WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), Brad Wenstrup (OH-2), Mike Carey (OH-15), Ruben Gallego (AZ-3), Lou Correa (CA-46), and Carol Miller (WV-1) introduced H.R. 8059, the U.S. Foreign Trade Zone Parity Act, a bipartisan bill to prevent U.S. trade policy from favoring the foreign e-commerce distribution operations that undermine U.S.-based operations. Current U.S. law allows companies to ship products   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) and Jared Golden (ME-2), the bipartisan co-leads of the Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act, released the following statement as the House begins consideration of a foreign aid package and border security legislation: "We have for months worked to keep up the pressure on our colleagues to act on foreign aid and the crisis at our Southern border becau  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), Chris Pappas (NH-1), Dan Kildee (MI-18), and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) re-introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act. This legislation requires EPA to develop water criteria for PFAS under the Clean Water Act and provides EPA with an ambitious yet achievable roadmap to establish effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) and   more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, offered comments during a trade package markup that would strengthen supply chains and combat China. Smucker's legislation, H.R. 7967 the Good Actor Act, advanced as a part of H.R. 7986, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Reform Act, which passed the House Ways and Means Committee by a vote of 25-17. Click here (http  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on April 19, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement after voting for a rule to allow the House to vote on the following emergency measures: H.R. 8035 - Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act; H.R. 8034 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024; H.R. 8036 - Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024; H.R. 8038 -  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Joao Gomes, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania, involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "Recreation at Risk: The Nature of Climate Costs": * * * The current projections for federal debt pose a major threat to the United States' position as a global beacon of financial prowess and stability. While government debt is a necessary tool for financing government operations and even sustai  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: This week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced the Long Term Care Workforce Support Act. This comprehensive bill would ensure caregiving can be a sustainable, lifelong career by providing substantial new funding to support workers in every part of the long-term care ind  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Bill is cosponsored by 26 Senators and endorsed by 50 organizations This week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced the Long Term Care Workforce Support Act. This comprehensive bill would ensure caregiving can be a sustainable, lifelong career by providing substantial new funding to support workers in every part of the long-term care ind  more