WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is back on the road to Allentown, Pennsylvania, this Tuesday for their next CHC on the Road visit to engage with local Latino communities. In Allentown, CHC Chair Nanette Barragan (CA-44) and Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (NY-07) will join Rep. Susan Wild (PA-07) in hosting First Lady Jill Biden to discuss the tools and resources available to support edu  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement on June 28, 2024: * * * Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), a third-generation veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee, responded to public confusion about her and Rep Don Bacon's (R-NE) efforts to modernize the nation's Selective Service System in the following statement: "I want to set the record straight: Since 1917, men aged 18 to 25 have been required to register with   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) voted against the heavily partisan FY25 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act; the FY25 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act; and the FY25 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. "As an Air Force veteran and member of the House Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, protect  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement on June 28, 2024: * * * House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) released the following statement following the Supreme Court overruling the Chevron Doctrine. "In overturning the Chevron doctrine, the Supreme Court has taken a significant step in reaffirming a core principle of our Constitution: the power to legislate rests with Co  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement on June 28, 2024: * * * House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR), released the following statement on the FY 2023 SNAP Payment Error Rate: "While SNAP is a critical nutrition program for households in need, any level of erroneous payments  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), a member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, introduced the Safer Compounding in Hospitals Act, legislation which would establish a budget-neutral program within Medicare to incentivize the preparation and compounding of intravenous (IV) drugs for Medicare beneficiaries in the inpatient hospital setting. The Safer Compounding in Hospitals Act will encourage  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 29 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12) led 20 of her colleagues in sending a letter to the Center for Disease Control to provide guidance on how to include gun violence in future Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs) screening tools. ACE is a traumatic event or set of events that occurs for a person during childhood (0-17 years)-and is used by medical professionals to understand when   more