| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Friday June 14, 2024 ( 9 items ) |
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Budget Democrats Call Out Republican Plans to Cut Social Security and Medicare Benefits
WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024:
Today, at a hearing with the Chief Actuaries for Social Security and Medicare, Ranking Member Brendan F. Boyle and House Budget Committee Democrats laid out the devastating impact of the 2025 Republican Study Committee (RSC) budget. Following the hearing, Budget Committee Democrats released two new fact sheets detailing how the RSC budget w
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Casey Urges DOT and FAA to Swiftly Implement Bipartisan Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act, Calls on Administration to Act on Legislation that Prevents Airplane Hijacking
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
Casey passed bill named after Bucks County pilot last month
Casey calls for swift implementation of FAA ruling to implement Saracini Enhanced Aviation Act guidance
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) urged U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker to swi
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Casey, Schmitt Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Savings Accounts for People with Disabilities
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
Casey created the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) program in 2014 to allow people with disabilities to save money without losing eligibility for critical federal programs
Three ABLE provisions that make the program more accessible and expansive are set to expire in 2025
The bipartisan ENABLE Act would enshrine those provisions in law permanently
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Cha
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Fitzpatrick Calls on DOT & FAA to Swiftly Implement the Bipartisan Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
Today, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) and Senator Bob Casey (PA) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker calling for the swift implementation of the bipartisan, bicameral Saracini Enhanced Aviation Act, which was signed into law as part of the landmark FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024.
In a joint stateme
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Houlahan, Fitzpatrick, Matsui, Graves Introduce Resolution for National Service and Conservation Corps Day
WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024:
Today, Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a resolution (https://houlahan.house.gov/UploadedFiles/HOULPA_099_xml.pdf), alongside co-chairs of the Congressional National Service Caucus Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Garret Graves (R-LA), to designate the second Friday in June as National Service and Conservation Corps Day. Senators
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House Budget Committee Ranking Member Boyle Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Medicare, Social Security Solvency
WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024:
Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Budget Committee hearing on "Medicare and Social Security: Examining Solvency and Impacts to the Federal Budget."
Ranking Member Boyle's remarks as delivered:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank our witne
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Kelly backs legislation blocking Chinese Communist Party from purchasing American land
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
This week, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) joined Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, to introduce the No American Land for Communist China Act to prevent the CCP from purchasing land adjacent to federally owned land.
"Make no mistake: China continues to find unique ways to provoke and threaten
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Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Casey Issues Opening Statement at Joint Hearing on Improvement of Services for Veterans
WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, released the following opening statement from a joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee dated June 5, 2024, entitled "Heroes at Home: Improving Services for Veterans and Their Caregivers":
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The Senate Special Committee on Aging and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will come to order. Welcome to our first joint hearing. This joint committee hearing, this Congre
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Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Casey, Sen. Schmitt Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Savings Accounts for People With Disabilities
WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024:
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced the Ensuring Nationwide Access to a Better Life Experience (ENABLE) Act, to extend three key provisions of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) program. ABLE, created by Senator Casey in 2
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