood mitigation, traffic congestion reduction New floodwall will finally drain "the Bathtub" in downtown Pittsburgh The Members have delivered b  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: This morning, President Biden announced a final rule implementing the background check requirements in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The Department of Justice estimates that there are over 20,000 unlicensed sellers who are selling firearms through online advertisements, gun shows, and other means. Under the Biden Administration's rule, these sellers must become licensed fire  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) and Joaquin Castro (TX-20) introduced the Enhancing Development Finance Corporation Oversight Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation that would grant law enforcement authority to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in order to improve oversight and accountability of U.S. foreign aid progra  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-2) issued the statement below, following today's announcement by the Biden administration setting the first ever national EPA standard to limit PFAS & PFOA for drinking water. PFAS & PFOA "forever chemicals" are an urgent public health threat. PFAS are persistent, bio accumulative, and toxic. Increasingly, communities across the country continue d  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) and his constituent Robert Jones--a member of the United Steelworkers (USW) and an Operating Technician 1 at the U.S. Steel Irvin Works, attended a Joint Meeting of Congress to hear from Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. This address comes a few months after U.S. Steel announced a proposed sale to Japan's Nippon Steel, and amidst a nation  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Wild welcomed Aum Purani, a student at Parkland High School in South Whitehall and the 2023 Congressional App Challenge winner for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, to D.C. The Congressional App Challenge is an annual competition designed to encourage middle and high school students to pursue careers in tech through a nationwide coding challenge. Officially launched in 2015  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: 2017 Republican tax law repealed tax deduction for victims of frauds and scams to pay for corporate tax breaks New Casey report shows how the change hiked taxes on many older adults Report includes accounts from ten victims, including three from Pennsylvania Casey: "Congress ought to be protecting victims of fraud and scams--not adding insult to injury by forcing them to pay taxes on their stole  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, unveiled a new report, entitled "Scammed then Taxed: How the Republican Tax Bill Hiked Taxes on Fraud Victims," detailing the results of a months-long investigation into how the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs penalized scam victims. The report ex  more