WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Bresnahan Urges FEMA to Reinstate BRIC Program WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) sent a letter to Cameron Hamilton, the Acting Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), following the agency's announcement to cancel the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. "I am writing to express my oppos  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Deluzio Announces $50,000 Federal Grant to Reserve Township for New Technology Equipment & Training CARNEGIE, PA -- Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that $50,000 in Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) funds will be awarded to Reserve Township. The grant will help modernize Township government by purchasing new technology supplies and equipment and providing trai  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio Statement on House Passage of Republican Budget President Trump and Republicans in Congress are already starting trade wars and driving up costs for people. Now, their budget would pillage our government and target peoples' healthcare--all to gift $7 billion in tax giveaways to huge corporations and billionaires. It's a cruel, fiscally reckless grift. I voted 'no.' *** Original text  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio Votes No on Extreme Anti-Voter Republican Bill to Strip Voter Registration Rights from Millions of Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former voting rights attorney Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) voted no on the Republican anti-voter bill up for a vote in the House of Representatives today. If passed into law, the Republican SAVE Act could disenfranchise millions of eligible American citi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly backs House budget resolution, paves way for border security funding, lower taxes WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, voted in favor of the House budget resolution, which formally establishes the budgetary framework for fiscal year 2025 and sets appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026-2036. The resolution ser  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly votes for SAVE Act, prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) voted in favor of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (link is external), legislation that would uphold and strengthen current law by permitting only U.S. citizens to vote in federal elections. The bill passed the U.S. House on Thursday and now a  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Larson reintroduce Neighborhood Homes Investment Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax and John Larson (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Social Security Subcommittee, reintroduced the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act. This bipartisan legislation creates a new tax incentive to build and preserve more than 500,  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Lee, Booker, Blumenthal, Bonamici Urge DOE, OCR to Rescind Guidance on Inclusive Classrooms **For Immediate Release** SummerLeePress@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 10, 2025 -- Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I spent the weekend listening to my constituents, and it damn near broke me. I heard from seniors worried about Musk's attacks on Social Security and Medicaid, small businesses confronting bankruptcy from Trump's tariffs, and parents seeing t  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Lee, Kim Introduce Bill to End Legacy Admissions at Colleges and Universities **For Immediate Release** SummerLeePress@mail.house.gov Text of Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 10, 2025 -- Today, Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) introduced the Fair College Admissions for Students Act, a bip  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025: * * * Mr. President, I must object to the Senate proceeding to the nomination of Sean Plankey of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security. Since July 2022, I have repeatedly urged CISA to release an important, unclassified report by independent cybersecurity experts that the Agency commissioned, titled "U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Crapo, Blunt Rochester, Fetterman and Tillis Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act Washington, D.C. \--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware), John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act. The lack of affordable housing is the top issue Idahoans  more