WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * At Budget Hearing, Boyle Sounds the Alarm on Devastating Fiscal Consequences of GOP Giveaways to Billionaires WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, delivered remarks at a Budget Committee hearing on America's fiscal health. At today's hearing, Boyle warned that the   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Fitzpatrick, Quigley Lead Bipartisan Push to Deliver Lifesaving Care to Retired Federal and Military K9 Heroes WASHINGTON, DC - Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) and Mike Quigley (IL-5) announced they have introduced the Honoring Our K9 Heroes Act, bipartisan legislation establishing a first-of-its-kind federal grant program to expand access to critical veterinary care for retired federal   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassroots Groups Back Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act as Boyle Moves to Force Floor Vote WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, filed a discharge petition to force consideration of a special rule to prevent the largest cuts to Medicaid and food assistance in American history to   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Houlahan and Balderson Lead Push to Support Small Business Innovation and Commercialization WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) today introduced legislation that would help innovative small businesses commercialize their technologies. The Research Advancing to Market Production (RAMP) for Innovators Act updates the SBIR/STTR program--often cal  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Boyle, Local Leaders Sound Alarm on Trump's Elimination of AmeriCorps Funding and Its Impact on Philadelphia Youth PHILADELPHIA, PA - Yesterday, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) joined local education leaders to denounce the Trump Administration's elimination of AmeriCorps funding--cuts that threaten critical education and youth development programs across Philadelphia. At the press   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * Boyle Statement on May Fed Interest Rate Decision WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced it would be maintaining the current interest rate target range: "Donald Tru  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on May 7, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to honor and congratulate Mr. Bill Kepner on his retirement as CEO of United Disabilities Services. Bill Kepner has a storied history with United Disabilities Services, a nonprofit that helps disabled individuals, veterans, and seniors live more independent and fulfilling lives. He first served   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Thirty-Two Republican Members, Led by Smucker, Renew Call for a Fiscally Responsible Budget Reconciliation Bill WASHINGTON --Thirty-one Members of the House Republican Conference, led by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) Vice Chair of the Budget Committee, are calling for Congress to pass reconciliation legislation that is "genuinely fiscally responsible." Failure to achieve the spending reduction targe  more