WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Funding from Inflation Reduction Act will be used to support diverse industrial decarbonization projects statewide RISE PA initiative to promote manufacturing of low-carbon materials, decarbonize carbon-intensive industries, create jobs, help disadvantaged communities With demand growing for low-carbon goods, the investment will help Pennsylvanian manufacturers remain globally competitive Today,   more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Josh Brecheen and several members of the House Homeland Security Committee participated in a bipartisan visit to Butler, Pennsylvania--the site of the assassination attempt of President Trump. "On this trip, it was eye-opening to see that there were approximately 30 different buildings with roofs within 500 yards of where President Trump was speaking. It is ridiculous that the outer pe  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Senator John Fetterman sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) endorsing the "Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets" and "Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems" rules proposed under Packers & Stockyards Act (PSA) authority. By clearly identifying what constitutes unlawful competitive injury and unfair practices, these rules aim to safegua  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on July 22, 2024: * * * Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee held a hearing on the catastrophic security failure at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. "Today's hearing confirmed what we already know-- the assassination attempt on July 13th was preventable and happened as the direct result of catastrophic leadership fai  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, questioned Kimberly Cheatle, Director of the Secret Service, during the House Oversight Committee's hearing, "Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump." Director Cheatle testified to the Secret Service's protocols and its direct response to the att  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a new analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, which finds that President Biden's rule setting minimum staffing standards in nursing homes across the U.S. would save approximately 13,000 lives per year. This April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a new rule to set minimum staffing requ  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Today in the House Oversight Committee, Congresswoman Summer Lee pressed the Director of the Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle for answers on the investigation into Trump's assassination attempt and the ways that gun violence has affected their jobs. Rep. Lee pointed out that very little of the committee's questions have been answered, and that the committee hearing "has not inspired much c  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Summer Lee proudly joins the Biden-Harris Administration in announcing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) allocation of $396,108,225 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program. This substantial funding, part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, aims to implement c  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following statement on July 22, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) issued the following statement in response to U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle's testimony before the U.S. House Oversight Committee: "The assassination attempt that nearly claimed the life of President Trump and took Corey Comperatore's in Butler, Pennsylvania was the greatest Secret Service failure in over a generation. "Nothing abou  more