U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Saturday July 13, 2024 ( 4 items ) |
Casey Holds Hearing on Lowering Health Care Costs
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
At Aging Committee hearing, Casey touted his Capping Prescription Costs Act
Casey's new bill would lower prescription drug costs for millions of Americans
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, held a hearing highlighting his efforts to lower health care costs for American patients. At the hearing, entitled "Health Care Transparency: Lowering
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House Budget Committee Ranking Member Boyle Issues Statement Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Congressional Budget Act
WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on July 12, 2024:
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Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974:
"Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Congressional Budget Act in response to President Nixon's executive overreach and
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Rep. Wild Celebrates Federal Revitalization of Macungie's Mack Truck Plant
WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $1.7 billion to support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states, including over $200 million for Volvo's Mack Truck plants in Macungie, PA, Dublin, VA and Hagerstown, MD. This funding will help Volvo Group sustain the 7,900 existing union jobs in the U.S. while creating 295 new jobs.
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Smucker Leads Republicans in Letter Opposing EPA Plan Endangering Grid Reliability
WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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Twenty-six Members Oppose EPA Clean Power Plan 2.0's Impact on Grid
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Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and twenty-five colleagues have written a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing concern about the impact of the proposed Clean Power Plan 2.0 on the PJM Interconnection.
These proposed rules will endanger electrical grid reliability for the PJM Interconnection, which s
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