{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where party = \"Democrat\", state = \"PA\" and year = 2021 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-pa-delegation-call-upon-president-biden-extend-student-loan", "BOYLE & PA DELEGATION CALL UPON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO EXTEND STUDENT\u00a0LOAN REPAYMENT PERIOD", "2021-12-22", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "PRESS RELEASE: December 22, 2021\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) joined Representatives Conor Lamb (PA-17), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Susan Wild (PA-07), Matt Cartwright (PA-08) and Mike Doyle (PA-18) in calling on President Biden to extend the student loan payment moratorium, which was implemented due to the continued impact of the pandemic. Payments are currently set to resume on February 1, 2022.\n\n\"As someone who is still paying off tens of thousands of dollars of student loans myself, I'm well aware student loan debt was already a significant problem prior to the pandemic,\" said Boyle. \"It would only have gotten worse if not for the decisive action of President Biden to hit the \u2018pause button' on student loan repayment. This was a lifeline that saved millions from going into default, or worse. I proudly join my colleagues in urging President Biden to extend the moratorium.\"\n\n\"The pandemic has left too many people struggling to pay for basic necessities,\" said Lamb. \"Pennsylvania is ranked number two in average debt held by graduates, and most student loan borrowers \u2013 including veterans\u2013 are not in a position to begin making payments. President Biden must extend the pause on student loan repayments until the pandemic is over.\"\n\n\"The pandemic isn't over, so the student loan payment pause shouldn't be over either. President Biden has the power to do this without the approval of the Senate, and I strongly urge him to announce a continuation of this pause soon,\" said Evans.\n\n\"During a time of economic crisis, the CARES Act temporarily relieved Pennsylvanians with student loans, but the pandemic is not over,\" said Dean. \"Which is why I join my colleagues in imploring the Biden Administration to continue the pause on student loans payments to lift this heavy burden while our families and nation continue to confront the hardships of the pandemic.\"\n\n\"As the Omicron variant surges in the United States, it is clear the pandemic is far from over, and too many Americans are still struggling to cover basic expenses like rent, food, and child care,\" said Scanlon. \"Resuming student loan payments in this moment \u2014 just as we are experiencing another spike in COVID-19 cases \u2014 will hurt families that are least able to navigate this ongoing crisis. We call upon President Biden to extend the pause on student loan repayments as the country tackles the latest surge and continues to recover.\"\n\n\"We are still in the midst of a deadly pandemic,\" said Houlahan. \"Since it began two years ago, the pause on federal student loan payments has been a lifeline to borrowers in Pennsylvania, including veterans. This pause gives Americans the financial flexibility they need to pay for childcare, rent, health care bills, and other household expenditures. At a moment of uncertainty about the latest covid variant, I'm proud to join fellow veteran and colleague Rep. Conor Lamb in urging the Biden Administration to continue suspending student loan payments.\"\n\n\"With the pandemic still ongoing, student loan borrowers deserve the relief and peace of mind of an extended loan payment moratorium, especially as cases spike nationwide from the Omicron variant,\" said Wild. \"I am glad to join my Pennsylvania colleagues in this effort.\"\n\n\"Extending the CARES Act's pause on required student loan payments will help students complete degrees and graduates get into the workforce as the country addresses the pandemic's continuing economic challenges. It will particularly help veterans with dependents who are managing educational debt,\" said Cartwright.\n\n\"Many Pennsylvanians are still unemployed or underemployed,\" said Doyle. \"A lot of families are still struggling to get by financially. This winter, as we deal with the onslaught of the Omicron variant, is not the time for student loan payments to start back up. That's why I urged the President to extend the student loan payment moratorium.\"\n\n\"The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 provided relief to the millions of student loan borrowers across the country by pausing federal student loan payments. As you know, both your Administration and the previous administration extended the payment pause due to the continued widespread impact of the pandemic, but payments are set to resume on February 1, 2022. We write to urge that you extend the pause again, until the country is back on its feet and the national emergency has ended. As new variants emerge, impacting our recovery efforts, it is even more vital to ensure that we are protecting those who need it most,\" the lawmakers wrote.\n\nClick here to view a copy of the letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/12/rep-dean-joins-pa-delegation-in-letter-to-president-biden-to-extend-student-loan-repayment-period", "Rep. Dean Joins PA Delegation in Letter to President Biden to Extend Student Loan Repayment Period", "2021-12-22", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Yesterday, Representative Madeleine Dean (PA-04) joined Pennsylvania congressional colleagues in a letter urging President Biden to extend the moratorium on federal student loan repayments. The letter was led by Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) and was signed by Representatives Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Susan Wild (PA-07), Matt Cartwright (PA-08) and Mike Doyle (PA-18). The moratorium, implemented due to the economic constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, was set to expire on January 31, 2022.\n\n\u201cDuring a time of economic crisis, the CARES Act temporarily relieved Pennsylvanians with student loans, but the pandemic is not over,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cWhich is why I join my colleagues in imploring the Biden Administration to continue the pause on student loans payments to lift this heavy burden while our families and nation continue to confront the hardships of the pandemic.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe pandemic has left too many people struggling to pay for basic necessities,\u201d Rep. Lamb said. \u201cPennsylvania is ranked number two in average debt held by graduates, and most student loan borrowers \u2013 including veterans\u2013 are not in a position to begin making payments. President Biden must extend the pause on student loan repayments until the pandemic is over.\u201d\n\n\"As someone who is still paying off tens of thousands of dollars of student loans myself, I\u2019m well aware student loan debt was already a significant problem prior to the pandemic,\" Rep. Boyle said. \u201cIt would only have gotten worse if not for the decisive action of President Biden to hit the \u2018pause button\u2019 on student loan repayment. This was a lifeline that saved millions from going into default, or worse. I proudly join my colleagues in urging President Biden to extend the moratorium.\"\n\n\u201cThe pandemic isn\u2019t over, so the student loan payment pause shouldn\u2019t be over either. President Biden has the power to do this without the approval of the Senate, and I strongly urge him to announce a continuation of this pause soon,\u201d Rep. Evans said.\n\n\u201cAs the Omicron variant surges in the United States, it is clear the pandemic is far from over, and too many Americans are still struggling to cover basic expenses like rent, food, and child care,\u201d Rep. Scanlon said. \u201cResuming student loan payments in this moment \u2014 just as we are experiencing another spike in COVID-19 cases \u2014 will hurt families that are least able to navigate this ongoing crisis. We call upon President Biden to extend the pause on student loan repayments as the country tackles the latest surge and continues to recover.\u201d\n\n\"We are still in the midst of a deadly pandemic,\" Rep. Houlahan said. \"Since it began two years ago, the pause on federal student loan payments has been a lifeline to borrowers in Pennsylvania, including veterans. This pause gives Americans the financial flexibility they need to pay for child care, rent, health care bills, and other household expenditures. At a moment of uncertainty about the latest covid variant, I'm proud to join fellow veteran and colleague Rep. Conor Lamb in urging the Biden Administration to continue suspending student loan payments.\"\n\n\u201cWith the pandemic still ongoing, student loan borrowers deserve the relief and peace of mind of an extended loan payment moratorium, especially as cases spike nationwide from the Omicron variant,\u201d Rep. Wild said. \u201cI am glad to join my Pennsylvania colleagues in this effort.\u201d\n\n\u201cExtending the CARES Act\u2019s pause on required student loan payments will help students complete degrees and graduates get into the workforce as the country addresses the pandemic\u2019s continuing economic challenges. It will particularly help veterans with dependents who are managing educational debt,\u201d Rep. Cartwright said.\n\n\u201cMany Pennsylvanians are still unemployed or underemployed,\u201d Rep. Doyle said. \u201cA lot of families are still struggling to get by financially. This winter, as we deal with the onslaught of the Omicron variant, is not the time for student loan payments to start back up. That\u2019s why I urged the President to extend the student loan payment moratorium.\u201d\n\nPresident Biden announced today that he will extend the moratorium. Payments will resume on May 1, 2022.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-pa-democratic-colleagues-urge-biden-extend-pause-student-loan", "Evans, Pa. Democratic Colleagues Urge Biden to Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments", "2021-12-22", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 22, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) today joined with his Democratic colleagues in Pennsylvania's U.S. House delegation in calling on President Biden to extend the student loan payment moratorium, which was implemented due to the continued impact of the pandemic. Payments are currently set to resume on Feb. 1, 2022.\n\nEvans said, \"The pandemic isn't over, so the student loan payment pause shouldn't be over either. President Biden has the power to do this without the approval of the Senate, and I strongly urge him to announce a continuation of this pause soon.\" (UPDATE: Following the letter from Congressman Evans and the PA Democratic delegation in the House, the White House has announced the pause will be extended to May 1, 2022.)\n\nEvans also called in May for Biden to cancel \"at least $50,000 of student debt per borrower \u2013 especially for low-income and middle-class borrowers \u2013 so that higher education can once again be a path to a better life, instead of resulting in a long-term burden. Student debt relief would also help communities like Philadelphia that are home to several colleges and universities.\"\n\nCongressman Conor Lamb (D-PA-17th), who led today's letter to Biden, said, \"The pandemic has left too many people struggling to pay for basic necessities. Pennsylvania is ranked number two in average debt held by graduates, and most student loan borrowers \u2013 including veterans\u2013 are not in a position to begin making payments. President Biden must extend the pause on student loan repayments until the pandemic is over.\"\n\nCongressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2nd) said, \"As someone who is still paying off tens of thousands of dollars of student loans myself, I'm well aware student loan debt was already a significant problem prior to the pandemic. It would only have gotten worse if not for the decisive action of President Biden to hit the \u2018pause button' on student loan repayment. This was a lifeline that saved millions from going into default, or worse. I proudly join my colleagues in urging President Biden to extend the moratorium.\"\n\nCongresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5th) said, \"As the Omicron variant surges in the United States, it is clear the pandemic is far from over, and too many Americans are still struggling to cover basic expenses like rent, food, and child care. Resuming student loan payments in this moment \u2014 just as we are experiencing another spike in COVID-19 cases \u2014 will hurt families that are least able to navigate this ongoing crisis. We call upon President Biden to extend the pause on student loan repayments as the country tackles the latest surge and continues to recover.\"\n\nThe lawmakers' joint letter to Biden states: \"The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 provided relief to the millions of student loan borrowers across the country by pausing federal student loan payments. As you know, both your Administration and the previous administration extended the payment pause due to the continued widespread impact of the pandemic, but payments are set to resume on February 1, 2022. We write to urge that you extend the pause again, until the country is back on its feet and the national emergency has ended. As new variants emerge, impacting our recovery efforts, it is even more vital to ensure that we are protecting those who need it most.\"\n\nClick here to view a copy of the letter.\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-sen-manchin-comments-fox-news", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON SEN MANCHIN COMMENTS ON FOX NEWS", "2021-12-19", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the statement below following Sen. Joe Manchin's comments on Fox News Sunday morning where Senator Manchin declared that he no longer supports the Build Back Better Act:\n\n\"More than 81 million people voted for President Joe Biden's agenda. Much of the President's agenda is contained in the Build Back Better Act. It would impact nearly every family by delivering historic investments including up to four weeks of paid family leave, ensuring that no family pays more than 7 % of their income on childcare, and historic reductions in child poverty. The House did our work, and now it's time for the Senate to do theirs. I urge Senator Manchin to reconsider his position.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-stands-vote-house-build-back-better-bill-keeps-hope-alive-more", "Evans Stands By Vote for House Build Back Better Bill, Keeps Hope Alive for More Progress for the People", "2021-12-19", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 19, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) said he still has hope for passage of some form of the Build Back Better Act, despite headlines summarizing Senator Joe Manchin's comments earlier today.\n\nEvans said, \"I stand by my vote for the House version of the Build Back Better Act, and I stand with President Biden. I proudly voted for the House bill that would cap the cost of insulin at $35 per month for most Americans, cap the cost of child care at 7 percent of income for many families, continue the Biden expansion of the Child Tax Credit and finally provide paid family and medical leave \u2013 something I pushed to include in the bill.\n\n\"While I strongly disagree with Senator Manchin, he appears to be open to reworking the bill to focus on fewer programs but making them permanent, which would at least force Republicans to try to kill them proactively, something they tried and failed to do with the Affordable Care Act. That said, I still strongly prefer the House bill.\n\n\"We must keep hope alive for progress. We have to deal with a 50-50 Senate, so the final product may not be exactly what I wanted, but there are more than 12 months left in this Congress and the opportunity is still there to make more progress for the people. We have passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and I think we can still get more done.\"\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-boyle-hill-introduce-bill-disrupt-dismantle-assad-s-narcotics", "REPS BOYLE & HILL INTRODUCE BILL TO DISRUPT & DISMANTLE\u00a0ASSAD\u2019S NARCOTICS PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING", "2021-12-15", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressmen Brendan Boyle (PA-02) and French Hill (AR-02), today introduced the bipartisan Countering Assad's Proliferation, Trafficking, and Garnering of Narcotics (CAPTAGON) Act (H.R.6265). It would require the federal government to develop an interagency strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.\n\n\"In recent years, the lucrative and illicit Captagon trade has enabled the Assad regime to carry out atrocities against the Syrian people by allowing it to subvert the impact of international sanctions\", said Congressman Boyle. \"It is imperative that the U.S. takes a leading role in thwarting narcotics production in Syria so we can continue to pursue a political settlement and permanent resolution to the conflict, as outlined in UNSCR 2254. I'm proud to join my colleague Rep. Hill in introducing legislation that will do just that.\"\n\n\"The U.S. government must do all it can to disrupt the industrial level of drug production currently taking place in Syria\", said Congressman Hill. \"Since 2018, narcotic production and trafficking in Syria has turned Syria into a narco-state to fund its crimes against humanity. It is important we stop this trafficking and source of illicit finance. If we fail to do so, then the Assad regime will continue to drive the ongoing conflict, provide a lifeline to extremist groups, and permit American adversaries such as China, Russia, and Iran to strengthen their engagement there \u2013 posing an ever-larger threat to Israel and other partners in the region. I'm pleased my friend Rep. Boyle joined me in co-sponsoring this important legislation, and I thank the Republican Study Committee for their work on this important issue.\"\n\nFurther Background:\n\nIn the House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Rep. Hill included a provision to disrupt and dismantle the Assad regime's illicit narcotic production and trafficking in Syria.\n\nWhile that amendment was stripped out from the final version of the FY 2022 NDAA, the Joint Explanatory Statement for the NDAA included the following language: \"We note that the Captagon trade is a cause of instability in the Middle East that has negative implications for the national security of the United States and its allies and partners. We support development of a strategy to guide appropriate action against narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/12/congresswoman-dean-votes-to-strengthen-protect-our-democracy", "Congresswoman Dean Votes to Strengthen, Protect Our Democracy", "2021-12-09", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04) voted to pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act, a comprehensive package of reforms to strengthen America\u2019s democratic institutions against future presidents who could seek to abuse the power of their office for corrupt purposes. This legislation includes Rep. Dean\u2019s Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act.\n\n\u201cWhether Republican or Democrat \u2013 no President is above the law, but some have tried to be. The past four years exposed a dangerous fault line in our Democracy \u2013 vulnerabilities that can and will be exploited again if we don\u2019t act urgently to address them,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cThe Protecting our Democracy Act, which includes my legislation to standardize and streamline congressional subpoena enforcement, will strengthen our institutions against future presidents who seek to abuse the power of their office.\u201d\n\nThe proposals and policies \u2013 many of which have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the past \u2013 will restore the government\u2019s system of checks and balances, strengthen accountability and transparency, and protect America\u2019s elections from foreign interference. Bipartisanship proposals include efforts to strengthen congressional subpoenas, protect Congress' 'power of the purse' authority, and ensure whistleblowers face no retaliation when exposing corruption or abuse.\n\nSpecifically, the Protecting Our Democracy Act will:\n\nPrevent Presidential Abuses\n\nPrevent Abuse of the Pardon Power: Requires the Department of Justice to provide materials to Congress concerning any self-serving presidential pardon or commutation in cases involving the President or his/her relatives, contempt of Congress, or obstruction of Congress; clarifies that the President and Vice President are \u201cpublic officials\u201d and pardons are \u201cofficial acts\u201d and \u201cthings of value\u201d for purposes of the federal bribery statute, and prohibits self-pardons by the President.\n\nEnsure No President is Above the Law: Suspends the statute of limitations for any federal offense committed by a sitting president or vice president, whether it was committed before or during their terms in office, to ensure that presidents and vice presidents can be held accountable for criminal conduct just like every other American and not use their offices as a shield to avoid legal consequences.\n\nEnforce the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution: Codifies the Constitution\u2019s Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses by prohibiting federal officials from accepting foreign emoluments without Congress\u2019s consent and prohibiting the President from accepting domestic emoluments; strengthens the process for civil actions brought by Congress for violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause; enhances financial disclosure requirements related to emoluments; and provides enhanced enforcement mechanisms for Congress and entities within the Executive Branch.\n\nRestore Our System of Checks and Balances, Strengthen Accountability, and Transparency\n\nEnforce Congressional Subpoenas: Strengthens Congress\u2019 tools to enforce lawfully-issued subpoenas while preserving the accommodations process; codifies a cause of action for Congress to enforce its subpoenas, including those issued to government officials; expedites the judicial process for congressional subpoena enforcement actions; empowers courts to levy fines on government officials who willfully fail to comply with congressional subpoenas; and specifies the manner in which subpoena recipients must comply.\n\nReassert Congressional Power of the Purse: Strengthens Congress\u2019 power of the purse by enhancing the Impoundment Control Act (ICA), including by adding penalties for failure to comply; increasing transparency and reporting requirements for the Executive Branch; and strengthens congressional budget oversight tools under the ICA and Antideficiency Act (ADA) to prevent federal agencies from misusing federal funds.\n\nStrengthen Congressional Oversight of Presidential Emergency Declarations: Imposes a limit on Presidential declarations of emergencies and any powers triggered by such declarations unless extended by a vote of the Congress; requires the President to provide all Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs) to Congress.\n\nProvide Security from Political Interference in Justice: In order to limit political interference in criminal and civil enforcement matters, requires the Attorney General to maintain a log of certain communications between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the White House; requires the Attorney General to provide the log to the DOJ Inspector General (DOJ IG) bi-annually, and requires the DOJ IG to report to Congress any inappropriate communications or communications evidencing improper political interference.\n\nProtect Inspector General Independence: Permits the President or the head of an agency to only remove an Inspector General (IG), including IGs of the Intelligence Community (IC), for a cause; clarifies that IGs of the IC have sole authority to determine matters of urgent concern, which include foreign interference in our elections; enhances congressional reporting requirements when an IG is removed; requires the President or an agency head to give 30 days\u2019 notice before placing an IG on administrative leave; and requires the President to provide to Congress documentation of cause before removing an IG.\n\nProtect Whistleblowers: Enhances protections for federal whistleblowers, including measures to protect the anonymity of whistleblowers; clarifies the right of government employees, including those in the IC, to provide information directly to Congress; creates a private right of action for whistleblowers who are publicly outed by government officials; and limits the conditions under which a government official or employee may disclose a whistleblower\u2019s identity or other whistleblower information, including limitations on the sharing of IC whistleblower complaints with persons named as subjects in the complaint.\n\nProvide Accountability for Acting Officials: Makes a series of changes with respect to the appointment, tenure, and qualifications of acting officials of executive agencies; limits the tenure of acting heads of agencies to no more than 120 days.\n\nStrengthen Hatch Act Enforcement and Penalties: Strengthens the Office of Special Counsel\u2019s (OSC) ability to investigate violations of the Hatch Act; clarifies that employees of the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President can be investigated and disciplined for Hatch Act violations; authorizes Merit Service Protection Board (MSPB) to issue fines for Hatch Act violations committed by senior political appointees, and increases the maximum fine for Hatch Act violations by senior political appointees to $50,000.\n\nPromoting Efficient Presidential Transitions: Promotes orderly presidential transitions by requiring that if the Administrator of General Services does not ascertain a winner in a presidential election within 5 days of the election, each eligible presidential candidate and the vice-presidential candidate shall be treated as the winner, until an ascertainment is made, or a winner is certified by Congress.\n\nPresidential and Vice-Presidential Tax Transparency: Requires the president and Vice President, or major party candidates for those offices, to provide ten years of tax returns to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), who is required to make them public. If a covered person does not provide their tax records, the Secretary of the Treasury is required to provide them to the FEC.\n\nProtect Our Elections\n\nEnsure Reporting of Foreign Interference in Elections: Requires that political committees report to the FBI and the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) certain foreign contacts; requires that each political candidate and immediate family member of a candidate notify a designated campaign committee official of certain foreign contacts; requires the FBI to report to the congressional intelligence committees any reporting received pursuant to these provisions.\n\nPrevent Foreign Interference in Elections: Clarifies that the definition of a \u201cthing of value\u201d in the Federal Election Campaign Act prohibition on foreign donations to political campaigns and candidates includes information sought or obtained for political advantage; enhances criminal penalties for violations of such prohibition; requires that political campaigns certify that they understand the prohibition. The bill would also clarify campaign finance law to extend the ban on contributions by foreign nationals to include ballot initiatives and referendums.\n\nThe Protecting Our Democracy will be sent to the Senate.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/12/reps-dean-and-hollingsworth-introduce-the-clarity-in-consumer-disclosures-act", "Reps. Dean and Hollingsworth Introduce the Clarity in Consumer Disclosures Act", "2021-12-09", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Reps. Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09) introduced the Clarity in Consumer Disclosures Act. This legislation will direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to create clear, plain-language model forms for consumer reports so that employers can fulfill the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).\n\nUnder the FCRA, employers may only use consumer reports for employment purposes if they follow strict consumer disclosure and certification requirements. However, there is currently no uniform direction for the content or format of such reports. The result is confusion for employers and consumers, as well as numerous lawsuits.\n\n\u201cClear and comprehensible guidance will help employers and employees,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cThis is a commonsense change to ensure that our businesses meet FCRA and State requirements and avoid unnecessary confusion.\u201d\n\n\u201cEverywhere I go across the District I hear about jobs: whether it\u2019s employers looking to hire or Hoosiers looking for work. Applying for jobs should be as simple as possible. The Clarity in Consumer Disclosures Act increases transparency for Hoosier applicants in the hiring process and protects Hoosier businesses by establishing standardized regulations for issuing background checks,\u201d Rep. Hollingsworth said.\n\nThe Clarity in Consumer Disclosures Act is endorsed by the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA).\n\n\u201cThe Clarity in Consumer Disclosures Act will have significant benefits for consumers, job seekers and employers alike. The Professional Background Screening Association applauds Reps. Dean and Hollingsworth for introducing this important, bipartisan legislation,\u201d a PBSA spokesperson said.\n\nThe CFPB is directed to issue a report to Congress no later than six months after issuing the model forms and language detailing their methodology and analyzing the use of the model forms and language.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/11/congresswoman-dean-hosts-in-person-town-hall", "Congresswoman Dean Hosts In-Person Town Hall", "2021-11-23", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Collegeville, PA \u2013 Last night, Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04) hosted an in-person town hall at IBEW Local 126. Since the beginning of the pandemic Rep. Dean has held multiple telephone town halls and a drive-in town hall. Last night\u2019s event was the first in-person town hall. Topics included the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Build Back Better Act, voting rights, higher education, climate change, the economy, and more.\n\nWith an attendance policy that required proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of the event, as well as a mask requirement, Rep. Dean ensured people could gather together safely. The town hall was also available live on Rep. Dean\u2019s Facebook for those who wanted to participate virtually. Constituents submitted questions prior to the event for Rep. Dean which she answered alongside questions from viewers on Facebook and in the audience.\n\n\"As we continue to navigate the pandemic, it was energizing to gather safely in-person for a town hall and to hear people\u2019s thoughtful questions,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cThank you to everyone who joined in-person and online. We covered a wide range of topics, and I hope you all learned as much as I did last night.\u201d\n\nRep. Dean\u2019s office has a talented team of caseworkers who have helped hundreds of constituents get the assistance they need. Constituents can learn more by calling Rep. Dean\u2019s Glenside office: 215-884-4300, or by visiting Rep. Dean\u2019s website: dean.house.gov.\n\nRep. Dean looks forward to the next in-person town hall.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-praises-passage-historic-build-back-better-act", "BOYLE PRAISES PASSAGE OF HISTORIC BUILD BACK BETTER ACT", "2021-11-19", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), praised today's House passage of the historic $1.7 trillion Build Back Better Act, which will meet the urgent needs of individuals and families across the nation and in Pennsylvania by creating jobs, cutting taxes, and lowering costs.\n\n\"For far too long, Pennsylvania families have been held back by costly expenses \u2013 from childcare to health care to education and so much more,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"To unleash the full potential of every worker and family in our state, we are seizing this once-in-a-century moment to Build Back Better not only for our economy, but also so we can finally make the investments needed to combat the climate crisis. The Build Back Better Act will deliver for Pennsylvanians by creating millions of good-paying jobs, making historic middle class tax cuts, and lowering costs so families can thrive and succeed.\"\n\n\"In the wake of the pandemic, skyrocketing costs of childcare, health care, home- and community-based care, early and higher education, housing, and more are hurting working families across Pennsylvania and around the nation,\" Boyle added. \"The Build Back Better Act delivers transformative investments that will address these needs and finally unlock the full potential of Pennsylvania families, while also ensuring that the wealthiest and corporations pay their fair share.\"\n\nThe Build Back Better Act will impact nearly every Pennsylvania family by delivering historic investments that meet their needs and will ensure that all can share in the benefits of a growing economy now, and for generations to come.\n\nThe Build Back Better Act will deliver for Pennsylvania in the following ways:\n\nPAID FAMILY LEAVE: Permanently authorizes the first-ever national paid family and medical leave guarantee for U.S. workers, providing up to four weeks of paid leave for parental bonding or to deal with their own or a loved one's serious medical condition.\n\nCHILDCARE: the average annual cost of a childcare center for a toddler in Pennsylvania is $11,402. The Build Back Better Act will expand access for 737,791 young Pennsylvanians and ensure that no PA family pays more than seven percent of their income on childcare.\n\nEARLY EDUCATION: only 16% of 3- and 4-year-olds in PA have access to publicly funded pre-K, while the average cost of private pre-K in the state is $8,600. The Build Back Better Act will expand access to free, high-quality pre-K to more than 204, 700 young Pennsylvanians \u2013 setting these children up for lifelong success and saving their parents thousands of dollars.\n\nHEALTH CARE: by closing the Medicaid gap, expanding Medicare to include hearing care and extending relief for insurance purchased through the ACA, the Build Back Better Act will help more than 122,000 Pennsylvanians gain coverage and 125,800 Pennsylvania families save hundreds on health costs each year \u2013 while also making home health care for elderly parents or loved ones with disabilities more affordable and accessible.\n\nLOWER TAXES: before Democrats secured the expanded Biden Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan, 13% of Pennsylvania children lived in poverty. The Build Back Better Act extends this life-changing tax cut and continues our historic progress toward reducing child poverty.\n\nCLIMATE IMPACTS: Pennsylvania has experienced now fewer than 37 extreme weather events over the last decade, which has cost Pennsylvania families more than $10 billion in damages. By reducing carbon pollution, bolstering community resilience, and strengthening the American clean energy economy, the Build Back Better Act will create good-paying union jobs, advance environmental justice and save Pennsylvania families the steep costs of recovery.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/11/congresswoman-dean-proudly-helps-pass-the-paid-for-deficit-reducing-inflation-easing-build-back-better-act-which-will-transform-our-nation", "Congresswoman Dean Proudly Helps Pass the Paid-for, Deficit Reducing, Inflation Easing Build Back Better Act Which Will Transform Our Nation", "2021-11-19", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act. A cornerstone of President Biden\u2019s agenda, this legislation will lower the cost of child care and family care, lower the cost of health care, and combat climate change.\n\nThe passage of the Build Back Better Act follows President Biden\u2019s signing of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law on Monday. Together, the infrastructure bill and the reconciliation bill will transform our nation\u2019s infrastructure and economy and support working families. The Build Back Better Act is fully paid for through taxes to big corporations and ultra-wealthy Americans.\n\n\u201cThis paid-for legislation will reduce the deficit, ease inflation, and transform the lives of millions of Pennsylvanians \u2014 in the last two weeks, we\u2019ve ensured that our roads and bridges will meet the demands of this century,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cNow, we\u2019re supporting our families through child care and universal pre-K, paid family leave, cheaper prescription drug costs including insulin, and so much more \u2014 these investments coupled with bold action to combat climate change will be felt for generations.\u201d\n\nThe Build Back Better Act includes\n\nUniversal preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds\n\nEstablishment of a universal and permanent paid family and medical leave program, providing four weeks of paid paternal, family caregiving, and medical leave\n\nExtension of the Child Tax Credit\n\nIncrease in the maximum of Pell Grants for postsecondary education\n\nNegotiations for lower drug costs for seniors\n\nExpansion of Medicare to cover hearing care\n\n$555 billion over 10 years in clean energy and climate investments\n\nThe Build Back Better Act will next pass the Senate and be signed by President Biden.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-votes-historic-build-back-better-act", "Evans Votes for Historic Build Back Better Act", "2021-11-19", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Image\n\nNovember 19, 2021\n\nBill would provide major help for child care, elder care, affordable housing, fighting climate change\n\nWASHINGTON (Nov. 19, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) voted for the Build Back Better Act, which would provide a historic investment in the social safety net and save thousands of dollars for many Philadelphia families.\n\n\"I'm proud to vote for this bill! It truly would keep the promise to build back BETTER after the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a once-in-a-generation bill that would change America for the better \u2013 with help that so many families need for child care, elder care or both \u2013 and a massive investment in affordable housing. It also includes major new funding to fight climate change, something Philadelphia experienced firsthand in the Hurricane Ida flooding that hit Manayunk and other neighborhoods in early September,\" Evans said.\n\n\"We're passing a strong version of the Build Back Better Act out of the House, and I urge the Senate to join us soon in delivering for the people with this bill.\"\n\nEvans said highlights of the bill include:\n\nChild care and universal pre-K: Providing access to affordable child care for 737,791 Pennsylvania children ages 0 to 5, whose families' costs would be capped at 7 percent of their income. This would be available to families making up to 2.5 times the state's median income \u2013 for example, about $241,946 for a family of four. The package would also expand the basic promise of free schooling in America for the first time in 100 years with universal pre-school for all 3- and 4-year-olds.\n\n\"Child care is absolutely vital for so many families \u2013 and for so many of them, the cost has been a huge burden. We're actually doing something about it! This would also help the economy by helping many businesses that haven't been able to fill jobs,\" Evans said.\n\nAffordable housing: More than $150 billion in funding for affordable housing, the single largest investment in affordable housing in the nation's history, including $65 billion to repair public housing, preserving and improving over 500,000 public housing units. The package would help 294,000 households afford their rent; build, upgrade, and retrofit over 1.8 million affordable housing units; and help close the racial wealth gap through the first-ever national investments in homeownership for first-time, first-generation homebuyers.\n\nContinue the Biden expansion of the Child Tax Credit: \"I voted for the Child Tax Credit expansion in the American Rescue Plan in March, and that expansion is on track to cut child poverty in half,\" Evans said. The package would make permanent the \"refundability\" provision that has delivered the credit to families most in need, and would extend the expansion a full year through the end of 2022. Evans will continue pushing to make the expansion permanent. The credit now provides qualifying families with up to $300 per month per child under 6, or up to $250 per month per child ages 6 to 17.\n\nPrescription drugs: Starting in 2025, the federal government would negotiate prices for 10 brand-name prescription drugs beginning in 2025 and expanding to 20 by 2028. The legislation would also require group health plans and insurers to cap patients' cost for insulin at $35 per month in 2023, and cap out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs at $2,000 per year in 2024. With expanded subsidies for patients and Medicaid expansion in Pennsylvania and most states, most Pennsylvanians should be able to get covered at www.pennie.com or www.healthcare.gov. \"I'd like to start help with drug costs even sooner if the opportunity becomes available,\" said Evans, who has been working for years to help with costs for prescription medications, including insulin. He released a report in 2019 to call attention to the high cost of insulin for residents of the 3rd District.\n\nHealth job training grants: Evans championed the package's expansion of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program, which trains low-income Americans for health-care jobs that pay well and are expected to either experience labor shortages or be in high demand. The package would provide over $300 million per year for the program.\n\nEnvironmental justice tax credits: Evans co-led the package's advancement of environmental justice using $1 billion per year in tax credits for research and other academic programs. The legislation would provide a capped, competitive credit for university programs focused on the impacts of climate change on low-income communities and other at-risk communities. The credit would be higher for projects that include historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs).\n\nClimate change: Together with the recently signed infrastructure bill, the legislation would provide nearly $1 trillion in clean energy and climate investments and move the country substantially closer to meeting U.S. greenhouse gas pollution reduction goals of at least 50 percent by 2030 and net zero no later than 2050. The investment is 10 times larger than the $90 billion in clean energy investments in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (\"Obama stimulus\") that is credited for historic advancements in clean energy innovation over the past decade.\n\nEvans has also repeatedly advocated for paid family and medical leave, which has been restored to the House version of the Build Back Better Act. He said resistance in the 50-50 Senate has kept the package from doing even more.\n\n\"There is more than a year left in this Congress and there will be additional opportunities to come back for more. What we are passing is historic in its size and amounts to major progress that would make a real difference in so many people's lives in Philadelphia and across the country. This would be massive change, and we can also build on it in the future,\" Evans said.\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. During Evans' first four years in Congress, his office has helped to return to or save more than $6.5 million for Philadelphians from federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. His website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/11/reps-dean-spartz-scanlon-and-fitzpatrick-introduce-the-improving-access-to-care-and-treatment-impact-act", "Reps. Dean, Spartz, Scanlon, and Fitzpatrick Introduce the Improving Access to Care and Treatment (IMPACT) Act", "2021-11-18", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 This past week, U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Victoria Spartz (IN-05), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced the Improving Access to Care and Treatment (IMPACT) Act. The legislation would increase the amount of time a physician may hold long-acting injectable (LAI) buprenorphine \u2013 a form of medication for Opioid Use Disorder \u2013 from a specialty pharmacy.\n\nThe current 14-day window is a barrier to healthcare providers utilizing LAI buprenorphine due to the logistical hurdles associated with specialty pharmacy delivery. This legislation makes a commonsense change to the law that was envisioned in the SUPPORT Act by allowing health care providers to hold the drug in their facility for up to 60 days. It helps to facilitate continuity of care and treatment of people with Opioid Use Disorder by reducing an unnecessary barrier to this innovative treatment method. Given the magnitude of the opioid epidemic, access to all treatments is vital.\n\n\u201cOur substance use epidemic continues to grow and get worse \u2013 we need innovative treatment methods to better combat substance use disorder,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cThe IMPACT Act will reduce barriers to treatment, ensuring healthcare providers have the full access to proven medications, in turn helping patients get access to a potentially life-saving treatment.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe opioid epidemic has reached historic levels and is a national crisis affecting social and economic welfare of our country and our people,\u201d Rep. Spartz said. \u201cThe IMPACT Act is important commonsense legislation which will bring much-needed treatments to more Americans and save lives.\u201d\n\n\"While Pennsylvania experienced a decrease in opioid deaths in the years preceding the pandemic, 2020 brought about a tragic uptick and 2021 is on track to be just as devastating,\" Rep. Scanlon said. \"We need to use every available tool to fight this addiction and mental health crisis, including by increasing access to medication assisted treatment like long-acting injectable (LAI) buprenorphine. I'm proud to join my colleagues in introducing the IMPACT Act to help reduce barriers to using this life-saving treatment.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs our nation continues to grapple with the opioid epidemic, it is vital that our healthcare providers have the appropriate tools and resources to treat opioid dependence,\u201d Rep Fitzpatrick said. \u201cI am proud to join my colleagues in supporting this bipartisan legislation which will increase access to life-saving medication and ensure that those living with substance use disorder can get the treatment they need.\u201d\n\nThis bill is supported by American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, Advocates for Opioid Recovery, Aimed Alliance, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, Center for U.S. Policy, FORCE, Kennedy Forum, Maryland Heroin Awareness, Mother\u2019s Addiction Journey, No More OD\u2019s Inc., Partnership to End Addiction, Prevention Action Alliance, Shatterproof, The Voices Project, Tyler\u2019s Light, and Young People in Recovery.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/11/congresswoman-dean-visits-sci-phoenix", "Congresswoman Dean Visits SCI Phoenix", "2021-11-09", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Collegeville, PA \u2014 Yesterday, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) visited SCI Phoenix to discuss educational services in Pennsylvania prison systems and the re-introduction of her legislation, the Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act. The PREP Act would ensure that incarcerated individuals receive the educational opportunities they need to successfully reenter their communities after completing their sentences.\n\n\u201cThe stories we heard from the inmates at SCI Phoenix and the dedication of the educators were inspiring and a testament to the never-ending power of education,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cThese programs change lives\u2014all people deserve that chance to reform, learn, and give back. I look forward to sharing these stories to underscore the need to invest in rehabilitation reform and educational programs for inmates\u2014like the PREP Act\u2014so that they can re-enter society ready to contribute positively to our community. We know these programs work and benefit us all\u201d\n\nA 2013 study by RAND Corporation demonstrated that individuals who participated in prison education were 43% less likely to re-offend and 13% more likely to secure employment after re-entering society.\n\n\u201cOffering meaningful educational programming not only helps put incarcerated individuals on a path to success upon release from confinement, but also provides a constructive way for them to set and achieve goals while serving their sentences,\u201d Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Acting Secretary George Little said. \u201cThe overwhelming majority of prisoners will eventually be released and return to the community, so investing in education while they are incarcerated benefits us all.\u201d\n\n\u201cVillanova University understands the transformative power of education and the students that graduated from our program at SCI Phoenix are living proof of that,\u201d Katherine Maloney, Director Villanova Program at SCI Phoenix said. \u201cVillanova has found that program alumni who return to their families and communities often flourish\u2014obtaining jobs and using their education to give back to the community. Villanova is proud to call these students and graduates, who are an integral part of our community, Villanovans.\u201d\n\nThe visit included a roundtable with Acting Secretary George Little, Deputy Secretary for Reentry Kelly Evans, Regional Deputy Secretary Tammy Ferguson, and Superintendent Jaime Sorber, Katherine Meloney of the Villanova Program, George Chochos and Brian Walsh of Vera Institute of Justice, recipients of DOC educational programming, and other prison and education officials.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-votes-infrastructure-package-create-jobs-also-votes-clear-path", "Evans Votes for Infrastructure Package to Create Jobs, Also Votes to Clear Path for Build Back Better Act", "2021-11-06", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (Nov. 6, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) voted Friday evening for a landmark infrastructure bill to create millions of jobs and make long-overdue repairs to the nation's roads, bridges, transit, water and sewer systems. He also voted for a House rule to clear the way to pass the Build Back Better Act in the near future.\n\nThe House vote sends the Senate-passed infrastructure bill to the desk of President Biden, who has said he'll sign it.\n\n\"I'm happy to vote for this massive new investment in job-creating repairs and upgrades to our transit, roads, bridges, water, sewer and other systems,\" Evans said. \"And I also look forward to passage of the Build Back Better Act, which would be a historic investment in making child care, housing and prescription drugs more affordable. It would also be a historic investment in fighting climate change and would continue the Biden expansion of the Child Tax Credit that I voted for, which is on track to cut child poverty in half.\"\n\nThe infrastructure bill includes $1 billion for Reconnecting Communities, an initiative Evans has co-led, which would help highway-divided neighborhoods like Nicetown, Chinatown and the Delaware River waterfront in Philadelphia. The Build Back Better Act includes another $4 billion for similar programs to help those neighborhoods across the country.\n\nThe bipartisan infrastructure bill would provide $550 billion in new federal funding for infrastructure, estimated to add millions of jobs over the next 10 years. It includes:\n\n$39 billion of new investment to modernize transit and improve accessibility for seniors and people with disabilities\n\n$110 billion of new funds for roads, bridges, and related projects; $66 billion for rail, which would include eliminating the Amtrak maintenance backlog and modernizing the Northeast Corridor\n\n$17 billion for ports\n\n$25 billion for airports\n\n$55 billion for clean drinking water systems\n\n$65 billion for broadband internet\n\n$7.5 billion to build out the first-ever national network of electric-vehicle chargers in the United States\n\nOver $50 billion to make communities safer from extreme weather and climate-related disasters and the nation's infrastructure more resilient to the impacts of climate change and cyber-attacks\n\n$21 billion for environmental cleanups\n\n$65 billion to modernize the electric grid\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. During Evans' first four years in Congress, his office has helped to return to or save more than $6.5 million for Philadelphians from federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. His website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-applauds-house-passage-historic-infrastructure-package", "BOYLE APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE", "2021-11-05", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "November 5, 2021\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Tonight, Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) praised House passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes $550 billion in new federal funding for America's crumbling infrastructure. The IIJA passed the House on a 228-to-206 vote.\n\n\"From my first day in Congress, I have been unwavering in my goal to pass an infrastructure bill for those in my district,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"Today, that goal became a reality and House Democrats delivered the progress we promised for working families in Pennsylvania, and communities across the nation. The IIJA invests in our country and in our people by creating good-paying union jobs, tackling the climate crisis, and growing the economy sustainably and equitably for decades to come.\"\n\nIn Pennsylvania, the IIJA will:\n\nRepair and rebuild PA roads and bridges with a focus on climate change mitigation, resilience, equity, and safety for all users, including cyclists and pedestrians.\n\nIn Pennsylvania there are 3,353 bridges and over 7,540 miles of highway in poor condition. Since 2011, commute times have increased by 7.6% in Pennsylvania, and on average, each driver pays $620 per year in costs due to driving on roads in need of repair.\n\nThe IIJA is the single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the interstate highway system. Based on formula funding alone, Pennsylvania would expect to receive $11.3 billion for federal-aid highway apportioned programs and $1.6 billion for bridge replacement and repairs under the IIJA over five years.\n\nImprove healthy, sustainable transportation options for Pennsylvania.\n\nPennsylvanians who take public transportation spend an extra 68.8% of their time commuting and non-White households are 5 times more likely to commute via public transportation. 25% of transit vehicles in the state are past useful life.\n\nBased on formula funding alone, Pennsylvania would expect to receive $2.8 billion over five years under the IIJA to improve public transportation options across the state.\n\nBuild a network of EV chargers across the state to facilitate long-distance travel and provide convenient charging options.\n\nThe bill invests $7.5 billion to build out the first-ever national network of EV chargers in the United States and is a critical element in the Biden-Harris Administration's plan to accelerate the adoption of EVs to address the climate crisis and support domestic manufacturing jobs.\n\nUnder the IIJA, Pennsylvania would expect to receive $171 million over five years to support the expansion of an EV charging network in the state.\n\nHelp connect every Pennsylvanian to reliable high-speed internet.\n\nUnder the IIJA, Pennsylvania will receive a minimum allocation of $100 million to help provide broadband coverage across the state, including providing access to the at least 394,000 Pennsylvanians who currently lack it.\n\nUnder the IIJA, 23% of people in Pennsylvania will be eligible for the Affordability Connectivity Benefit, which will help low-income families afford internet access.\n\nPrepare more of our statewide infrastructure for the impacts of climate change, cyber-attacks, and extreme weather events.\n\nFrom 2010 to 2020, Pennsylvania has experienced 37 extreme weather events, costing the state up to $10 billion in damages.\n\nUnder the IIJA, based on historical formula funding levels, Pennsylvania will expect to receive $49 million over five years to protect against wildfires and $26 million to protect against cyberattacks.\n\nPennsylvanians will also benefit from the bill's historic $3.5 billion national investment in weatherization which will reduce energy costs for families.\n\nDeliver clean drinking water to every Pennsylvanian and eliminate the nation's lead service lines and pipes.\n\nCurrently, up to 10 million American households and 400,000 schools and childcare centers lack safe drinking water.\n\nUnder the IIJA, based on the traditional state revolving fund formula, Pennsylvania will expect to receive $1.4 billion over five years to improve water infrastructure across the state and ensure that clean, safe drinking water is a right in all communities.\n\nImprove our Pennsylvania airports.\n\nAirports in Pennsylvania would receive approximately $355 million for infrastructure development for airports over five years\n\nThis bill previously passed the Senate with a bipartisan vote of 69-30 on August 10, 2021. It is now headed to President Biden's desk for his signature.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/11/the-house-passes-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act", "The House passes the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act", "2021-11-05", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3684, the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes investments in roads and bridges, transit, rail, clean drinking water and wastewater systems, and high-speed broadband networks. This legislation will repair and modernize crumbling and outdated infrastructure across the nation.\n\n\u201cI am delighted we passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill that will transform our Commonwealth with critical funding to roads, bridges, clean water, and more,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cThis is an historic moment, and I look forward to voting yes on President Biden\u2019s Build Back Better bill.\u201d\n\nTogether, the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Act are estimated to create an average of 2 million jobs each year over the next decade.\n\nThis Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will:\n\nRebuild roads and bridges nationwide, including the largest bridge investment since the construction of the interstate highway system seven decades ago;\n\nDeliver clean drinking water to ten million families and more than 400,000 schools and child care facilities nationwide with the largest-ever investment in American water infrastructure to replace lead pipes and service lines across the nation;\n\nHelp clean up legacy pollution, which is an important step in advancing environmental justice;\n\nExpand access to reliable high-speed internet to help more families get online to work and learn;\n\nMake historic improvements to public transit, with the largest federal investment in American history and the largest federal investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak; and\n\nSupport action to address the climate crisis, making down-payments on clean energy transmission, a clean and resilient electric grid, electric vehicle infrastructure and more.\n\nIn Pennsylvania, there are more than 3,000 bridges and more than 7,500 miles of highway in poor condition. Through the bipartisan infrastructure bill, Pennsylvania is expected to receive $11.3 billion for federal-aid highway programs and $1.6 billion for bridge replacements over five years. Additionally, Pennsylvania is expected to receive $2.8 billion over five years to improve public transportation and $1.4 billion to improve water infrastructure that will ensure clean drinking water in all communities.\n\nThe Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act now goes to President Biden\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-co-leads-bill-provide-1-billion-solve-shooting-cases-make", "Evans Co-Leads Bill to Provide $1 Billion to Solve Shooting Cases, Make Neighborhoods Safer", "2021-11-01", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (Nov. 1, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) is co-leading a new bill that would provide $1 billion in federal funding over the next 10 years to help local and state police raise their clearance rates for both fatal and non-fatal shooting cases.\n\n\"Helping our state and local police solve more fatal and non-fatal shooting cases would be a huge win for public safety in Philadelphia and across the country \u2013 district attorneys can't bring cases that don't reach them, so this would help make our neighborhoods safer,\" Evans said.\n\n\"As someone who has pushed for help for victims of gun violence, I'm also very pleased that this bill would provide victims and family members with mental health resources and assistance with shelter, wage, and relocation costs,\" Evans said.\n\nEvans is a lead co-sponsor of the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act (H.R. 5768). The bill would establish a Department of Justice (DOJ) grant program to:\n\nhire and retain detectives to investigate homicide and non-fatal shootings;\n\nacquire resources for processing evidence, including the hiring of additional personnel;\n\nhire personnel trained to analyze criminal intelligence and crime trends;\n\ntrain detectives and evidence processing personnel in effective procedures and techniques; and\n\nensure victim services are sufficiently staffed, funded, and trained.\n\nGrant recipients would be required to report information to the DOJ on how the money was spent and how it affected clearance rates for homicides and non-fatal shootings. The National Institute of Justice would periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the policies and procedures implemented by the grantees to improve clearance rates and report to Congress on its conclusions.\n\nThe lead sponsor is Congresswoman Val Demings (D-Florida), a former 27-year police officer, who said, \"Simply put, many agencies lack the resources they need to bring justice to these cases and closure for families. Half of gun murders in the United States go unsolved, and victims are often left with no justice and little support. This legislation would inject critical new funding into America's law enforcement agencies to hire and train detectives and specialists specifically committed to investigate unsolved crimes, comfort victims, and bring the guilty to justice.\"\n\nThe legislation has strong support from professional law enforcement researchers and organizations, including the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the Major Cities Chiefs Association and the National Police Foundation.\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. During Evans' first four years in Congress, his office has helped to return to or save more than $6.5 million for Philadelphians from federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. His website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/10/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-leads-a-letter-to-prime-minister-of-japan-fumio-kishida-to-close-japan-s-domestic-ivory-market/95cc57a3-8a3b-4cc0-be20-6e674207175a", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean Leads a Letter to Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida to Close Japan\u2019s Domestic Ivory Market", "2021-10-29", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) led a letter with Congressional colleagues to urge the Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida to close Japan\u2019s domestic ivory market in order to protect elephants from the threat of poaching, hunting, and slaughter. The letter echoed the appeal of Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and James Baker III to end the sale and trade of elephant ivory.\n\nMany other countries with large consumer economies have already taken steps to close their ivory markets \u2014 including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Israel. Japan has the largest remaining legal ivory market.\n\n\u201cWe must work together, as an international community, to protect elephants and support conservation,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cIt is essential to our ecosysytem, planet, and future generations. I am hopeful that Prime Minister Kishida will take our concerns to heart.\u201d\n\nThe letter was signed by Representatives Blumenauer, Suozzi, Lieu, McBath, Barrag\u00e1n, DeFazio, Quigley, McNerney, Huffman, Wild, Grijslva, DelBene, Fitzpatrick, Davids, Adams, Stevens, Larsen, Nadler, Doyle, S\u00e1nchez, Schakowsky.\n\nA copy of the letter can be found here.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/10/reps-dean-and-wexton-and-senator-markey-introduce-the-gun-violence-prevention-through-financial-intelligence-act", "Reps. Dean and Wexton and Senator Markey Introduce the Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act", "2021-10-29", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Jennifer Wexton (VA-10), and Senator Edward Markey (MA) introduced the Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act. The legislation would require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) within the Treasury Department to provide guidance to financial institutions that could help them report suspicious activity related to mass shootings and domestic terrorism.\n\nUnder existing regulation financial institutions are required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), to raise red flags about money laundering, human trafficking, terrorist financing and other criminal activity. This bill would require FinCEN to collect and analyze data from financial institutions to determine what indicators, if any, might precede a mass shooting or terrorist attack. FinCen would then be required to issue an advisory on how financial institutions should use these indicators to comply with their SAR filings. The bill seeks to determine dangerous financial patterns that may be detectable.\n\n\u201cWe need to use every tool at our disposal to help prevent tragic loss of life from gun violence,\u201d Congresswoman Madeleine Dean said. \u201cThis bill puts our existing infrastructure for detecting financial crimes to work and seeks to determine if there are patterns of financial behavior that precede mass shootings and terrorist incidents \u2013 learning these data points will help us identify and stop gun violence in the future.\u201d\n\n\"Financial institutions already have proven systems in place to identify suspicious behavior and purchasing patterns that enable them to crack down on activities like money laundering, human smuggling, and fentanyl trafficking,\" Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton said. \"Banks, retailers, and credit card companies can put these tools to use to detect and prevent mass shootings \u2013 if they know what to look for. I'm proud to join Rep. Dean and Senator Markey in introducing this legislation to equip financial institutions with the guidance they need to help us save lives.\"\n\n\u201cWe cannot allow banks and financial institutions to turn a blind eye as shooters bank a pile of guns and ammunition in lead up to an attack,\u201d Senator Markey said. \u201cThe Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act will give us the guidance on how these institutions can help pinpoint and prevent gun violence across the country. I am proud to work with Representatives Dean and Wexton in advancing this gun violence prevention legislation.\u201d\n\nThis bill is supported by gun violence prevention groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety, March For Our Lives, Newtown Action Alliance, Guns Down America, and Moms Demand Action.\n\nJohn Feinblatt, President of Everytown for Gun Safety: \u201cBanks and financial institutions have a key role to play when it comes to identifying the warning signs of gun violence, such as trafficking or stockpiling weapons \u2014 but they can\u2019t do this work if they don\u2019t have the right data. We applaud Representatives Dean and Wexton, as well as Senator Markey, for introducing legislation to make sure that FinCEN is equipping banks with the tools and data they need to report suspicious activity, which will help prevent gun violence before it happens.\u201d\n\n\"We are a generation that has indelible trauma from the threat of firearm violence, yet we are frequently unable to rely on accurate data to determine how to prevent acts of domestic terrorism on a daily basis,\" Max Markham, Policy & Legal Director at March For Our Lives said. \"While we have high expectations of our government to address gun violence as a public health crisis, we believe financial institutions can make a unique contribution, utilizing their own financial intelligence, to prevent these atrocities from occurring so frequently. We thank Representatives Dean and Wexton, and Senator Markey for leading the way with this innovative bill, and look forward to continued collaboration to help save lives.\"\n\n\"When it comes to preventing gun violence and saving lives, we need to be using every tool at our disposal, including helping financial institutions to spot potential red flags and take action before it's too late,\" Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action said. \"We are proud to support this effort by Senator Markey and Representatives Dean and Wexton to help guide financial institutions through the ways that the U.S. firearms market is criminally exploited to facilitate gun violence in America.\"\n\n\u201cNewtown Action Alliance is proud to support Representative Dean and Senator Markey\u2019s Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act. We know firsthand that a mass shooting incident can devastate an entire community. More can be done to prevent mass shootings and other gun tragedies in all our communities across the nation. Congress should immediately pass this bill so that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network could establish guidelines for the financial institutions to identify and report suspicious firearm transactions by mass shooters and domestic terrorists in the United States,\" Po Murray, Chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance said.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-lahood-introduce-legislation-allow-nutritional-supplements-be", "BOYLE & LAHOOD INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ALLOW NUTRITIONAL\u00a0SUPPLEMENTS TO BE COVERED UNDER FLEX/HEALTH SPENDING ACCOUNTS", "2021-10-27", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-02) and Darin LaHood (R-IL-18) introduced the Dietary Supplement Tax Fairness Act, which will help Americans support healthy lifestyles by modernizing the treatment of vitamins and minerals and recognizing the valuable role nutritional supplements play in helping to achieve better health outcomes and promote cost savings.\n\n\"The recent global health pandemic has taught us the importance of maintaining a nutrient-rich diet to maintain our health\", said Congressman Boyle. \"More than 22 million Americans have chosen to enroll in a health savings account coupled with a consumer-direct health plan. Given this significant growth, action should be taken to better meet consumer needs. Since HSAs, FSAs, and HRAs, require a prescription for the reimbursement of vitamins it makes sense to remove barriers to supplementing nutrient-deficient diets. Our bill takes a step in that direction.\"\n\n\"Ensuring that Americans are able to utilize their Health Savings Accounts (HSA) as a tool to make personal healthcare choices for their families remains one of my priorities. As we work to climb out of the pandemic, ensuring my constituents have the resources they need to support opportunities for a healthy lifestyle, including the purchasing of vitamins and minerals, is important,\" said Rep. LaHood. \"As enrollment in HSA's continues to grow, our bill would remove unnecessary barriers to better meet the needs of consumers. This bipartisan approach would allow over-the-counter vitamins and minerals to be considered as qualified medical expenses under HSAs, FSAs, and HRAs, so that a patient can utilize their health savings dollars to access these dietary supplements.\"\n\nRoughly 80% of Americans use vitamins and dietary supplements for a range of benefits, from addressing nutrient deficiencies to strengthening bones and helping to prevent osteoporosis. Vitamins and dietary supplements can be a part of preventative care that can create cost savings to employers, consumers, and the entire healthcare system. Current tax code does not allow Americans with health-related savings accounts to be reimbursed for the out-of-pocket expenses they pay for nutritional and dietary supplements.\n\nThis legislation would amend the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to include certain over-the-counter dietary supplement products as a qualified medical expense. This change would allow Americans to be reimbursed from their Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), their Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), or their Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) for the out-of-pocket expenses they pay for nutritional and dietary supplements.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/10/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-senator-brian-schatz-introduce-the-promoting-reentry-through-education-in-prisons-prep-act", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, Senator Brian Schatz Reintroduce the Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act", "2021-10-26", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act. Congressman Mondaire Jones and Congressman Kweisi Mfume are co-leading the bill. Congresswoman Dean previously introduced the bill with the late Congressman Elijah Cummings (MD-07) in 2019 while Senator Schatz introduced companion legislation in the Senate. The legislation would ensure that incarcerated individuals receive the educational opportunities they need to successfully reenter their communities after completing their sentences.\n\nProviding incarcerated individuals with the resources to effectively reintegrate into society upon release can dramatically reduce recidivism. Two-thirds of formerly-incarcerated individuals are rearrested within three years; however, incarcerated people who participated in educational programs had 43 percent lower odds of reentering prison than those who did not.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s in everyone\u2019s interest that when people re-enter society, they do so with the skills they need to build decent futures for themselves and their families,\u201d Congresswoman Dean said. \u201cEducational opportunities make all the difference in helping to break the cycle of recidivism and reincarceration \u2013 and create more positive outcomes for all.\u201d\n\n\u201cResearch shows that one of the best ways to break the cycle of recidivism is through education,\u201d Senator Schatz said. \u201cThis bill would make it easier for people in the federal prison system to pursue a better life through learning, in turn improving our public safety and saving taxpayers\u2019 money.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s critical we give incarcerated individuals all of the tools they need to succeed after incarceration, and that starts with quality education and job training in incarcerated settings,\u201d Congressman Mondaire Jones said. \u201cI\u2019m proud to introduce the Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act alongside Rep. Dean to establish an Office of Prison Education within the Bureau of Prisons and ensure educational programming is available to all individuals in federal prisons. By investing in education in our prisons, we\u2019ll reduce recidivism while investing in our economy and people\u2019s futures.\u201d\n\n\u201cReturning citizens deserve to re-enter society prepared to contribute in meaningful ways. Having the education and training to work with others upon release not only makes sense for formerly incarcerated individuals but also for the workforce development of our economy,\u201d Congressman Mfume said. \u201cRecidivism rates are reduced with educational programs for inmates, ultimately lowering prison expenses. Let\u2019s work to invest in human capital which in turn will increase monetary capital for businesses, small and big alike,\u201d he added.\n\nThe PREP Act takes several important steps:\n\nEstablishes an Office of Correctional Education within the Bureau of Prisons. The Office would standardize educational programs across all federal prisons, ensuring that BOP provides educational services for adult literacy, GED, postsecondary, workforce readiness, apprenticeships, career and technical education, and expanded opportunities for individual with learning disabilities.\n\nEstablishes the Federal Correctional Education Program. The program would create partnerships between federal correctional facilities and education providers to create quality programs.\n\nTrains and assists state and local correctional institutions. The legislation would provide for training and technical assistance to state and local correctional institutions that implement similar education programs.\n\nNotifies veterans of their eligibility. The bill would ensure that eligible veterans are notified of their ability to access education benefits and are connected with available programs in their federal or state correctional facility.\n\nThe PREP Act is supported by the Correctional Leaders Association, Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), Dream Corps JUSTICE, FAMM, NAACP, The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), National CURE, College and Community Fellowship, Center for Disability Rights, Operation Restoration, Second Chance Education Alliance Inc., Prison Scholar Fund, and Record Clearance Project of SJSU.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-leads-call-floor-vote-solve-debt-ceiling-crisis", "BOYLE LEADS CALL FOR FLOOR VOTE TO SOLVE DEBT CEILING CRISIS", "2021-10-25", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA) led a letter signed by more than 75+ members of the House Democratic Caucus to House Democratic leadership calling for legislative action to permanently solve the debt ceiling crisis, using only Democratic votes if necessary.\n\nThe House Members wrote:\n\n\"The toxic brinkmanship surrounding the debt limit occurs each time we either approach the dollar amount of the debt limit, or an enacted suspension of the debt limit is set to soon expire. At these junctures, our solutions to handle the debt limit are to either raise the limit or again enact a further suspension. Since Republicans in Congress have indicated they're unwilling to help avoid a default in December, we should seek a more permanent solution to avoid having to repeat this painful process in the future.\"\n\n\"Since Senate Republicans were only willing to agree to a short-term extension of the debt limit, we urge that you use the remaining few months to lay the legislative groundwork to permanently repeal the threat posed by the debt ceiling, using only Democratic votes if necessary.\"\n\nLegislative options proposed by the Members include:\n\n\u2022 Permanently repeal the federal debt limit, such as in Congressman Foster's H.R. 3305/S.1785 \"End the Threat of Default Act\" or Congressman Boyle's H.R. 1041.\n\n\u2022 Authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to raise the debt limit unilaterally, such as in Congressman Boyle's H.R. 5415 \"Debt Ceiling Reform Act.\"\n\n\u2022 Automatically peg the debt limit to the actual U.S. debt incurred, plus a buffer to allow the issuance of new debt.\n\n\u2022 Raise or suspend the debt limit to an amount or date sufficient to guarantee that the United States will not reach it in the foreseeable future.\n\nA full copy of the letter is available HERE .", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-resolution-designates-september-macedonian-american-heritage-month", "BOYLE RESOLUTION DESIGNATES SEPTEMBER AS \u201cMACEDONIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH\u201d", "2021-10-21", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) introduced a resolution, along with his fellow Congressional Macedonian Caucus co-chairs, that would designate the month of September 2022 as Macedonian American Heritage Month. The Congressman released to statement below following introduction:\n\n\"As a co-chair of the Congressional Macedonian Caucus, I am proud to introduce this resolution in the House of Representatives to designate September as Macedonian American Heritage month. Macedonian Americans have made countless and significant contributions to our nation over the last several centuries, and this resolution gives them the recognition that is long overdue. I join the Macedonian American community and millions of Macedonians around the world in celebrating this momentous step, especially now in 2021 on the 30 year anniversary of their independence.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/10/the-house-passes-h-res-730-finding-stephen-k-bannon-in-contempt-of-congress", "The House Passes H.Res.730, Finding Stephen K. Bannon in Contempt of Congress", "2021-10-21", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 On Thursday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Res.730, finding Stephen K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a Congressional subpoena by a vote of 229 to 202. Mr. Bannon refused to comply with a Congressional subpoena from the House\u2019s bipartisan select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.\n\n\u201cThis committee\u2019s work is serious and has no time for the games of Mr. Bannon or anyone else that would disrespect our rule of law at such a critical time,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cOur Constitution and our courts have made it clear that Congress has the power to investigate, and it is vital to the protection of our Democracy and our future generations.\"\n\nSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will send the report to the Department of Justice for prosecution. The bipartisan select committee\u2019s investigation will continue.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-applauds-white-house-setting-enforceable-pfas-standards", "BOYLE APPLAUDS WHITE HOUSE SETTING ENFORCEABLE PFAS STANDARDS", "2021-10-18", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), today praised the Biden Administration's decision to set enforceable drinking water limits on PFAS chemicals which have turned up in the water supplies of communities around the country.\n\n\"Several years ago, I introduced legislation to regulate PFAS chemicals with enforceable standards,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"So I applaud the Biden Administration today for taking this approach. Without these enforceable regulations, the EPA and other enforcement agencies are essentially unable to take on this crisis that has plagued families in my community and across the nation for too long now. When we turn on the faucet to drink water, we should not have to worry about the safety of the water that is going into our bodies. Enforceable regulations on PFAS are long overdue.\"\n\nCongressman Boyle is a founding member of the Congressional PFAS Task Force. He has secured more than $160 million in government funding for cleaning up, studying, and preventing future PFAS contamination.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-congressman-boyle-death-colin-powell", "STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN BOYLE ON DEATH OF COLIN POWELL", "2021-10-18", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) issued the following statement regarding the passing of former Secretary of State, Colin Powell:\n\n\"The son of hardworking Jamaican immigrants, Colin Powell rose to become the highest ranking military officer and later the first African American Secretary of State. His life shows the enormous possibilities that still exist in America. May God bless his family at this sad time.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-retirement-rep-john-yarmuth", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON RETIREMENT OF REP JOHN YARMUTH", "2021-10-12", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Vice-Chair of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement on the retirement of Budget Chair John Yarmuth (KY-03):\n\n\"In his 15 years in Congress, John Yarmuth has honorably and ably served the people of Kentucky and the United States. John has spent his career fighting tirelessly for legislation to improve the lives of those he swore an oath to represent. I will miss his sage leadership and guidance on the House Budget Committee. I consider John one of my closest friends in Congress so I will greatly miss serving with this kind and decent public servant. But I know we still have a lot of work left to do together for the American people over these next 15 months.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-votes-prevent-catastrophic-default-renews-push-reform-debt-ceiling", "BOYLE VOTES TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC DEFAULT; RENEWS PUSH TO REFORM DEBT CEILING", "2021-10-12", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Vice Chair of the House Budget Committee, and primary sponsor of the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, released the following statement:\n\n\"Tonight, I voted for and the House passed legislation to protect the full faith and credit of the United States\", said Congressman Boyle. \"Our actions will save the country from financial calamity and allow the government to pay its debts. Sadly, however, tonight's vote on this temporary fix does not fully solve the problem. My recently introduced legislation, the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, that I introduced with Budget Chairman John Yarmuth (KY-03), would eliminate debt limit partisanship as we now know it, and transfer the authority to the Treasury Department. I urge Congress to pass my Debt Ceiling Reform Act and end these never ending, dangerous debt ceiling standoffs.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-kinzinger-statement-normalization-syria", "BOYLE, KINZINGER STATEMENT ON NORMALIZATION WITH SYRIA", "2021-10-06", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Following reports of normalization efforts between some U.S. allies and the Assad regime in Syria, Congressmen Brendan Boyle (D-PA) and, Adam Kinzinger, Co-Chairs of the Friends of a Free, Stable and Democratic Syria Caucus, released the following statement:\n\n\"The United States and our allies have stood together in opposing Bashar al-Assad's barbaric regime for over a decade now. Assad and his backers in Russia and Iran have not shown any reason that would justify normalizing relations with a government that is responsible for over 600,000 men, women, and children being murdered.\n\n\"Before the United States and our allies even contemplate recognizing Syria as a partner in anything, we must ensure that all of those responsible for crimes against humanity are held accountable as war criminals. If countries in the region are ready to look past the numerous documented criminal acts that were committed in Syria, then the United States must set the example and use its diplomatic strength to counter these misguided steps.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/10/financial-services-committee-democrats-call-on-president-biden-speaker-pelosi-and-senate-leader-schumer-to-fund-housing-in-reconciliation", "Financial Services Committee Democrats Call on President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Schumer to Fund Housing in Reconciliation", "2021-10-06", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) joined all Financial Services Committee Democrats in urging President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Leader Schumer to include funding for housing in the Reconciliation bill. In a letter, led by Chairwoman Maxine Waters, the representatives call on leadership to prioritize housing infrastructure in the Build Back Better Act.\n\nThe letter cited the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the affordable housing crisis in the United States, specifically for low-income people and families of color. The lack of affordable housing has led to eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness. Before the pandemic, more than 580,000 people experienced homelessness on any given night; more than 20 million renter households paid unaffordable rents; and millions of mortgage-ready individuals were prevented from homeownership, including more than 20 million millennials.\n\n\u201cAffordable housing is a right and it is the responsibility of Congress to address it,\" Rep. Dean said. \"My colleagues and I signed this letter to do just that, and I thank Rep. Maxine Waters for her leadership on it.\u201d\n\nThe Financial Services Committee calls for the Build Back Better Act to include new resources for public housing, housing for seniors and people with disabilities, housing for people with the lowest income, rural housing, and climate resiliency.\n\nThe letter was signed by all 30 Financial Services Committee Democrats.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/10/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-leads-a-letter-to-terminate-ice-contract-at-the-berks-county-residential-center", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean Leads a Letter to Terminate ICE contract at the Berks County Residential Center", "2021-10-05", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Yesterday, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) led a letter with Pennsylvania Congressional colleagues to urge the Department of Homeland Security to Terminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contract at the Berks County Residential Center.\n\nIn March 2021, the Berks County Residential Center was vacated largely due to the treatment of children and other detainees within the detention center. There were also concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19. On August 19, the Berk County Commissioner announced they would bring detainees back to the detention center as a women-only center. Congresswoman Dean has been working with several community partners to stop this process, originally projected for mid-September.\n\n\u201cIn the midst of a global pandemic, placing women into detention centers is unconscionable, especially when there is a track record of harm, abuse, and sexual violence,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cIncarcerating asylum seekers, whether they are women, families, or children is inhumane.\u201d\n\nThe letter was signed by Representatives Evan (PA-03), Scanlon (PA-05), and Boyle (PA-02). The letter was endorsed by the following organizations: Pennsylvania Council of Churches, Aldea - the People\u2019s Justice Center, Free Migration Project, Japanese American Citizens League - Philadelphia Chapter, FUUBC Immigration Team, Make the Road Pennsylvania, Berks Stands Up, Shut Down Berks Interfaith Witness, Human Rights First, and Shut Down Berks Coalition.\n\nA copy of the letter can be found here.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-yarmuth-introduce-legislation-transfer-debt-ceiling-authority-sec", "BOYLE & YARMUTH INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO TRANSFER DEBT CEILING AUTHORITY TO SEC OF TREASURY", "2021-09-29", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Budget Committee Vice-chair, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), and Budget Committee Chair Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-03) today introduced the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, legislation that would eliminate the debt limit as we now know it and transfer that authority to the Treasury Department.\n\n\"For the third Congress in a row, I have introduced measures to reform the mechanisms surrounding this arbitrary and reckless debt limit\", said Congressman Boyle. \"Now, with the Treasury on the verge of running out of money within the next month, we once again find ourselves barreling toward financial calamity. It's quite clear that this measure, which was first introduced in 1917, has outlived its effectiveness. Simply put, the debt ceiling is incapable of accomplishing what it sets out to do\u2014to control how much the government borrows\u2014as the bills Congress passes are legally binding and cannot be inhibited by such a limit.\"\n\nThe Boyle-Yarmuth bill would seek to transfer the duty of raising the debt limit away from Congress and vest it in the Secretary of the Treasury. The debt ceiling is a statutory limit on the amount of national debt that may be issued by the U.S. Treasury after it has spent and incurred that debt. It ultimately limits how much money the federal government can borrow to pay its own bills.\n\nA 2011 debt limit agreement negotiated in Congress gave the Obama administration authority to raise the debt limit by $1.2 trillion, an idea credited to then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that was dubbed the \"McConnell Rule.\"\n\n\"After everything the American people have been through over the last 19 months and all the progress we have made in our recovery, the last thing we need is a dangerous game of political brinkmanship that will devastate our economy and plunge us into another recession,\" said Congressman Yarmuth. \"It's time for Republicans to pull the ripcord and support our legislation to implement the McConnell Rule, giving the Treasury Secretary the authority to raise the debt ceiling. We need to get past this politically manufactured crisis and get on with the business of addressing the needs and priorities of the American people.\"\n\nMoody's Analytics predicts that a default would result in a loss of six million jobs, an unemployment rate of nearly 9 percent, the elimination of $15 trillion in household wealth and a decline in real GDP of 4 percent. Just a delay in raising the debt limit can create uncertainty in the Treasury market and lead to higher Treasury borrowing costs. During the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations, in which a compromise was struck only two days before Treasury's borrowing authority would be exhausted, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found the delays in raising the debt limit led to an increase in Treasury's borrowing costs of about $1.3 billion.\n\nOn September 21, both Boyle and Yarmuth voted in support of H.R. 5305, which would have raised the debt ceiling and avoided a government shutdown. The bill was subsequently blocked in the Senate by a Republican filibuster. Both Congressmen plan to support S. 1301, a clean debt ceiling increase which is scheduled to be voted on in the House today. The Boyle-Yarmuth legislation introduced today to give the Treasury Secretary this new authority provides an additional solution to this crisis should Republicans filibuster the second legislative attempt to raise the debt ceiling. This bill would also stop debt ceiling political brinkmanship going forward and bring an end to this era of self-inflicted crises.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-and-joyce-call-upon-secretary-education-improve-loan-forgiveness", "BOYLE AND JOYCE CALL UPON SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS", "2021-09-27", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "September 2, 2021 PRESS RELEASE\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-02) and David Joyce (R-OH-14) today called upon Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to make needed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to improve transparency and efficiency. Boyle and Joyce are co-Chairs of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Caucus.\n\nIn the letter, the Congressmen refer to the PSLF program's extremely high rejection rate and the need for vital reforms. The Congressman suggest several improvements that could be made by Secretary Cardona, including:\n\nIssuance of new guidelines to simplify the definitions of \"public service,\" \"public service job,\" and \"public service organization.\"\n\nPublishing a registry of certified public service organizations.\n\nProviding transparency to borrowers around employment certification denials and establish a straightforward appeals process that all borrowers and organizations can access when a public service organization is rejected.\n\nStreamlining electronic processes for borrowers.\n\nRaising the profile of the PSLF program to encourage participation.\n\nThe Congressmen emphasized to Secretary Cardona how our nation's public servants have, without hesitation, stepped up to help our country through this public health emergency. They concluded the letter by asking Secretary Cardona to give full and fair consideration to their request.\n\nCongress established the bipartisan loan forgiveness program in 2007 to help teachers, social workers, military personnel, and other public servants pursue sometimes lower-paying careers serving their communities without facing decades of crippling loan payments. The program allows borrowers to erase the balance of their student debt after working for a nonprofit or government employer for 10 years and making 120 qualifying loan payments.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-amendment-passes-house-require-sec-defense-review-use-dangerous", "BOYLE AMENDMENT PASSES THE HOUSE TO REQUIRE SEC. OF DEFENSE TO REVIEW USE OF DANGEROUS FIREFIGHTING FOAMS AT LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS", "2021-09-23", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle released the following statement after the passage this evening of his amendment requiring the Secretary of Defense to review agreements between local fire departments and the Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to spills of hazardous firefighting foams:\n\n\"This is a huge step forward for our community and for all of those across the country who have suffered the effects of unsafe drinking water because of these firefighting foams. The chemicals contained in these firefighting foams have threatened the drinking water of thousands of households and businesses across the nation. I am proud to be leading this fight for safe drinking water, and I will keep working to secure every possible resource to safeguard the health of our communities.\"\n\nBoyle's amendment requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of agreements between local fire departments and the Department of Defense with respect to prevention and mitigation of spills of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF). AFFF, a fire suppressant commonly utilized to extinguish liquid- and petroleum-based fires, contains dangerous PFAS chemicals and poses an urgent public health threat. PFAS chemicals are persistent, bio accumulative, and toxic, and communities across the country are combatting PFAS contamination in their air, land, and water.\n\nCongressman Boyle is a founding member of the Congressional PFAS Task Force. He has secured more than $160 million in government funding for cleaning up, studying, and preventing future PFAS contamination.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-s-private-loan-disability-discharge-amendment-passes-in-the-house", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean\u2019s Private Loan Disability Discharge Amendment Passes in the House", "2021-09-22", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the House of Representatives passed Representative Madeleine Dean\u2019s Private Loan Disability Discharge Amendment (H.Amdt.98) as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 with a vote of 219-204. The Amendment protects totally and permanently disabled individuals and their families from unfair lending practices.\n\nUnder current law, private lenders are not required to discharge student loans for borrowers or their cosigners if the borrower becomes totally and permanently disabled \u2014 unlike federal student loans which require this discharge. The Private Loan Disability Discharge Amendment will require that private student lenders discharge the loan balance for both the borrower and the co-signer if the borrower becomes totally and permanently disabled.\n\n\u201cThis amendment was inspired by a constituent whose family faced exorbitant student loans after she became totally disabled and could no longer contribute income,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cToday, the House learned from her troubling experience and protected people with disabilities and their families from unfair student loan practices.\u201d\n\nThe Private Loan Disability Discharge Amendment was among three amendments passed as part of the FY2022 NDAA. The SECURE Notarization Amendment will make it easier for signers outside the U.S. \u2014 such as military personnel and their families \u2014 to securely notarize their documents. The Human Trafficking Coordinator Amendment would establish a Human Trafficking Coordinator who works closely with the U.S. Treasury to monitor illicit financing of human trafficking operations.\n\nAfter all proposed amendments have been considered, the FY2022 NDAA will pass in the House and be voted on in the Senate.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-removal-iron-dome-funding", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON REMOVAL OF IRON DOME FUNDING", "2021-09-21", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the statement below following the removal of Israel's Iron Dome support from the National Defense Authorzation Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022:\n\n\"The Iron Dome is a vital defensive protective system that has saved thousands of Israelis from incoming rockets fired by terrorists. It is purely defensive in nature. It saves lives. I have been, and continue to be, a proud and vocal supporter of funding for the Iron Dome, as well as Israel's right to defend its people.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/9/house-democrats-introduce-the-protecting-our-democracy-act-to-restore-strengthen-and-protect-our-democracy", "House Democrats Introduce the Protecting Our Democracy Act to Restore, Strengthen, and Protect Our Democracy", "2021-09-21", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, House Democrats introduced the Protecting Our Democracy Act \u2014 a sweeping package of reforms that will strengthen America\u2019s democratic institutions against future presidents, regardless of political party, who seek to abuse the power of their office for corrupt purposes. This package includes Rep. Dean\u2019s Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act introduced last year.\n\nThe comprehensive proposals \u2014 many of which have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the past \u2014 will restore the government\u2019s system of checks and balances, strengthen accountability and transparency, and protect America\u2019s elections from foreign interference.\n\nThe Protecting Our Democracy Act was first introduced during the 116th Congress, and reflects Congress\u2019 determination to restore the guardrails of our democratic systems. This year, the bill also stands as the third pillar of the 117th Congress\u2019 efforts to protect, support, and restore the people\u2019s faith in America\u2019s democratic systems \u2014 complementing both H.R. 1, the For the People Act, and H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.\n\nThe Protecting Our Democracy Act is sponsored by Chairpersons Adam Schiff (D-CA; House Intelligence), Peter DeFazio (D-Ore; Transportation and Infrastructure) Richard Neal (D-MA; Ways & Means Committee), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn; House Appropriations), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY; Judiciary Committee), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY; House Oversight), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA; House Administration), Gregory Meeks (D-NY; House Foreign Affairs), and John Yarmuth (D-KY; Budget Committee). It includes legislation authored by Reps. Madeline Dean (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), and Katie Porter (D-CA). Additionally, the legislation is supported by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).\n\n\u201cThe previous administration exposed concerning fault lines that we must rectify \u2013 the twice-impeached, failed President Trump abused the powers of his office to protect and enrich himself, family, and friends while targeting his political opponents and soliciting foreign interference to help his election,\u201d Rep Dean said. \u201cThe Protecting Our Democracy Act will prevent future Presidential abuses of power, protect our elections, and restore checks and balances \u2013 these protections are vital to the future of our Republic.\"\n\n\u201cWhile Donald Trump is no longer president, the fault lines he exposed in the foundation of our democracy remain \u2014 ready for a future unethical president to exploit. These weaknesses continue to erode the American people\u2019s trust in our democratic institutions and the norms that are essential to a functioning democracy,\u201d Rep Schiff said. \u201cAs Congress pursues its mission to strengthen and protect our democracy for future generations, these reforms will help ensure that we can keep our cherished republic.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn their great wisdom, our Founders enshrined in the Constitution a system of checks and balances to ensure the survival and strength of a democracy of, by and for the people,\u201d Speaker Pelosi said. \u201cAs our nation looks ahead, it is our solemn obligation as Members of Congress to honor our Founders\u2019 vision and take action to restore the rule of law for future generations to come. Led by Chairman Adam Schiff, House Democrats are advancing the Protecting Our Democracy Act: a robust, transformative package of democracy reforms that will restore democratic norms and institutions and put in place essential safeguards to prevent any president, regardless of party, from abusing the public trust or desecrating our democracy.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Congress has a vital duty to serve as a check on the two other branches of our federal government, and this legislation ensures our efforts to carry out that responsibility will not be thwarted,\u201d Rep. Neal said. \u201cTaken together, the measures in this bill will help restore Americans\u2019 faith in their government\u2019s transparency, integrity, and accountability.\u201d\n\n\u201cTransparency and accountability are the bedrock of our democratic system. They are the essential guardrails that protect against unchecked executive power, but recent experience has exposed holes in the fabric of our democracy that point to the desperate need for reform. Among other things, the Protecting Our Democracy Act would ensure that the presidency is not a get-out-of-jail-free card, prevent abuse of the pardon power, provide effective enforcement of congressional subpoenas, and strengthen the independence of the Department of Justice. These and the other critical reforms contained in this legislation would ensure that no president\u2014of either party\u2014is above the law,\u201d Rep. Nadler said.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that for four years former President Trump blatantly abused the power of the presidency to benefit himself and his political allies. The American people witnessed brazen efforts by the former president to intimidate and silence the voices of those who spoke truth to power. I\u2019m proud to join my colleagues in introducing the Protecting Our Democracy Act, which would improve accountability and transparency in our government and strengthen protections for those who courageously report illegal or unethical behavior,\u201d Rep. Maloney said.\n\n\u201cThe landmark laws put into place after the Watergate scandal in large part worked well \u2013 until a sitting President showed little regard for the safeguards designed to protect our democracy and the rule of law. Now the Congress must enact new reforms in the Protecting Our Democracy Act to restore our system of checks and balances, protect our elections from foreign interference, and ensure that the foundation of our democracy enshrined in our Constitution will be sustained for generations to come,\u201d Rep. Lofgren said.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m proud to join my colleagues to introduce this vital legislation. No president has or will ever be above the law. The Protecting Our Democracy Act will ensure no American president can ever abuse their power again,\u201d Rep. Meeks said.\n\n\u201cWe have seen firsthand that our democracy is not self-effectuating \u2013 it takes work and a commitment to guard it against those who would undermine it, whether foreign or domestic. With the Protecting Our Democracy Act, we will strengthen the bedrock of our democracy by safeguarding our nation\u2019s separation of powers and reasserting Congress\u2019 constitutional power of the purse. I look forward to standing alongside my colleagues to enact these crucial reforms and protect the health of our democracy for generations to come,\u201d Rep. Yarmuth said.\n\n\u201cThe American people must be confident that the President works in the public interest, not for their own financial gain. That\u2019s why I\u2019m proud that the Protecting Our Democracy Act includes my legislation which requires all future candidates for the presidency and vice presidency to release their tax returns,\u201d Rep. Eshoo said. \u201cTax returns contain vital information for the public, including what taxes they\u2019ve paid; what charitable contributions they\u2019ve made; what investments they hold, where they are held and whether tax loopholes have been employed. Only a full release of tax returns can provide the public with clear information about potential conflicts of interest or entanglements with foreign governments or businesses.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe framers of our Constitution understood that checks and balances are critical to protect our democracy from autocrats and corrupt leaders. The Protecting Our Democracy Act contains critical reforms to many of the issues my subcommittee has examined over the past several years. It limits a president\u2019s pardon power, requires meaningful enforcement of the emoluments clauses and reins in executive abuses. It also prevents foreign interference in our elections and protects whistleblowers. This bill will strengthen our democracy and enacts the necessary safeguards to ensure it endures for generations to come,\u201d Rep. Cohen said.\n\n\u201cDonald Trump took a sledgehammer to the foundations of our democracy and left our democratic institutions teetering on the edge,\u201d Rep. Connolly said. \u201cIt is our duty, as a Congress and as a country, to clean up the rubble and repair the damage before he or someone of his ilk swings the hammer again. With the Protecting Our Democracy Act, that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ll begin to do. I am proud to join my colleagues in introducing it today, and I thank each of them for their tireless work in defense of American democracy.\u201d\n\n\"The Attorney General works for the people, not the president. Presidents Trump and Nixon did not understand this distinction and they both brought new levels of criminality and interference to the office. The Protecting Our Democracy Act includes my legislation to require the Attorney General to maintain a log of certain communications between the Department of Justice and the White House and require that information be provided to independent oversight authorities. I thank Chairman Schiff and all my colleagues in the House for their work to prevent abuses of power and strengthen accountability and transparency at the highest levels of our government,\u201d said Rep. Jeffries said.\n\n\u201cHistory has shown us that democracy is fragile. It can only be maintained by engaged citizens and elected officials who are willing to protect and preserve our sacred institutions,\u201d Rep. Swalwell said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to help introduce the Protecting Our Democracy Act which will help ensure that no future president, no matter their party, can place our democracy at risk in service of their own selfish, illegal, and authoritarian ambitions.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe framers of our Constitution created a system of government with three co-equal branches, each designed to serve as a check on one another. In recent years, we\u2019ve seen numerous attempts to undermine this balance, which is foundational to our democracy. I\u2019m pleased to support the Protecting Our Democracy Act, which will restore our nation\u2019s system of checks and balances, prevent presidential abuses of power, strengthen accountability and transparency, and protect elections from foreign interference. I\u2019m also glad the package includes my legislation, the IG Protection Act, to strengthen the independence and integrity of the federal government\u2019s inspectors general. I am grateful to Chairs Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Carolyn Maloney, John Yarmuth, Zoe Lofgren, Gregory Meeks, and Richard Neal for their work on this legislation to prevent future presidents \u2014 regardless of political party \u2014 from abusing the power of their office for corrupt purposes,\u201d Rep. Lieu said.\n\n\u201cIt will take us years to repair the damage inflicted by the Trump administration, but the Protecting Our Democracy Act is a great start. I\u2019m proud to cosponsor and want to salute my colleague Adam Schiff for his great leadership and coordination of this effort,\u201d Rep. Raskin said.\n\n\u201cFour years of the most corrupt presidential administration in history taught us that, when it comes to preserving our democracy, we cannot continue to rely on the norms most politicians have followed for generations \u2014 meaningful legal guardrails are required,\u201d Rep. Scanlon said. \u201cAs Congress did in the wake of Watergate, we must once again enact new reforms to restore the system of checks and balances between our branches of government. The Protecting Our Democracy Act will not only help prevent future abuses of executive power and strengthen accountability, it will also protect our elections. American democracy is fragile; we must take every step possible to ensure it not only survives, but is able to thrive.\u201d\n\n\"Our democracy cannot survive without accountability,\" Rep. Porter said. \"Everyone serving in a top government job should be vetted and held accountable to the people. It's unacceptable that previous administration officials were able to skirt our constitutionally-mandated vetting process for months, and in some cases, years. I'm proud that my proposal to close the loopholes that let this happen is included in the Protecting Our Democracy Act.\"\n\nSpecifically, the Protecting Our Democracy Act will:\n\nPrevent Presidential Abuses\n\nPrevent Abuse of the Pardon Power: Requires the Department of Justice to provide materials to Congress concerning any self-serving presidential pardon or commutation in cases involving the President or his/her relatives, contempt of Congress, or obstruction of Congress; clarifies that the President and Vice President are \u201cpublic officials\u201d and pardons are \u201cofficial acts\u201d and \u201cthings of value\u201d for purposes of the federal bribery statute; and prohibits self-pardons by the President.\n\nEnsure No President is Above the Law: Suspends the statute of limitations for any federal offense committed by a sitting president or vice president, whether it was committed before or during their terms in office, to ensure that presidents and vice presidents can be held accountable for criminal conduct just like every other American and not use their offices as a shield to avoid legal consequences.\n\nEnforce the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution: Codifies the Constitution\u2019s Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses by prohibiting federal officials from accepting of foreign emoluments without Congress\u2019s consent and prohibiting the President from accepting domestic emoluments; strengthens the process for civil actions brought by Congress for violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause; enhances financial disclosure requirements related to emoluments; and provides enhanced enforcement mechanisms for Congress and for entities within the Executive Branch.\n\nRestore Our System of Checks and Balances, Strengthen Accountability, and Transparency\n\nEnforce Congressional Subpoenas: Strengthens Congress\u2019 tools to enforce lawfully-issued subpoenas while preserving the accommodations process; codifies a cause of action for Congress to enforce its subpoenas, including those issued to government officials; expedites the judicial process for congressional subpoena enforcement actions; empowers courts to levy fines on government officials who willfully fail to comply with congressional subpoenas; and specifies the manner in which subpoena recipients must comply.\n\nReassert Congressional Power of the Purse: Strengthens Congress\u2019 power of the purse by enhancing the Impoundment Control Act (ICA), including by adding penalties for failure to comply; increasing transparency and reporting requirements for the Executive Branch; and strengthens congressional budget oversight tools under the ICA and Antideficiency Act (ADA) to prevent federal agencies from misusing federal funds.\n\nStrengthen Congressional Oversight of Presidential Emergency Declarations: Imposes a limit on Presidential declarations of emergencies and any powers triggered by such declarations unless extended by a vote of the Congress; requires the President to provide all Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs) to Congress.\n\nProvide Security from Political Interference in Justice: In order to limit political interference in criminal and civil enforcement matters, requires the Attorney General to maintain a log of certain communications between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the White House; requires the Attorney General to provide the log to the DOJ Inspector General (DOJ IG) bi-annually; and requires the DOJ IG to report to Congress any inappropriate communications or communications evidencing improper political interference.\n\nProtect Inspector General Independence: Permits the President or the head of an agency to only remove an Inspector General (IG), including IGs of the Intelligence Community (IC), for cause; clarifies that IGs of the IC have sole authority to determine matters of urgent concern, which include foreign interference in our elections; enhances congressional reporting requirements when an IG is removed; requires the President or an agency head to give 30 days\u2019 notice before placing an IG on administrative leave; and requires the President to provide to Congress documentation of cause before removing an IG.\n\nProtect Whistleblowers: Enhances protections for federal whistleblowers, including measures to protect the anonymity of whistleblowers; clarifies the right of government employees, including those in the IC, to provide information directly to Congress; creates a private right of action for whistleblowers who are publicly outed by government officials; and limits the conditions under which a government official or employee may disclose a whistleblower\u2019s identity or other whistleblower information, including limitations on the sharing of IC whistleblower complaints with persons named as subjects in the complaint.\n\nProvide Accountability for Acting Officials: Makes a series of changes with respect to the appointment, tenure, and qualifications of acting officials of executive agencies; limits the tenure of acting heads of agencies to no more than 120 days.\n\nStrengthen Hatch Act Enforcement and Penalties: Strengthens the Office of Special Counsel\u2019s (OSC) ability to investigate violations of the Hatch Act; clarifies that employees of the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President can be investigated and disciplined for Hatch Act violations; authorizes Merit Service Protection Board (MSPB) to issue fines for Hatch Act violations committed by senior political appointees; and increases the maximum fine for Hatch Act violations by senior political appointees to $50,000.\n\nPromoting Efficient Presidential Transitions: Promotes orderly presidential transitions by requiring that if the Administrator of General Services does not ascertain a winner in a presidential election within 5 days of the election, each eligible presidential candidate and vice-presidential candidate shall be treated as the winner, until an ascertainment is made, or a winner is certified by Congress.\n\nPresidential and Vice-Presidential Tax Transparency: Requires the president and Vice President, or major party candidates for those offices, to provide ten years of tax returns to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), who is required to make them public. If a covered person does not provide their tax records, the Secretary of the Treasury is required to provide them to the FEC.\n\nProtect Our Elections\n\nEnsure Reporting of Foreign Interference in Elections: Requires that political committees report to the FBI and the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) certain foreign contacts; requires that each political candidate and immediate family member of a candidate notify a designated campaign committee official of certain foreign contacts; requires the FBI to report to the congressional intelligence committees any reporting received pursuant to these provisions.\n\nPrevent Foreign Interference in Elections: Clarifies that the definition of a \u201cthing of value\u201d in the Federal Election Campaign Act prohibition on foreign donations to political campaigns and candidates includes information sought or obtained for political advantage; enhances criminal penalties for violations of such prohibition; requires that political campaigns certify that they understand the prohibition.\n\nTo read the full bill, click here. To read the section-by-section, click here.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/doyle-evans-advocates-outline-major-gains-affordable-housing-house-build", "Doyle, Evans, advocates outline major gains for affordable housing in House Build Back Better bill, urge Senate to match it", "2021-09-17", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PITTSBURGH (Sept. 17, 2021) \u2013 Congressmen Mike Doyle (PA-18) and Dwight Evans (PA-3) joined with housing advocates today to outline major gains for affordable housing in the \"Build Back Better\" reconciliation bill that's pending in the House of Representatives, and called on the Senate to match that funding.\n\nDoyle and Evans had proposed $63 billion for affordable housing in their Housing Is Essential plan in March. The House bill would provide more than $300 billion.\n\n\"The Build Back Better Act drafted by the House this week includes substantially more funding for affordable housing than we ever dared to hope,\" Doyle said. \"This legislation would go a long way towards reversing the disinvestment we've seen in affordable housing in recent years. It would make housing affordable again for millions of American families. We're here today to call on the Senate to adopt these or comparable levels when it takes up the Build Back Better Act in the coming weeks.\"\n\nEvans said, \"We're calling for the Senate to match the House. Last year, voters had the opportunity to stay the course. They voted for change. It's not enough to go back to how things were right before the pandemic. A lot of working people were already struggling. A lack of affordable housing has been a problem almost everywhere in America \u2013 not just in Pennsylvania's two largest cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, but across the state \u2013 as well as neighboring states like Ohio and West Virginia. It's time to keep the promise made by President Biden and Democrats in Congress \u2013 the promise to Build Back Better after the pandemic.\"\n\nThe congressmen provided some highlights of increased funding in the House bill:\n\nProgram Housing Is Essential plan House bill\n\nProject-Based Rental Assistance $15 billion $15 billion\n\nTenant-Based Rental Assistance $30 billion $75 billion\n\nHousing for the Elderly $1.5 billion $2.5 billion\n\nHousing for the Disabled $400 million $1 billion\n\nHousing Trust Fund $5 billion $37 billion\n\nPublic Housing Capital Fund $6 billion $77.25 billion\n\nHOME Investment Partnerships $3 billion $35 billion\n\nLarry Swanson, executive director of Pittsburgh-based ACTION-Housing, Inc., said, \"The affordable housing resources included in Build Back Better are essential tools to build solutions to the impact of the covid pandemic on those most impacted and to assure that the recovery is inclusive, just and humane.\"\n\nAshley McBride, state director of For Our Future PA, said, \"The affordable housing crisis was acute well before the pandemic, but it has been exacerbated by the economic impact the virus has had on working people across America. Sadly, it is an understatement to say the time for action on housing is long overdue. The Build Back Better agenda offers much-needed investments in housing that will help level the playing field for families who have to make tough choices between rent or a mortgage payment and putting food on the table.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-fitzpatrick-lead-bipartisan-letter-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson", "BOYLE & FITZPATRICK LEAD BIPARTISAN LETTER\u00a0TO UK PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON", "2021-09-16", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) led a letter to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling on British Parliament to reaffirm its commitment to the Stormont House Agreement and reverse its decision to introduce new legislation that would modify legacy laws and institute a ban on legacy inquests and prosecution of former soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the \"Troubles\":\n\nThe effort was joined by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe Chairman William R. Keating, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, and over 30 other Members of Congress from both parties.\n\n\"It is deeply disturbing to learn that British Parliament is planning on reneging on its commitment to the Stormont House Agreement,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"Such a move would not only prevent a pathway to justice for the bereaved of the conflict, but would also strip families of their legal rights protected under European Law and the Good Friday Agreement. To this day, nearly 1,700 conflict-related cases still await investigation.\"\n\nThis summer, British Parliament announced its plans to introduce legislation this fall that would mark an end to Troubles-related prosecutions. The proposed legislation, which would apply to former members of the security forces and to ex-paramilitaries, would essentially mark the end of future inquests and civil actions related to the conflict.\n\nAll five of Northern Ireland's main political parties, along with the Irish government and numerous victims' groups, have voiced strong opposition to this suggested blanket ban on prosecutions of Troubles-era offences.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-s-clean-energy-legislation-passes-out-committee", "BOYLE\u2019S CLEAN ENERGY LEGISLATION PASSES OUT OF COMMITTEE", "2021-09-15", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle's (PA-02) Innovative Energy Manufacturing Act (H.R. 507) a bill that will revive the Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit (Section 48C)\u2014a program that invests in U.S. manufacturing capacity to supply clean energy projects with American-made equipment, was included in the reconciliation package that passed out of the Ways and Means Committee markup today.\n\n\"As our country moves forward with investing in clean energy technologies, we must ensure that the middle class is part of that investment\", said Congressman Boyle. \"The manufacturing sector supports many of those middle-class families with good paying jobs. My legislation will help to create thousands of clean energy manufacturing jobs. It is also an investment in the future of American manufacturing. I have always said that \"American Made\" should never become just a memorable motto of years past, rather a basic cornerstone philosophy for this and future generations.\"\n\nThis legislation addresses labor standards and provides tax credits for domestic companies that manufacture particular types of energy equipment (e.g. solar, wind, and geothermal energy equipment; electric cars; electric grids; energy conservation technologies; and equipment that combats greenhouse gas emissions). The reconciliation package will move to the House Budget Committee next to be finalized next week.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-mace-introduce-bill-retire-animals-government-labs", "BOYLE, MACE INTRODUCE BILL TO RETIRE ANIMALS FROM GOVERNMENT LABS", "2021-09-14", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-02) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) introduced the bipartisan Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments and Research (AFTER) Act. The bill directs all federal agencies to develop and maintain a policy allowing for the retirement and adoption of dogs, cats, primates, rabbits, and other regulated animals no longer needed for research in federal labs.\n\nCurrently, tens of thousands of animals endure a range of taxpayer-funded testing in federal labs from observational studies to invasive experiments. In most cases, healthy animals are euthanized when they are longer needed by researchers.\n\nIn recent years, following Congressional efforts led by Rep. Boyle, the National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense have enacted lab animal retirement policies.\n\nThe AFTER Act will ensure that federal agencies have policies in place to facilitate the relocation of healthy lab animals to private homes, animal rescues, or reputable sanctuaries whenever possible.\n\n\"For years I've worked to end outdated government animal testing opposed by most Americans, and I have been disturbed at how many healthy animals are killed at the end of research even though there are individuals and organizations ready to take them in,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"These animals deserve a second chance and the AFTER Act will ensure that federal agencies have plans in place to identify suitable homes for dogs, cats, monkeys and other animals that survive government experiments.\"\n\n\"It's cruel and unnecessary to euthanize dogs, cats and other animals in federal research labs that are healthy enough to be adopted out and live happy lives,\" said Congresswoman Mace. \"Our bill will ensure that federal agencies consider retirement and adoption for animals no longer needed in taxpayer-funded research whenever possible.\"\n\n\"We applaud Reps. Boyle and Mace's outstanding leadership for introducing the AFTER Act to give animals an opportunity to find homes with taxpayers when government experiments end,\" said Justin Goodman, vice president of White Coat Waste Project. \"The dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys and other animals confined in government laboratories belong to taxpayers, and over 1 million WCW advocates have told Congress that they want these animals back.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/9/reps-dean-luria-and-garbarino-introduce-bipartisan-flood-history-information-act", "Reps. Dean, Luria, and Garbarino Introduce Bipartisan Flood History Information Act", "2021-09-14", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA-04), Elaine Luria (D-VA-02), and Andrew Garbarino introduced the Flood History Information Act which would ensure that potential homebuyer\u2019s have access to a property\u2019s flooding history prior to purchase.\n\nThe Flood History Information Act requires the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA) to create a database of homes damaged by flooding and share that information with buyers and insurance companies upon request. The data shared would include the location of the insured property, the amount of coverage, dates of loss, and the amount paid on claims.\n\n\u201cThis bipartisan legislation gives home buyers the necessary access to the potential flood risk of a potential property which is especially crucial in this rapidly changing climate,\u201d Rep Dean said. \u201cI thank Rep. Luria for her leadership on this issue and strongly support the Flood History Information Act.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs severe flooding becomes more common, homeowners need transparency and the peace of mind that their forever home won\u2019t saddle them with unforeseen costs,\u201d Rep Luria said. \u201cFlood insurance is expensive, but it\u2019s a reality many homeowners have to face because of climate change and rising sea levels. I hope this legislation is the first step towards reforming flood insurance and protecting homeowners who live in communities at risk of flooding.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs part of a coastal community, Long Islanders experience the good and bad of living near the water,\u201d Rep Garbarino said. \u201cAs wonderful as it is, flooding is a very real challenge that, when it occurs, can be devastating for homeowners. Prospective homeowners deserve to have all of the information when purchasing a home and, by requiring FEMA to collect and share flood history data, homebuyers can make informed decisions about their flood risk and prepare accordingly.\u201d\n\nThe bill requires FEMA to provide information on whether the property owner would need to purchase flood insurance due to previous federal disaster assistance. It would also require FEMA to provide information on the number and dollar value of flood insurance claims filed for a property over the life of the property. This bill would charge a fee for insurance companies to access the flood history database but would not charge a fee for buyers or current owners. This would apply to properties under the NFIP and to private insurance companies who choose to participate in the data sharing agreement with FEMA.\n\nThe National Association of REALTORS endorsed the Flood History Information Act.\n\n\u201cREALTORS\u00ae applaud Congresswoman Luria for introducing the Flood History Information Act, which will authorize FEMA to disclose NFIP claims data to home buyers as well as owners. Homebuyers have a right to this information before making purchasing decisions. This legislation is particularly critical and timely in light of the extensive flooding across the country we\u2019ve witnessed these past several weeks. REALTORS\u00ae support the bill and urge Congress to include these provisions in any long-term reauthorization and reform measure.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-leads-a-pennsylvania-emergency-federal-assistance-lette", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean leads a Pennsylvania Emergency Federal Assistance Letter", "2021-09-09", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC. \u2014 Last night, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Senator Casey led a letter along with their Pennsylvania Congressional colleagues urging President Biden to approve Governor Tom Wolf\u2019s major disaster declaration request.\n\nLast week, Tropical Depression Ida devastated Pennsylvania with storms, tornados, and massive flooding. Federal, state, and local officials have taken measure of the significant human and physical damage \u2013 the storm killed five residents, knocked out power for 110,000 customers, caused well over $100 million in damage to public infrastructure, and destroyed many homes. And many people lost everything.\n\n\u201cHistoric rain and flooding devastated our communities,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cI have been to these neighborhoods and spoke to residents that lost everything--It is clear that our district and this region need federal help to rebuild.\u201d\n\nIf approved by the President, the major disaster declaration would enable direct federal assistance to Pennsylvania for recovery efforts.\n\nThe letter was signed by Representative Fitzpatrick, Cartwright, Evans, Lamb, Boyle, Scanlon, Wild, Houlahan, Doyle, and Senator Casey. A copy of the letter can be found here.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-williams-introduce-1-billion-environmental-justice-tax-credit", "Evans, Williams Introduce $1 Billion Environmental Justice Tax Credit", "2021-09-07", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (Sept. 7, 2021) \u2013 In advance of a House Ways and Means Committee markup on the budget reconciliation package, U.S. Representatives Dwight Evans (PA-3) and Nikema Williams (GA-5) are introducing a $1 billion tax credit bill that would advance environmental justice using tax credits for research and other academic programs.\n\nThe legislation would:\n\n\u2022 Provide a capped, competitive credit for university programs focused on the impacts of climate change on low-income communities and communities of color;\n\n\u2022 Prioritize projects including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).\n\nThe bill would create a capped refundable competitive credit of $1 billion for each year from 2022 through 2026 to institutions of higher education for environmental justice programs. The base credit would be 20 percent of costs to be spent within five years by the receiving institution. Programs with material participation from HBCUs and MSIs would be eligible for a higher credit of 30 percent.\n\n\"We know that environmental justice is a longstanding problem in this country, which has been accelerated by climate change, and our bill would leverage more than $1 billion per year to drive positive change. I was proud to co-lead this bill in the last session with the late Congressman John Lewis, a true civil rights hero, and I'm pleased to welcome his successor, Congresswoman Williams, as lead co-sponsor,\" said Evans, who serves on the Ways and Means Committee, which oversees taxes and tax credits, as well as trade, Medicare and Social Security.\n\nCongresswoman Williams said, \"Environmental justice for Black, brown and indigenous communities is long overdue in the country. I am proud to work with Congressman Evans on this bill to create tax breaks for HBCUs to study how to improve environmental outcomes for marginalized communities. HBCUs particularly have a history of uplifting those most marginalized and this bill will continue that tradition.\"\n\nThe bill was included in the House-passed GREEN Act in the last Congress. Evans said he's optimistic about the chances of the legislation being included in the Ways and Means Committee's portion of the \"Build Back Better\" budget reconciliation package.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-boyle-leads-philadelphia-delegation-letter-gov-wolf-urging", "CONGRESSMAN BOYLE LEADS PHILADELPHIA DELEGATION LETTER TO GOV WOLF URGING DECLARATION OF DISASTER DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER", "2021-09-03", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA - In response to the impact of this week's severe weather on our region, all three members of Philadelphia's U.S. House Congressional Delegation, Representatives Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Dwight Evans (PA-01) and Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), jointly called upon Governor Wolf to request federal support in the form of a major disaster declaration, and, that the Governor utilize any and all state and federal disaster relief support at his disposal:\n\nIn the letter, the three House members explain how the severe weather has impacted the City of Philadelphia:\n\nWithin a 24 hour period, Philadelphia County and its surrounding counties have seen unprecedented amounts of heavy rainfall and other severe weather. That rainfall has resulted in record flooding along a number of waterways in Philadelphia, as well as across our region. As a result, our offices have already been contacted by a significant number of residents who are reporting extensive damage to their homes and property, and we expect many more such reports in the hours and days to come.\n\nThe Philadelphia House delegation also urge Governor Wolf to use any and all state and federal disaster relief support at his disposal:\n\nGiven the widespread scope of the damage across our congressional districts and the surrounding area, we respectfully ask that you consider making available any and all state resources to support the City of Philadelphia and its residents, as well as requesting federal support in the form of a major disaster declaration. These steps would allow for the greatest provision of resources to aid the residents across Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania who've been devasted by yesterday's storm and subsequent flooding.\n\nRepresentatives Boyle, Evans and Scanlon closed the letter to Governor Wolf with a pledge of support for the Commonwealth and to continue joint effort at the local, state and federal authorities during the severe weather recovery process.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-supreme-court-s-failure-stop-texas-anti-abortion-law", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT FAILURE TO STOP TEXAS\u2019 ANTI-ABORTION LAW", "2021-09-02", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement on Texas' near ban on abortions and the Supreme Court's failure to prevent this dangerous law from going into effect:\n\n\"The Supreme Court's failure to block the extreme anti-abortion law in Texas allows the rollback of key protections that have been upheld by Roe v. Wade for nearly 50 years. Those that will disproportionately feel the full effects of this decision are individuals who already face an uphill battle of accessing care: low income individuals and individuals of color. Limiting access to abortion will have dire consequences for patients in Texas, in which women may risk their lives and health to undergo unsafe practices to get an abortion. S.B. 8 severely limits a woman's right to choose and criminalizes medical doctors and essentially anyone else who aids a woman who makes this deeply personal choice. Further, and bizarrely, it deputizes ordinary citizens to enforce the new law.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-end-military-presence-afghanistan", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON END OF MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN", "2021-08-31", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement today after the U.S. presence in Afghanistan came to an end after 20 years:\n\n\"Yesterday afternoon, General McKenzie of the U.S. Central Command announced the last U.S. military service members departed Kabul, marking the end of the United States' 20-year military presence in Afghanistan. I want to express my undying appreciation to all those servicemen and servicewomen who fought in Afghanistan over these two decades. I especially am thinking today of the families who lost loved ones while serving bravely in Afghanistan.\"\n\n\"I commend President Biden for having the political courage to finally bring our American military involvement in Afghanistan to an end. I firmly believe he made the right decision.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-deadly-kabul-airport-attack", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON DEADLY KABUL AIRPORT ATTACK", "2021-08-26", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement today after a terrorist attack on the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. Terrorists killed multiple U.S. Service members and civilians.\n\n\"I utterly condemn the terrorist attack in Afghanistan today that claimed the lives of multiple U.S. soldiers and civilians. I offer my deepest condolences to the families of those brave American soldiers who were killed in this cowardly attack, and to the families of all who died. Amid such tragedy, we must remain focused on the continuing effort to extract our fellow Americans from Afghanistan and do everything we can to get them to safety.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/8/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-leads-a-letter-to-extend-the-opioid-disaster-declaration", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean leads a letter to Extend the Opioid Disaster Declaration", "2021-08-26", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC. \u2014 Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) led a letter with Pennsylvania Congressional colleagues to urge the state leaders to call the Pennsylvania General Assembly back in session to extend the life-saving Opioid Disaster Declaration. The letter \u2014 addressed to Speaker Cutler, President Pro Tempore Corman, and Leaders Benninghoff, McClinton, Ward, and Costa \u2014 implored that the General Assembly reconvene by August 26th to extend the deadline.\n\nThe Opioid Disaster Declaration was first established in 2018 \u2014 after a tragic record of 5,403 Pennsylvanians died from opioids in 2017. The declaration granted the Commonwealth additional tools to combat the scourge of addiction. The COVID-19 pandemic has hampered this progress.\n\n\u201cNow is not the time to abandon this vulnerable population,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cTo do so will have tragic and deadly consequences.\u201d\n\nAllowing the programs and efforts set up through the emergency declaration to expire is not a workable option. Due to the recent changes in the Pennsylvania Constitution, the General Assembly must act within 21 days to extend this declaration.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/8/the-house-passes-h-r-4-the-john-r-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act", "The House Passes H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act", "2021-08-25", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Last night, the House passed H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Named for the late Congressman and civil rights icon John Robert Lewis, H.R. 4 restores Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) that requires states and localities with a recent history of voter discrimination to seek approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before changing their voting laws.\n\n\u201cCongress stepped up last night in protecting our precious right to vote,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cI am proud to have had the opportunity to serve with John Lewis and now to honor him with this incredibly critical bill in his name.\u201d\n\nWith the passage of H.R. 4, the House Democrats are looking ahead to September to two transformative pieces of legislation: the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Act. The bipartisan infrastructure bill will bring much needed renovation to Pennsylvania with nearly $11 billion for highways and roughly $2 billion for our bridges, and over $2 billion for public transportation. The Build Back Better Act will bring forth universal Pre-K, two years of tuition-free community college, extended paid family leave, and expanded Medicare \u2014 including vision, dental, and hearing coverage.\n\nIn the meantime, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act will be brought to the Senate.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-praises-house-passage-john-lewis-voting-rights-act", "BOYLE PRAISES HOUSE PASSAGE OF JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT", "2021-08-24", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 This evening, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) proudly joined House Democrats in passing H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, a bill which Boyle cosponsors. This legislation will restore the full strength of the Voting Rights Act, after the disastrous Supreme Court decisions of Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 and Brnovich v. DNC in 2021.\n\n\"In order for a democracy to function properly, all voices must be heard\", said Congressman Boyle. \"The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act restores the protections established in the original 1965 Voting Rights Act, and combats the ongoing efforts to suppress the vote in cities and states across the nation. It is an honor to join my colleagues to pass this historic legislation, which will restore vital voter protections and help ensure that every eligible voter in Pennsylvania and the nation can have their voices heard.\"\n\nThe John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act reestablishes full protections for voters in states with a recent history of discrimination. Among its key provisions, the bill:\n\n\u2022 In response to the Supreme Court decisions, provides a new coverage formula that determines which jurisdictions are subject to preclearance, based on current conditions.\n\n\u2022 Also establishes \"practice-based preclearance,\" focusing administrative or judicial review narrowly on suspect practices that are most likely to be tainted by discriminatory intent or to have discriminatory effects, as demonstrated by a broad historical record.\n\nThe John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, in response to the Supreme Court's invitation to Congress to craft a new coverage formula for preclearance based on \"current conditions,\" creates a new coverage formula that hinges on a finding of repeated voting rights violations in the preceding 25 years.\n\n\u2022 Significantly, the 25-year period is measured on a rolling basis to keep up with \"current conditions,\" so only states and political subdivisions that have a recent record of racial discrimination in voting are covered.\n\n\u2022 States and political subdivisions that qualify for preclearance will be covered for a period of 10 years, but if they have a clean record during that time period, they can be extracted from coverage.\n\nThe bill also importantly establishes nationwide \"practice-based preclearance.\" These provisions apply a nationwide preclearance requirement for jurisdictions that engage in certain kinds of proposed changes to voting rules, such as the following:\n\n\u2022 The imposition of stricter voter ID requirements.\n\n\u2022 Reductions in polling locations or polling hours.\n\n\u2022 Reductions in the availability of non-English language voting materials relative to materials in English.\n\n\u2022 Changes to procedures regarding maintenance of voter registration lists.\n\nIn addition, the bill includes a provision that is a legislative response to the Supreme Court's damaging July 2021 Brnovich v. DNC decision. That decision substantially curtailed the scope of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, making it significantly more difficult for parties to challenge laws that result in the denial or abridgement of the right to vote on account of race, color, or language minority status. This bill would clarify Section 2 to make it a more effective tool for challenging racially discriminatory laws.\n\nSpecifically, the bill would create tests under Section 2 for assessing vote denial claims (such as voter ID laws) and vote dilution claims (such as redistricting cases) to ensure that plaintiffs have a fair opportunity to challenge already-implemented voting rules that result in discrimination based on race, color, or language-minority status.\n\nThe bill also includes other provisions, such as:\n\n\u2022 Gives the Department of Justice the ability to sue for constitutional violations.\n\n\u2022 Makes it easier to obtain preliminary injunctions.\n\n\u2022 Allows challenges to voting rule changes that make minority citizens worse off in their ability to vote.\n\n\u2022 Increases transparency by requiring reasonable public notice for voting changes.\n\n\u2022 Provides grants to small jurisdictions to comply with new public notice requirements.\n\n\u2022 Allows the Attorney General authority to send federal election observers anywhere in the\n\ncountry where there is a serious threat of racial discrimination in voting.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/8/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-joins-colleagues-and-requests-the-biden-administration-efficiently-evacuate-all-afghan-allies", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean joins colleagues to request the Biden administration efficiently evacuate all Afghan allies", "2021-08-20", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) signed on to a letter led by Reps. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) requesting the Biden administration to evacuate more Afghan allies from Afghanistan. The letter addressed DHS Secretary Alejandro Moyorkas and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken\n\n\u201cWe have a duty as a nation to help all our Afghan allies \u2014 their dedication helped us achieve our original mission and we cannot leave them behind when they desperately need our support,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cI join over 80 of my colleagues in this appeal and applaud Reps. Meng and Houlahan for leading this letter to be sure the Biden administration is prioritizing the safety of our Afghan allies.\u201d\n\nRep. Dean is hopeful that the concrete steps detailed in this letter will be fulfilled by the Biden administration with efficiency and urgency.\n\nPlease see the letter below:\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-boyle-democrats-must-support-historic-reconciliation-bill", "CONGRESSMAN BOYLE: DEMOCRATS MUST SUPPORT HISTORIC RECONCILIATION BILL", "2021-08-17", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), announced today that he will not support the current Senate bipartisan infrastructure bill until the passage of a budget reconciliation bill. The Congressman released the following statement supporting his decision:\n\n\"This is only the second time in my lifetime that we have an opportunity to \u2018go big' for the American people and pass truly transformative legislation. We must seize it. The reconciliation bill includes, for the first time in American history: universal pre-K, a paid family leave program, national support for childcare, free community college, making the Child Tax Credit permanent, and more! This goes to the very heart of why I first registered as a Democrat over twenty years ago.\"\n\n\"I feel so strongly about this that I cannot in good conscience support the Senate infrastructure bill if the House fails to vote on and pass the reconciliation bill. Only by going together, and passing both bills, will we achieve historic progress for the people.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/8/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-releases-statement-on-afghanistan", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean Releases Statement on Afghanistan", "2021-08-16", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) released the following statement on Afghanistan:\n\n\"I am heartbroken to watch the events of Afghanistan. The Taliban has seized Kabul \u2014 and the future of the Afghan people, particularly Afghan women and girls, is in peril.\n\nThere will be time for us to analyze our regrets of the last 20 years. We completed our original mission \u2014 and now we must focus on safely evacuating all American citizens and streamlining the process of providing a safe haven for our allies.\n\nMy team will do whatever we can to evacuate Americans and allies from Afghanistan. It is our duty.\n\nFinally, I thank all the veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and all service members who bravely fought in Afghanistan. Your service and sacrifice to the United States over the last two decades \u2014 both at home and abroad \u2014 are not in vain.\"\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/8/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-releases-statement-on-the-earthquake-in-haiti", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean Releases Statement on the Earthquake in Haiti", "2021-08-16", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) released the following statement on the recent earthquake in Haiti:\n\n\u201cThe people of Haiti face the damages of another earthquake \u2014 and the devastation is tragic.\n\nWe must do everything in our power and expertise to assist and help rebuild the town of Petit Trou de Nippes and all affected surrounding areas.\n\nI am confident in President Biden\u2019s response and the capability of USAID to meet Haiti's needs with the urgency and the humanity that this natural disaster demands.\n\nThe families who have lost loved ones, the communities affected, and the country of Haiti are in my prayers.\u201d\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-boyle-and-kinzinger-call-upon-un-ambassador-condemn-syrian", "REPS. BOYLE AND KINZINGER CALL UPON U.N. AMBASSADOR TO CONDEMN SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD", "2021-08-13", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Co-Chairs of the Friends of a Free, Stable, and Democratic Syria Caucus, sent a letter calling on U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield to condemn the Assad regime's massacre of innocent Syrian civilians in the town of Daraa al-Balad. In late June, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces began to attack Daraa, ending the 2018 Russian orchestrated ceasefire. That besiegement has now given way to a violent onslaught against civilians that has resulted in hundreds of casualties and has left more than 55,000 residents without food, medicine, and basic necessities.\n\n\"I am horrified by the atrocities continuing to take place in Daraa, where dozens of women and children have been murdered by Assad's forces over the last several weeks\", said Congressman Boyle. \"It is imperative that the United Nations Security Council immediately convene to discuss a nationwide ceasefire. The international community cannot sit idly by as this senseless and tragic violence persists.\"\n\nIn their letter, Reps. Boyle and Kinzinger called upon Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield to urge swift action by the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency briefing on Daraa and to immediately bring forward a resolution condemning President Assad and others. The Congressmen affirmed their solidarity with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in condemning the regime's brutal assault on Daraa, calling for an immediate end to the violence, and reiterating calls for a nationwide ceasefire in line with UNSCR 2254.\n\nA copy of the full letter to Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield can be found HERE .", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-boyle-gomez-beyer-introduce-choose-medicare-act-achieve-universal", "REPS. BOYLE, GOMEZ, BEYER INTRODUCE CHOOSE MEDICARE ACT TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE", "2021-08-13", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Representatives Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), and Don Beyer (VA-08) introduced the Choose Medicare Act, legislation that would give every individual and business the choice to enroll in Medicare. Earlier this year, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Choose Medicare Act (S. 1180) in the U.S. Senate.\n\nThe Choose Medicare Acts creates a new Medicare program \u2013 Medicare Part E \u2013 available to every individual who is not already eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. Medicare Part E would be self-sustaining, fully paid for by premiums, and offered on all state and federal exchanges, giving people the ability to use the existing Affordable Care Act subsidies to help pay for it. Additionally, employers could choose to select Medicare Part E rather than private insurance to provide affordable and reliable health care to their employees.\n\n\"This legislation gives all Americans more options in accessing healthcare,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"Plain and simple, no American should be without health coverage. The Choose Medicare Act gives all Americans more options to obtain affordable health care for themselves and for their families. It's time to give every American the opportunity to choose Medicare, and that's exactly what this bill does. I am proud to help lead this effort on the House side and hope this will move the ball forward on adopting universal coverage to ensure Americans have the care they need and deserve.\"\n\n\"While the Affordable Care Act has made great strides in securing affordable, comprehensive, and quality health care for millions of Americans, there are still far too many people who have fell through the cracks, particularly those in communities of color and underserved regions of our country,\" said Congressman Gomez. \"The Choose Medicare Act will help ensure healthy outcomes for all Americans by creating new pathways to access our nation's most popular and efficient health insurance system. I want to thank my colleagues Representatives Boyle and Beyer, as well as Senators Merkley and Murphy, for working with me on this important bill to bring us one step closer to achieving universal coverage.\"\n\n\"Simply put, our bill would give all Americans access to Medicare, one the most popular and successful health care delivery programs in history,\" said Congressman Beyer. \"Allowing employers and the general public the option to choose Medicare would fill many of the gaps in our health care system, get more people covered, and make the nation healthier. Every American should be able to access affordable, quality health care, and this bill represents the kind of bold action required to make that a reality for all.\"\n\n\"In the richest country in the world, no person should have to worry about whether they'll be able to afford care if they become sick or get into an accident. That means every American needs high-quality, affordable health care,\" said Senator Merkley. \"Luckily, we already have an effective, popular solution, and it's called Medicare. It's time we put consumers and businesses in the driver's seat on the road to universal health care by letting every American have the option to secure coverage through this program.\"\n\n\"It's a no brainer that we should allow consumers to choose between opting into Medicare or staying with their private insurance\u2014which is exactly what the Choose Medicare Act does,\" said Senator Murphy. \"I'm glad that Reps. Gomez, Beyer and Boyle are leading on this legislation in the House as Senator Merkley and I work to advance this in the Senate. Medicare is the most efficient and affordable health care plan out there, so this is a great way to expand coverage, lower prices and test that Medicare will work for everyone.\"\n\nA one-page summary of the bill is available HERE\n\nA section-by-section summary of the bill is available HERE\n\nKey features of the Choose Medicare Act include:\n\nIncreased Access, Competition, and Choice\n\nOpens Medicare to employers of all sizes and allows them to purchase high quality, affordable health care for their employees without requiring replacement of employment-based health insurance.\n\nAddresses the discrepancy between consumer protections in the individual and group markets by extending the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) rating requirements to all markets, to end discrimination based on pre-existing conditions once and for all.\n\nComprehensive Coverage\n\nIncludes the ACA's 10 essential health benefits and all items and services covered by Medicare.\n\nProvides high-quality, gold-level coverage and cost-sharing.\n\nEnsures coverage for all reproductive services including abortion.\n\nImproved Affordability", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-settlement-between-us-trade-rep-and-tridonex", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON SETTLEMENT BETWEEN US TRADE REP AND TRIDONEX", "2021-08-11", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement below after the announcement of a settlement between the U.S. Trade Representative and Tridonex, a subsidiary of Cardone Industries, to address allegations of workers being denied collective bargaining in efforts to form a union at the Tridonex facility in Matamoros, Mexico:\n\n\"This settlement is a clear example of the USMCA's effectiveness in ensuring that worker rights are protected\", said Congressman Boyle. \"I applaud Ambassador Katherine Tai for leveraging the robust enforcement mechanisms within the USMCA to protect collective bargaining rights in Mexico. Tridonex engaged in mass firings, forced resignations and intimidation against its own employees. Because of the USTR's use of this mechanism, I expect that this settlement will protect the rights of these workers who are under attack by their employer solely because they sought to organize a union.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-hold-mobile-service-hours-street-s-north-philly-office", "Evans to Hold Mobile Service Hours at Street\u2019s North Philly Office", "2021-08-03", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 3, 2021) \u2013 The office of U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) will hold monthly mobile service hours at the North Philadelphia office of state Sen. Sharif Street (D-3rd).\n\nThe monthly mobile service hours will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month at Street's office at 1621 W. Jefferson St., Philadelphia, 19121, on the following dates: Aug. 4, Sept. 1, Oct. 6 and Nov. 3.\n\nConstituents with questions about which documents to bring should call Evans' office at 215-276-0340. Evans' office can assist with federal services and programs such as Social Security, Medicare, federal tax/IRS concerns, federal veterans' benefits and immigration questions.\n\nEvans will soon announce other monthly mobile service hours in several other neighborhoods.\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. Street represents the 3rd Senatorial District, which includes part or all of North Philadelphia, Nicetown, Roxborough, Lower Germantown, Logan, Olney, Fern Rock, Crescentville, East Oak Lane, East Wyoming, East Hunting Park and Melrose Park Garden.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-amendment-support-peace-north-ireland-passes-house", "BOYLE AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT PEACE IN NORTH OF IRELAND PASSES HOUSE", "2021-07-28", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.4373, the Fiscal Year 2022 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. This legislation was adopted and included an amendment offered by Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) that expresses the importance for bilateral and international efforts to promote peace in the North of Ireland by way of the International Fund for Ireland.\n\n\"We are now seeing a slow creep of Brexit related consequences for the island of Ireland. The border is in danger of, once again, becoming a significant barrier, physically and psychologically, to harmonious relationships that have been delicately fostered over the past few decades. I am pleased that my amendment has passed on the House floor today at this critical juncture. I advocated for this specific language to be included because maintaining peace in the North of Ireland is critical in the post-Brexit era.\"\n\n\"Over the years, the United States has been a leading advocate to help create a strong and peaceful society on the island of Ireland, and our continued involvement is important for maintaining that stability. I am encouraged that my fellow Members of Congress supported my amendment and continue their support for peace throughout the island. The Good Friday Agreement was just the start of the creation of reconciliation on the island of Ireland, not the end.\"\n\nThe International Fund for Ireland is an independent organization that supports economic regeneration and social development projects in areas most affected by the decades of violence in the North of Ireland. Since its inception in 1986, IFI's projects have made vital contributions to improving the physical and economic infrastructure in some of the area's most vulnerable communities.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-legislation-set-national-pfas-standard-passes-house-0", "BOYLE LEGISLATION TO SET NATIONAL PFAS STANDARD PASSES THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES", "2021-07-21", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) is proud to announce that his legislation, the Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act of 2021, was included in a package of bills that successfully passed the House of Representatives today. The package, titled the PFAS Action Act of 2021 (H.R. 2467), is comprehensive legislation to regulate PFAS chemicals, clean up contamination, and protect public health. PFAS chemicals are an urgent public health threat. PFAS are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, and communities across the country are discovering PFAS contamination in their air, land, and water.\n\n\"When we turn on the faucet to drink water in our homes, places of employment, or elsewhere, we should not have to worry about the safety of the water that is going into our bodies,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"This package, which includes my bill to implement enforceable regulations on PFAS, is long overdue. I now urge the Senate to quickly vote on this bill. Without these enforceable regulations, the EPA and other enforcement agencies are essentially unable to take on this crisis that has plagued families in my community and across the nation for too long now.\"\n\nCongressman Boyle's legislation is included in section 5 of H.R. 2467. Specifically, his bill would ensure the adoption of a drinking water standard under the Safe Drinking Water Act for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that protects the health of vulnerable populations, including pregnant women, infants, and children. This effort was the product of discussions with federal officials in direct response to the water contamination issues experienced by communities surrounding the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster, former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, and Horsham Air Guard Station in Pennsylvania. He has introduced similar bipartisan legislation since the 114th Congress.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-british-attempt-renegotiate-ni-protocol", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON BRITISH ATTEMPT TO RENEGOTIATE NI PROTOCOL", "2021-07-21", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional EU Caucus, release the following statement in response to the British government's latest attempt to renegotiate the Northern Ireland Protocol:\n\n\"This British government negotiated the NI Protocol, agreed to it, and its Parliament voted for it. Yet almost immediately after it went into effect, the British government has tried to evade its responsibilities under the protocol. Their latest statement and proposed changes just continues this trend and serves only to further destabilize Northern Ireland.\"\n\n\"I am gratified that a strong bipartisan majority in Congress, as well as the Biden Administration, continue to support the Good Friday Agreement in all its dimensions, which includes no hard border on the island of Ireland.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-introduces-members-only-resolution", "BOYLE INTRODUCES \"MEMBERS ONLY\" RESOLUTION", "2021-07-19", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) introduced the Mandating that being an Elected Member Be an Essential Requirement for Speakership (MEMBERS) Act, to require that only elected Members or Delegates be eligible to serve as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\n\"The Speaker of the U.S. House is second in the United States presidential line of succession. That Donald Trump's name would even be tossed around as a potential speaker in the people's house, should serve as an alarm bell that our current requirements need to be amended in the name of protecting our nation and our democracy. As such, our laws should mandate that the Speaker be a member of the U.S. House. This legislation would establish that mandate in very clear and direct language, and it would serve as a check against those who would seek to undermine and derogate the authority and responsibilities of the Speaker's office.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/7/rep-dean-secures-over-seven-million-for-10-district-projects", "Rep. Dean Secures Over Seven Million for 10 District Projects", "2021-07-16", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 The House Appropriations Committee recently released its Fiscal Year 2022 Budget. The budget includes 10 projects, totaling $7,012,350, that the office of Rep. Dean advocated for inclusion in the budget.\n\nThe Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Language includes funding for the following 10 projects:\n\n$3 Million: Montgomery County Housing Authority \u2014 High Priority Needs projects\n\n$1.35 Million: Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust \u2014 Boyertown Yard Downtown Improvements\n\n$460K: Borough of Hatboro \u2014 Memorial Park ADA/Accessible Upgrade Project\n\n$450K: Pottstown\u2019s TriCounty Community Network \u2014 Support Our Own Project\n\n$400K: JEVS Human Services \u2014 The Choice is Yours Program\n\n$332K: SEPTA \u2014 Schuylkill River Trail \u2014 Norristown Transportation Center\n\n$300K: Greater Philadelphia YMCA \u2014 New Early Learning Center\n\n$270K: Hedwig House \u2014 Psychiatric Rehabilitation Education Program (PREP)\n\n$250K: Holy Redeemer Health \u2014 Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Care\n\n$200K: Norristown Area High School \u2014 Library Transformation Project\n\n\u201cI am delighted to have these projects included in our annual budget,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cThis process was an opportunity for our office to advocate for funding for community-based projects that address our district\u2019s most pressing needs.\u201d\n\nThe budget bill for all Community Projects can be found here. The inclusion of this funding in the Appropriations Committee draft bill is the first step in the funding process. Rep. Dean will continue to fight for this funding as the bill moves to the House Floor and negotiations with the Senate.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-secures-63-million-spending-bills-8-community-projects-3rd", "Evans Secures $6.3 Million in Spending Bills for 8 Community Projects for 3rd District", "2021-07-16", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA (July 16, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced he has secured nearly $6.3 million in federal funding for eight Philadelphia community projects in annual spending bills that are moving forward in the House of Representatives.\n\n\"House and Senate Democrats worked in a bipartisan way to restore members' ability to make these requests, but in a much more open and transparent way than was done over 10 years ago. These are not guarantees of funding yet, but I am proud to support these requests \u2013 I believe they would represent good uses of federal funding in our communities. This is one of many tools in the toolbox for Philadelphia, and it's an important one,\" Evans said. \"I look forward to this funding passing the House as part of several appropriations bills and going to the Senate.\"\n\n\"I was proud to vote for the big and bold American Rescue Plan that is bringing billions of dollars in federal aid to Philadelphia, and I'm also pushing for more funding through avenues like my $63 billion Housing Is Essential plan, as well as President Biden's proposed American Jobs Plan,\" Evans said.\n\nEvans announced in March that he was accepting applications for funding and gave agencies and organizations serving the 3rd Congressional District several weeks to apply. He chose the eight projects included in the spending bills from among 73 requests he received.\n\nEvans said, \"This funding stream is proceeding with numerous reforms in place, including barring for-profit companies from receiving the grants. There are several rules to ensure transparency, accountability and good use of the funding,\" Evans said.\n\nEvans' eight community project requests included in the annual appropriations bills are (listed alphabetically):\n\n52nd Street Initiative (The Enterprise Center)\n\nDescription: The Enterprise Center CDC's (TEC-CDC) 52nd Street Initiative partners with the community to transform the disinvested 52nd Street commercial corridor through strategic property acquisition and rehabilitation.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nAllegheny West Foundation\n\nDescription: The Allegheny West Foundation (AWF) is a nonprofit community development corporation with a mission to improve the quality of life in the Allegheny West community in North Philadelphia through affordable housing, business development, industrial revitalization and community services.\n\nAmount Requested: $150,000\n\nBlack Doctors Consortium\n\nDescription: Under the leadership of Dr. Ala Stanford, the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, a program of It Takes Philly, Inc., a 501(c)(3), is committed to establishing health equity clinics that provide primary and preventive health care services to residents in the 3rd Congressional District \u2013 specifically those living in North Philadelphia and West Philadelphia.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nImproving Healthy Food Access (Share)\n\nDescription: Share Food Program is the largest independent food bank in Pennsylvania, and distributes nourishing food to hundreds of partner pantries in southeastern Pennsylvania, who serve individuals and families in greatest need. Share's location is near major highways and convenient for volunteers, staff, and large truck deliveries.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nMann Center\n\nDescription: This project would allow the Mann Center for Performing Arts Center to continue to be a force for positive change in the Parkside community, and expand the reach of its arts education and workforce development programs for disadvantaged young people throughout the Philadelphia region.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nNicetown Sport Court\n\nDescription: The Nicetown Sport Court is an outdoor recreational sports facility project that brings economic development, arts and culture and storm water mitigation to underused open spaces beneath the Route 1 Roosevelt Boulevard highway that runs above and across Nicetown's commercial corridor.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nOur Business, Our Neighborhoods (VestedIn)\n\nDescription: Through the proposed project, VestedIn (formerly WPFSI), Temple University's Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and ShopPhilly1st would create a promotional video campaign\u2014Our Businesses, Our Neighborhoods, Our Stories\u2014to support the 3rd Congressional District's small businesses and neighborhoods. These videos would focus on the importance of supporting local small businesses at the city and neighborhood level. Comcast will potentially provide time for the videos created through the project.\n\nAmount Requested: $149,324\n\nYouth Development & Community Empowerment (Philadelphia Youth Basketball)\n\nDescription: Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB) was created to build a high-impact program, organization, and future Youth Development & Community Empowerment Center, motivated by the combined potential of basketball, academic enrichment, leadership and character development, family engagement, and skilled coaching and mentorship to have transformative power in the lives of kids and communities.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. During Evans' first four years in Congress, his office has helped to return to or save more than $6.5 million for Philadelphians from federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. His website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/7/congresswoman-dean-and-advocates-succeed-in-getting-the-epa-to-identify-pfas-as-a-drinking-water-contaminate-candidate-list-5-ccl-5", "Congresswoman Dean and Advocates Succeed in getting the EPA to identify PFAS as a Drinking Water Contaminate Candidate list 5 (CCL 5)", "2021-07-13", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Yesterday the EPA announced Draft Contaminant Candidate List 5 (CCL 5), which provides an updated list of known drinking water contaminants.\n\nThis is the first step in the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) which aims to protect public health by regulating drinking water contaminants. Rep. Dean has been advocating for better stricter drinking water regulation that accounts for sensitive populations and children since she entered office.\n\n\u201cI have been fighting alongside advocates for many years in hopes of seeing change like this,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cClean water is a right and I am incredibly glad and grateful that the EPA has made this decision \u2013 as we move forward we must be more mindful of what is flowing into our waterways.\u201d\n\nThe Safe Drinking Water Act is intended to regulate and address drinking water contaminants found in public water systems without placing undue burden on state, local, or tribal governments.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/members-congress-wilmington-philly-highway-divided-neighborhoods-could", "Members of Congress: Wilmington, Philly Highway-Divided Neighborhoods Could See Improvements under House-Passed  $3 Billion \u2018Reconnecting Communities\u2019 Bill", "2021-07-12", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA (July 12, 2021) \u2013 Members of Congress from Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del.; jointly visited highway-divided neighborhoods in their respective cities today to highlight the $3 billion Reconnecting Communities bill recently passed by the House of Representatives that could help those neighborhoods.\n\nCongressman Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), both co-lead sponsors of the bill, led the visits and heard from leaders of the affected communities.\n\n\"It's a great step forward to have the $3 billion Reconnecting Communities Bill (H.R. 2833) passed by the House as part of the Invest in America Act. This federal funding could help with things like removing or capping highways, or making other improvements, in Philadelphia neighborhoods like Nicetown, Chinatown and the Delaware River waterfront area that have taken the biggest hits from highways. It's time to put people before pavement and communities before cars,\" Evans said.\n\n\"My family moved to the City of Wilmington in 1969, just a few short years after the completion of I-95. The impact of the interstate cutting through the heart of the city was evident back then \u2013 and so many of the problems created or exacerbated by its construction persist to this day,\" said Blunt Rochester. \"I was proud to join Congressman Evans, Senator Carper, and so many local and community leaders from Wilmington and Philadelphia to discuss how the Reconnecting Communities Act could serve as meaningful investment in reconnecting those neighborhoods that were torn apart by interstate construction. I look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress to ensure that whatever infrastructure package we pass includes this critical piece of legislation.\"\n\nIn Wilmington, the members of Congress saw firsthand how I-95 cuts through the city, followed by a roundtable discussion that included:\n\nU.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), lead Senate sponsor of the Reconnecting Communities bill\n\nNicole Majeski, Secretary, Delaware Department of Transportation\n\nState Sens. Sarah McBride, Elizabeth \"Tizzy\" Lockman and Darius Brown\n\nState Rep. Gerald Brady\n\nKelly Williams, Wilmington's Public Works Commissioner\n\nCassandra Marshall, president, Quaker Hill Neighborhood Association\n\nSarah Lester, president & CEO, Cornerstone West Community Development Corp.\n\nIndia Colon, vice president, Nuestras Raices Inc.\n\nIn Philadelphia, joined by Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA), they saw how the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) cuts through Chinatown, followed by a roundtable with PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian and four leaders of the affected Nicetown, Chinatown and Delaware River waterfront communities:\n\nEleanor Sharpe, executive director, Philadelphia City Planning Commission\n\nMajeedah Rashid, chief operating officer, Nicetown Community Development Corp.\n\nJohn Chin, executive director, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp.\n\nJoe Forkin, president, Delaware River Waterfront Corp.\n\nSeveral state and local officials participated in the Philadelphia event and had the opportunity to ask questions after the panelists' testimony.\n\nThe House Reconnecting Communities bill has two Maryland representatives as co-lead sponsors.\n\n\"Transforming our infrastructure and investing in our communities is critically important to our nation's recovery. For decades, communities of color have been underinvested in, deliberately harmed and divided by bad transportation policy. As overpasses and infrastructure barriers were erected, residents saw mobility and opportunity limited, while pollution and other hazards increase,\" said Congressman Anthony Brown (D-MD), who serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. \"We have a generational opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past and build more inclusive infrastructure that connects and benefits every community in our country.\"\n\nCongressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) said, \"This is bold legislation that addresses too many wrongs in too many places across America, including with Baltimore's \u2018Highway to Nowhere' in my district. We seek to empower and connect communities to one another with this bill. We also seek to connect communities to economic opportunities, more academic possibilities, arts and entertainment, healthy food options, inviting open-space options, and so much more,\" said Congressman Mfume. \"It's never too late to undo the wrongs of the past.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-applauds-house-passage-165-million-infrastructure-projects-his-pa", "BOYLE APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF  $16.5 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN HIS PA-02 DISTRICT", "2021-07-01", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "July 1, 2021\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) is proud to announce the passage of the Invest in America Act (IAA), which includes all five of the Congressman's district infrastructure projects that he lobbied to be included in the IAA. The IAA is now headed to the Senate for approval.\n\n\"These projects will bring direct and tangible quality of life improvements to neighborhoods across my PA-02 district,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"Decision on projects like this that will directly impact people in the neighborhoods that comprise my district, should never be made by a bureaucrat tucked away in an office in Washington, DC. The best way to get value out of our tax dollar is by greenlighting projects like this. Whether it is making Roosevelt Boulevard safer for pedestrian crossings, or making 2nd Street and Castor Avenue more accessible and navigable with ADA ramps\u2014I am proud to help bring all of these impactful projects home to my constituents.\"\n\nThe PA-02 district infrastructure projects submitted by Congressman Boyle include:\n\nROOSEVELT BOULEVARD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ($1.9 million)\n\n(Roosevelt Blvd/Summerdale Ave/Adams Ave)\n\nThis funding would make long needed improvements to the intersection of the Boulevard at Summerdale Ave / Adams Ave, an intersection with poor visibility due to the complex geometry. Between 2013 and 2017, there were 183 total reportable crashes in this section of Roosevelt Boulevard. Four people were killed, and five people were seriously injured. Common crash causes at this intersection include people speeding and under the influence.\n\nThis project would shorten the amount of time pedestrians are exposed to vehicular traffic when crossing Adams Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard and tightens up the geometry, which slows down vehicles turning right from northbound Roosevelt Blvd onto eastbound Adams Avenue.\n\nNew funds would complement City and State funding already in place and allow this project to progress toward the construction phase.\n\nSECOND STREET SIGNAL PROJECT ($2.4 million)\n\nThis work consists of design and construction for signal modernization of the traffic signals on North 2nd Street from Callowhill Street to Lehigh Avenue. The proposed work includes but is not limited to traffic signage and pavement markings, construction of ADA ramps, and installation of traffic signal controllers.\n\nThe primary goals of the project are to reduce transit and other vehicle times as well as improve reliability and safety. Secondary benefits include reduced vehicle emissions, reduced fuel consumption, and fewer crashes. The project will also provide the ability to support emergency responders.\n\nCASTOR AVENUE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ($3 million)\n\nThe project would improve safety, sustainability, and access to jobs on Castor Avenue from Oxford Circle to Cottman Avenue. The current street configuration creates safety obstacles with speeding traffic and inadequate crosswalks. Between 2015 and 2019, 284 crashes were reported, with 197 people injured and 4 people killed.\n\nAdding protected bicycle lanes and improving trolley bus operations via transit stop consolidation and transit islands will allow area residents to access commercial destinations both along the corridor and on Cottman Ave.\n\nSEPTA ERIE STATION ACCESSIBLITY IMPROVEMENTS ($7.2 million; Rep. Boyle $3.6 million/Rep. Evans $3.6 million)\n\nWith this funding, SEPTA will be able to advance accessibility improvements at Erie Station, making it fully ADA compliant. It would enable the installation of at least three (3) ADA-compliant elevators at Erie Station on the Broad Street Line.\n\nThe project will also provide for the construction of head houses for the elevator and station entrances at street level; new signage and lighting, security features including surveillance cameras, passenger amenities; and drainage and waterproofing improvements.\n\nThis funding would advance SEPTA's goal of making all stations on the Broad Street Line fully accessible by 2035.\n\nFRANKFORD CREEK GREENWAY PROJECT ($2 million)\n\nThis funding would support design and construction of the next phase of the multi-phase Frankford Creek Greenway, from the Adams Avenue Connector to the Bristol Street Park using a combination of streets and park land.\n\nUpon completion, the project will connect the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia with the East Coast Greenway along the Delaware River as well as two neighborhood parks: Womrath Park and Bristol St Park, presently under development by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/7/rep-madeleine-dean-secures-district-funding-as-part-of-house-democrats-invest-in-america-act", "Rep. Madeleine Dean Secures District Funding as Part of House Democrats\u2019 INVEST in America Act", "2021-07-01", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2013Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04), helped pass the INVEST in America Act and secured $18,262,116 in funding for infrastructure projects within the 4th district.\n\nThe INVEST in America Act aims to create fair-paying jobs, invest in roads, bridges, transit, rail, drinking water, and wastewater infrastructure. The funds secured by the Congresswoman will be distributed between the following four Surface transportation projects within the district:\n\nPark Ave, Eagleville Road, Crawford Road Intersection Realignment Project\n\nSouth Henderson Road Widening\n\nCross County Trail \u2013 Germantown Pike Crossing and Extension\n\nSR 29 & SR 113 Intersection Improvements\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s simple \u2013 it is time to upgrade our infrastructure,\u201dRep. Dean said. \u201cI am pleased to see our district included in the bill, and look forward to continuing to work with the committee to bring even more investments in my district to provide safer roads, bridges, and water, and create a more livable community.\u201d\n\nThe Invest in America Act is intended to meet the president\u2019s goals laid out in the American Jobs Plan through funding infrastructure projects throughout the nation, because investing in infrastructure is investing in our nation\u2019s future.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-supreme-court-garbage-decision-attacks-voting-rights-senate-must", "Evans: Supreme Court \u2018Garbage\u2019 Decision Attacks Voting Rights,  Senate Must Join House in Passing Strong Protections", "2021-07-01", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (July 1, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd), Pennsylvania's only African American member of Congress, issued the following statement today:\n\n\"The Supreme Court's decision to let states have wide rein to attack voting rights is garbage. It is clear to anyone who is paying attention that the court will keep on gutting the Voting Rights Act, and that its 2013 Shelby County decision was just the start. The court also sided today against public disclosure of big \u2018dark money' that floods our politics \u2013 another disgrace.\n\n\"The House has passed the For the People Act (H.R. 1), which would expand access to the ballot box and override the new Jim Crow laws that Republican-controlled states are passing. It would also push back on the legalized corruption that the dark-money ruling allows. House members are also continuing work on a revised version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act with an eye to withstanding court review \u2013 when that is ready, both the House and Senate must pass that as well.\n\n\"The right to vote is the foundation of all our other legal rights in America. The Supreme Court refuses to protect it, so the House has acted and the Senate must. Voting rights are far more important than the filibuster. Senator Sinema herself once spoke forcefully about the \u2018false pressure' to get 60 votes. At an absolute minimum, the Senate must make a majority-vote exception for voting rights. The people are watching.\"\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/6/representative-madeleine-dean-introduced-the-the-background-check-point-of-contact-act-of-2021", "Representative Madeleine Dean Introduced the The Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2021", "2021-06-30", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04), introduced the Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2021 will incentivize states to adopt stronger background check systems, and allow states 10 days to do a thorough background check and deny a sale if the eligibility can not be determined in 10 days.\n\nThe Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2021 aims to close the loophole that allows for a gun sale to occur if a background check is not completed in 3 days and implement a point-of-contact system to ensure that all sales and transfers are lawful.\n\n\u201cThis is a necessary and lawful way to ensure everyone\u2019s background check is completed before they are able to complete the purchase of a gun,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cWe must keep guns out of the hands of people that should not have them, and my goal, with this legislation, is to limit the number of acts of gun violence that could have been stopped with a more thorough background check.\u201d\n\nThe passage of the Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2021 would allow for safer gun sales and transfers to occur by closing the loopholes in the current background check system.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-president-s-plan-reduce-gun-violence", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT\u2019S PLAN TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE", "2021-06-23", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) issued the following statement today in response President Biden's comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence and other violent crime. The President's strategy implements preventative measures that are proven to reduce violent crime, and attacks the root causes of gun violence.\n\n\"President Biden today took bold action in addressing the surge in gun violence that has affected cities across the country over the last year and a half. Philadelphia is one of those cities that has suffered greatly from the tragic outcomes of gun violence. To date, there have been more than 260 homicides in Philadelphia in 2021, a 37% increase from 2020.\"\n\n\"I applaud the President for using American Rescue Plan funding to support proven community based violence intervention programs, like Mothers In Charge, who work passionately to reduce gun violence, and make our neighborhoods safer. Providing direct funding to these local groups allows them to continue their mission where it is needed most.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-exclusion-israeli-food-truck-philadelphia-community", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON EXCLUSION OF ISRAELI FOOD TRUCK AT PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY EVENT", "2021-06-20", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) issued the following statement in response to media reports of an Israeli food truck being disinvited from participating in today's \"A Taste of Home\" event taking place in Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district:\n\n\"I am stunned and saddened at the decision of the organizers of \"A Taste of Home\" to disinvite Moshava, an Israeli food company, from participating in this year's event in my congressional district. This decision represents surrendering to the threats of bigots.\n\nThat Moshava should be excluded from what is supposed to be an event showcasing food offerings from all around the world, solely due to their being an Israeli food vendor, is completely unacceptable. Given the disturbing rise in acts of antisemitism across our region and country, this decision by the organizers is only helping to embolden those who would use threats of protest or even violence to prevent any people, businesses and entire communities from living and operating freely without fear.\n\nIf the explanation of the organizers that Moshava's invitation was revoked due to the threat of protests and violence is true, then I believe such threats should be investigated by law enforcement, as no person or organization should be coerced or threatened by the prospect of intimidation or violence.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/catholic-members-congress-release-statement-principles", "CATHOLIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS RELEASE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES", "2021-06-18", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 U.S. House of Representatives Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) today led 60 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in releasing a statement of principles. The statement documents how their faith influences them as lawmakers, making clear their commitment to the basic principles at the heart of Catholic social teaching and their bearing on policy. From increasing access to high quality education and health or reducing poverty, the document expresses the signers' commitment to the dignity of life and their belief that government has moral purpose.\n\nThe statement and the list of signers can be found below.\n\nAs Catholic Democrats in Congress, we are proud to be part of the living Catholic tradition \u2013 a tradition that unfailingly promotes the common good, expresses a consistent moral framework for life, and highlights the need to provide a collective safety net to those individuals in society who are the most vulnerable. As legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives, we work every day to advance respect for life and the dignity of every human being. We believe that government has moral purpose.\n\nWe are committed to making real the basic principles that are at the heart of Catholic social teaching: helping the poor, disadvantaged, and the oppressed, protecting the least among us, and ensuring that all Americans of every faith are given meaningful opportunities to share in the blessings of this great country. That commitment is fulfilled in different ways by legislators but includes: reducing the rising rates of poverty, particularly child poverty; increasing access to education for all; pressing for access to universal health care; recognizing the dignity of all humans; and repairing long-standing racial and gender inequities in our society. Each of these issues challenges our obligations as Catholics to community and helping those in need.\n\nWe envision a world in which every child belongs to a loving family and agree with the Catholic Church about the value of human life. Each of us is committed to reducing the number of unintended pregnancies and creating an environment with policies that encourage pregnancies to be carried to term and provide resources to raise healthy and secure children. We believe this includes promoting alternatives to abortion, such as adoption, improving access to children's healthcare and child care, and creating a child benefit through the expanded and improved Child Tax Credit.\n\nIn all these issues, we seek the Church's guidance and assistance but believe also in the primacy of conscience. In recognizing the Church's role in providing moral leadership, we acknowledge and accept the tension that comes with being in disagreement with the Church in some areas. We recognize that no political party is perfectly in accord with all aspects of Church doctrine. This fact speaks to the secular nature of American democracy, not the devotion of our democratically elected leaders. Yet we believe we can speak to the fundamental issues that unite us as Catholics and lend our voices to changing the political debate \u2013 a debate that often fails to reflect and encompass the depth and complexity of these issues.\n\nWe also urge the Church to heed the words of Our Holy Father Pope Francis, who wrote in his Apostolic Exhortation, \"The Joy of the Gospel,\" that the Eucharist although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.\" Further, the Holy Father extolls that clergy must act as facilitators of grace, not arbiters, because \"the Church is not a tollhouse; it is the house of the Father, where there is a place for everyone, with all their problems.\" As legislators, we too are charged with being facilitators of the Constitution which guarantees religious freedom for all Americans. In doing so, we guarantee our right to live our own lives as Catholics but also foster an America with a rich diversity of faiths.\n\nWe believe the separation of church and state allows for our faith to inform our public duties and best serve our constituents. The Sacrament of Holy Communion is central to the life of practicing Catholics, and the weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic lawmakers for their support of a woman's safe and legal access to abortion is contradictory. No elected officials have been threatened with being denied the Eucharist as they support and have supported policies contrary to the Church teachings, including supporting the death penalty, separating migrant children from their parents, denying asylum to those seeking safety in the United States, limiting assistance for the hungry and food insecure, and denying rights and dignity to immigrants.\n\nWe solemnly urge you to not move forward and deny this most holy of all sacraments, the source and the summit of the whole work of the gospel over one issue. We remind you that the Second Vatican Council renewed emphasis on the Eucharist as the central focus, especially in the Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy: \"For the liturgy, \u2018through which the work of our redemption is accomplished,' most of all in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives, and manifest to others, the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church.\" To pursue a blanket denial of the Holy Eucharist to certain elected officials would indeed grieve the Holy Spirit and deny the evolution of that individual, a Christian person who is never perfect, but living in the struggle to get there.\n\nAs Catholic Democrats who embrace the vocation and mission of the laity as expressed by the late Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Exhortation, Christifideles Laici, we believe that the Church is the \"people of God,\" called to be a moral force in the broadest sense. We believe the Church as a community is called to be in the vanguard of creating a more just America and world. And as such, we have a claim on the Church's bearing as it does on ours.\n\nLIST OF SIGNERS:\n\nRosa DeLauro\n\nSylvia Garcia\n\nBrendan Boyle\n\nNorma Torres\n\nVeronica Escobar\n\nGrace F. Napolitano\n\nGerry Connolly\n\nMarie Newman\n\nJackie Speier\n\nHenry Cuellar\n\nLinda S\u00e1nchez\n\nMike Thompson\n\nCindy Axne\n\nCheri Bustos\n\nNanette Barragan\n\nAnna Eshoo\n\nJimmy Panetta\n\nJohn B. Larson\n\nJoe Courtney\n\nMike Doyle\n\nThomas R. Suozzi\n\nJames R. Langevin\n\nPete Aguilar\n\nJames P. McGovern\n\nRuben Gallego\n\nGreg Stanton\n\nJim Costa\n\nPete Aguilar\n\nJes\u00fas \"Chuy\" Garc\u00eda\n\nFrank Mrvan\n\nStephen Lynch\n\nAnthony Brown\n\nDebbie Dingell\n\nMikie Sherrill\n\nFrank Pallone,\n\nTeresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez\n\nAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez\n\nJoe Morelle\n\nNydia M. Vel\u00e1zquez\n\nMadeleine Dean\n\nMary Gay Scanlon\n\nMatt Cartwright\n\nLou Correa\n\nJuan Vargas\n\nKathleen Rice\n\nBetty McCollum\n\nBill Pascrell, Jr.\n\nLucille Roybal-Allard\n\nPaul Tonko\n\nLori Trahan\n\nJoaquin Castro\n\nFilemon Vela\n\nTed Lieu\n\nJimmy Gomez\n\nPeter Welch\n\nRa\u00fal M. Grijalva\n\nAdriano Espaillat\n\nMark DeSaulnier\n\nSusie Lee\n\nAlbio Sires", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/6/rep-madeleine-dean-and-sen-brian-schatz-introduce-the-emergency-grace-act-protecting-incarcerated-people-from-covid-19", "Rep. Madeleine Dean and Sen. Brian Schatz introduce the Emergency GRACE Act \u2013 protecting incarcerated people from COVID-19", "2021-06-17", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON - Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Senator Schatz (D-HI) introduced the Emergency Grants of Release and Compassion Effectively (Emergency GRACE) Act to protect incarcerated populations from COVID-19.\n\nThe Emergency Grants of Release and Compassion Effectively (Emergency GRACE) Act aims to make compassionate release accessible and efficient by allowing individuals to submit petitions directly to the courts, providing legal counsel, making Medicaid accessible after release, providing funding for and improving COVID-19 testing.\n\n\u201cAs of June 11th, over 250 people have died due to the coronavirus in federal prisons,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cDuring this pandemic I\u2019ve been committed to saving as many lives as possible and the Emergency GRACE Act would help save the lives of vulnerable people in prison.\u201d\n\nThis Bill has been endorsed by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Due Process Institute, R Street, Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration, Dream Corps JUSTICE, FAMM, National CURE, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, Justice Roundtable, and Community Oriented Correctional Health Services.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/6/representatives-madeleine-dean-and-kelly-armstrong-introduce-the-bipartisan-secure-notarization-act", "Representatives Madeleine Dean and Kelly Armstrong Introduce the bipartisan SECURE Notarization Act", "2021-06-17", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Reps Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Kelly Armstrong (ND-At Large), and 31 of their colleagues introduced the bipartisan SECURE Notarization Act of 2021 that will update and modernize our notarization process in and outside of the United States.\n\nThe Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote Electronic Notarization Act (SECURE Notarization Act) aims to allow every notary in the U.S. perform Remote Online Notarization (RON), as well as allow signers located outside of the U.S. to securely notarize documents.\n\n\u201cCOVID-19 made it clear that certain methods needed to be updated to keep up with our ever-changing world and economy,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cOne of the areas that this was most prevalent was our notarization process passing legislation like the SECURE Notarization Act allows us to do just that.\u201d\n\n\u201cRemote online notarization offers consumers a convenient way to safely and securely complete documents,\u201d Rep. Armstrong said. \u201cOur bipartisan bill will permit nationwide use of remote online notarization, increasing access to this important process.\n\nThe passage of the SECURE Notarization Act of 2021 would allow for the immediate nationwide use of RON and allow those like military personnel stationed outside of the U.S. to securely notarize documents.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-biden-putin-summit-switzerland", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON BIDEN-PUTIN SUMMIT IN SWITZERLAND", "2021-06-16", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), member of the US delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement on the Biden-Putin Summit in Geneva, Switzerland today:\n\n\"How great it feels to again have an American President standing up for America and our allies and against an authoritarian thug like Vladimir Putin,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"President Biden laid down a marker that was long overdue. Unlike his predecessor, President Biden is siding with our own intelligence services and armed forces, and not a Russian dictator.\n\nCongressman Boyle is currently tasked with drafting a NATO-PA report on how the alliance can best oppose Russian aggression. Boyle further stated, \"I fully support the President's strong and sensible approach in dealing with this proven bad actor.\"\n\nCongressman Boyle was appointed by House Speaker Pelosi to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Since 1955, it gathers legislators from NATO's member nations to work toward a mutual understanding of global security issues and strengthen the alliance. The Assembly serves as an essential link between NATO and the parliaments of the NATO nations in order to provide better understanding of the Alliance's objectives and missions among legislators and citizens of the Alliance.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-boyle-honors-hero-capitol-hill-police-officer-and-fellow-eagles-fan", "REP BOYLE HONORS HERO CAPITOL HILL POLICE OFFICER (AND FELLOW EAGLES FAN) WITH GIFTS FROM TEAM", "2021-06-14", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) presented Capitol Hill Officer Angel Quinones-Rosa with a special box of Philadelphia Eagles team gear as an expression of the Congressman's appreciation for Officer Quinones' bravery and courage in recent months.\n\nThe Congressman and the officer have formed a friendly bond over the years as a result of their mutual fandom of the Philadelphia Eagles football team. (Both men hail from the Delaware Valley region). The two men will often talk passionately about the latest Eagles win or lament a loss at the door to the floor of the U.S. House. To this day, it remains a unique bond that gives each of them a moment of respite and calm in the halls of the nation's highest lawmaking body.\n\nFast forward to January 6th of this year\u2026..\n\nOn that day, as pictures and video began to emerge while the nation's capitol was under siege, it was Officer Quinones-Rosa that the entire world now saw as one of a handful of law enforcement officials with guns drawn at the doors of the U.S. House. In that now infamous photo, Officer Quinones-Rosa and his fellow officers, were clearly the last line of defense against the insurrectionist mob. His efforts saved lives and kept the mob from breaking through on that fateful day.\n\n\"Officer Quinones-Rosa displayed unflinching bravery and courage on that horrible day when our nation's capitol was taken siege by domestic terrorists,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"When I saw Officer Quinones-Rosa in that photo during the standoff with an angry mob of insurrectionists at the House door, I prayed for his safety and well being. These team items, courtesy of the Philadelphia Eagles football organization, are just a small expression of our infinite gratitude for Officer Quinones-Rosa's professionalism and courage.\"\n\nThis afternoon, Congressman Boyle and Officer Quinones-Rosa spoke briefly prior to the gifts being presented. Also present at today's presentation were Officer Quinones-Rosa's two sons. Pictures of today's presentation by Congressman Boyle can be found HERE .", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-196-million-philly-transportation-requests-advance-full-house", "Evans\u2019 $19.6 Million in Philly Transportation Requests Advance to Full House", "2021-06-10", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (June 10, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced that his requests for $19.6 million in federal funding for seven Philadelphia transportation projects have advanced to the full House of Representatives.\n\nEvans' requests are included in a bill that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved today.\n\n\"I'm pleased the committee saw the merit of the $19.6 million in transportation funding requests I made for Philadelphia, and I hope the full House will be voting on this bill in the next few weeks. These projects would create jobs and improve public safety, as well as advance equity and economic inclusion and improve quality of life in neighborhoods that have been disinvested in for too long. Projects like these are an important part of building back better after the pandemic and the recession,\" Evans said.\n\n\"I was also pleased to work with my colleagues Congressman Brendan Boyle and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon on securing funding in this bill for two projects that would help residents in both of our districts \u2013 accessibility improvements at the Erie station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line, and Cobbs Creek Parkway multimodal safety improvements, respectively.\n\n\"This bill would build on the big and bold American Rescue Plan, which I was proud to vote for. The Rescue Plan is bringing billions of dollars in federal aid to Philadelphia, and I'm also pushing for more funding through avenues like my $63 billion Housing Is Essential plan, as well as President Biden's proposed American Jobs Plan. This House transportation bill fits well with the Jobs Plan,\" Evans said.\n\nEvans' transportation funding requests are (listed in alphabetical order):\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/Location: Chestnut Street Pedestrian Safety Islands, Chestnut Street from 33rd to 45th Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104\n\nRequested Amount: $3 million\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/Location: Cobbs Creek Parkway Multimodal Safety Improvements: Larchwood Avenue to 67th Street, Philadelphia, PA\n\nRequested Amount: $800,000 \u2013 Total funding in the bill: $2 million; Evans worked with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, who requested $1.2 million\n\nProject Sponsor: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority\n\nProject Name/Location: Erie Station (Broad Street Line) Accessibility Improvements, Philadelphia, PA 19140\n\nRequested Amount: $3.6 million \u2013 Total funding in the bill: $7.2 million; Evans worked with Congressman Brendan Boyle, who also requested $3.6 million\n\nProject Sponsor: Delaware River Port Authority\n\nProject Name/Location: Franklin Square Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvement - 7th and Race Streets Specific, Philadelphia, PA 19106\n\nRequested Amount: $240,000\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/Location: Mantua Neighborhood Traffic Safety Project (34th Street), Philadelphia, PA 19104\n\nRequested Amount: $4 million\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/Location: Parkside Avenue \u2013 Safe Access to Parks, Parkside Avenue at 53rd Street and Bryn Mawr Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131\n\nRequested Amount: $4 million\n\nProject Sponsor: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority\n\nProject Name/Location: Penn Center Transit Gateway, 1600 JFK Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19102, bike lanes from 15th to 20th on Market Street and JFK Boulevard\n\nRequested Amount: $3.975 million\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. During Evans' first four years in Congress, his office has helped to return to or save more than $6.5 million for Philadelphians from federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. His website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-boyle-sen-smith-press-expand-coverage-lung-cancer-screenings-detect", "Rep. Boyle & Sen. Smith Press to Expand Coverage For Lung Cancer Screenings to Detect Cancer Earlier, Save Lives", "2021-06-08", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013Today Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) and U.S. Senator Tina Smith (MN) reintroduced bicameral legislation to expand coverage for lung cancer screenings to help detect cancer in more patients earlier and to save more lives. The legislation would require commercial health plans to cover lung cancer screenings for high risk individuals, regardless of smoking history, at no cost to the patient so long as they have a recommendation from their doctor. The legislation also removes arbitrary barriers so that individuals aged 80 and older and individuals who quit smoking more than 15 years ago can access free lung cancer screenings.\n\nRight now, the law only requires coverage of free lung cancer screening for individuals from ages 50 to 80 who currently smoke or have quit smoking within the past 15 years. However, data shows that non-smoking populations also have high rates of lung cancer. And too often lung cancer is diagnosed late, when the disease is already at an advanced state.\n\nRep. Boyle and Sen. Smith's legislation\u2014Katherine's Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act\u2014is named in honor of Minnesotan Katherine Bensen, who passed away after a courageous fight against stage 4 non-smoking, non-small cell lung cancer. Katherine is a daughter of former Minnesota U.S. Representative Rick Nolan.\n\nThe lawmakers say that lung cancer is the number one cancer killer among men and women in America.\n\n\"Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among Americans,\" said Rep. Boyle. \"This updated version of Katherine's Law would remove several arbitrary barriers currently keeping lung cancer patients from accessing proper screening and treatment. Removing these bureaucratic barriers will open the door to medical treatments that can save lives. This bill is backed by the medical community, lung cancer screening experts, and grassroots patient advocates. It's time for Congress to protect those who are at risk of lung cancer, and I'm proud to lead this effort with Sen. Smith and my former colleague Congressman Nolan.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-president-s-budget-fy-2022", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENT\u2019S BUDGET FOR FY 2022", "2021-05-28", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "May 28, 2021\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), House Budget Committee Vice Chair, issued the following statement in advance of the committee's upcoming hearing (June 9) on President Biden's FY 2022 Budget:\n\n\"Our nation's federal budget is more than a bottom line, it's a statement of our values,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"As we emerge from this pandemic, it is clear we must address the urgent need to invest in physical & human infrastructure. This is the time to go big and be bold. President Biden's budget provides our nation with an opportunity to revitalize critical parts of our economy \u2013 from caregiving to clean energy \u2013 and create good-paying jobs in a people-first economy while doing so. The Biden budget begins a new era of investing in American potential to create a stronger, more equitable future for all Americans.\"\n\nWhile creating jobs and revitalizing U.S. manufacturing in a 21st Century Infrastructure, President Biden's budget will:\n\nInvest $2.2 trillion over 10 years in fortifying and modernizing American infrastructure, while creating good-paying jobs and revitalizing U.S. manufacturing\n\nInvest $74 billion in Amtrak and other programs that support passenger and freight rail. The budget accelerates the transition already underway to a more electrified transportation system that has a lesser impact on climate change.\n\nInvest $157 billion in electric vehicles, including support for manufacturing of batteries and vehicles, incentives for consumers, funding to build a network of charging stations, and electrification of school buses.\n\nInvest $98 billion in building a resilient and upgraded electric grid and modernizing the power sector through clean energy block grants.\n\nInvest $100 billion in a digital infrastructure, adoption, and affordability initiative that connects families to highspeed internet service.\n\nProvide $111 billion to replace the Nation's lead pipes and service lines and reduce lead exposure in homes, schools, and child care facilities\n\nInvest $87 billion over 10 years in workforce development so that America will have a stronger, more agile workforce\n\nInvest $225 billion over 10 years to make child care more affordable\n\nProvide nearly $800 billion of tax benefits for workers and families over 10 years by extending the expanded tax credit provisions enacted in the American Rescue Plan.\n\nInvest more than $1.4 billion to secure environmental justice for marginalized and overburdened communities\n\nProvide $64 billion for diplomatic affairs activities, an 11 percent increase above the 2021 enacted level.\n\nProvide $113 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an $8.5 billion or 8.2 percent increase from 2021.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-applauds-biden-call-investigation-covid-19-origins", "BOYLE APPLAUDS BIDEN CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO COVID-19 ORIGINS", "2021-05-26", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "\"The failure to get U.S. inspectors on the ground in China during the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak will always hamper any investigation into the origin of COVID-19. But, that misstep should never be a barrier to our country investigating the genesis of this deadly pandemic. Any investigation, as President Biden stated, should lean heavily on solid, reliable, and evidence-based data.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-rise-anti-semitic-violence", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON RISE OF ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE", "2021-05-24", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "We cannot allow the recent spike in attacks on the Jewish community to be met with silence. The Anti-Defamation League says it has seen a 50% increase in the number of antisemitic attacks here in the U.S. since the conflict broke out in the Middle East. I condemn these despicable attacks. We must never tolerate antisemitic violence and intimidation. Never.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-ceasefire-israel", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON CEASEFIRE IN ISRAEL", "2021-05-20", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement about the announced ceasefire in Israel:\n\n\"I applaud the announcement of a cessation of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians. Innocent lives, both Israeli and Palestinian, have been lost and families shattered as a result of this terrible cycle of violence.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-boyle-statement-commission-investigate-capitol-attack", "CONGRESSMAN BOYLE STATEMENT ON COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE CAPITOL ATTACK", "2021-05-19", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement after passage of H.R. 3233, the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act. This bill forms a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack and to recommend changes to further protect the United States Capitol:\n\n\"Not since the attacks of 9/11 has a branch of government been so seriously threatened as it was on January 6th of this year,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"A mob sought to stop the official count of electoral votes of a Presidential election. Their heinous actions left five dead, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer. This demands nothing less than a full and fair investigation, in the manner of the 9/11 Commission established by Congress nearly 20 years ago. Those who committed these atrocities must be held responsible. By all available legal means, they should be identified and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. These were not tourists, as one of my colleagues carelessly referred to them. These were not patriots. These were thugs, goons, criminals and, most despicably, they were domestic terrorists.\"\n\nThe National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act establishes a 10-person bipartisan commission with 5 commissioners, including the Chair, appointed by the Speaker of the House and Majority Leader of the Senate and 5 commissioners, including the Vice Chair, appointed by the Minority Leaders of the House and Senate. The bill prohibits current government officers or employees from being appointed and requires the commissioners to have significant expertise in the areas of law enforcement, civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, intelligence, and cybersecurity. The commission will have the authority to issue subpoenas to carry out its investigation upon agreement of the Chair and Vice Chair or by vote of a majority of commission members.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/5/rep-dean-s", "Rep. Dean's Bipartisan Legislation Passes House \u2014 Bill will Allow New Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder", "2021-05-19", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Rep. Dean\u2019s Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act passed the House with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 402-23.\n\nThe bill closes a loophole that could be used to block pharmaceutical competition and prevents innovative treatments for opioid use disorder from coming to market.\n\n\u201cIt was great to see the overwhelming bipartisan support for this legislation that will allow new treatments for those with opioid use disorder,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \"I am grateful to House leadership, Chairman Pallone, and Rep. Veasey (D-TX) for their work to get this bill passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority \u2014 I look forward to its swift passage in the Senate and being signed by President Biden.\"\n\nBackground\n\nFor decades, The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 has provided incentives for prescription drug manufacturers to develop products to treat rare diseases \u2014 including an exclusive seven-year marketing right for therapies that receive an orphan drug indication.\n\nFor a drug to qualify for orphan designation, certain criteria must be met:\n\nThe disease or condition for which the drug is intended affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States; or\n\nFor diseases or conditions affecting 200,000 or more people, there is no reasonable expectation that costs of research and development (R&D) of the drug can be recovered through sales.\n\nBecause opioid use disorder affects millions of Americans, the first criterion does not apply to new opioid medications.\n\nHowever, a loophole allows manufacturers to obtain seven-year market exclusivity under the second criterion by \u201cpiggybacking\u201d on the orphan drug status of an older drug \u2013 even if they expect to easily recoup their R&D costs on the new version.\n\nThe Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act would close this loophole by making a minor update to the Orphan Drug Act \u2013 requiring all drugs that obtain seven years of market exclusivity under the second criterion to show that they have no reasonable expectation of recovering R&D costs through sales in the United States.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-boyle-statement-passage-covid-19-hate-crimes-act", "CONGRESSMAN BOYLE STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF COVID-19 HATE CRIMES ACT", "2021-05-18", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement after passage of the Senate-passed COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act this evening:\n\n\"This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we cannot forget the violence inflicted upon the AAPI community throughout this pandemic,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"It is unacceptable that there have been over 6,600 reports of anti-Asian hate since last year. We must continue to better track, report, and address them to ensure no community is terrorized by racially-motivated violence. This bipartisan legislation honors the memory of those victims, and also reaffirms the commitment of the United States to combat this hate and to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again.\"\n\nThe bill that passed this evening, and that is now headed to President Biden for his signature, merged two pieces of legislation:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/5/rep-madeleine-dean-recognizes", "Rep. Dean Recognizes the 50th Anniversary of Pennsylvania's Bipartisan Pro-Environment Constitutional Amendment", "2021-05-18", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Rep. Dean introduced a resolution to recognize the 50th anniversary of the ratification of Pennsylvania\u2019s Environmental Rights Amendment. Cosponsors include Reps. Evans, Houlahan, Scanlon.\n\nRepresentative Franklin L. Kury worked tirelessly to pass the amendment through the Pennsylvania General Assembly and advance it on the primary ballot to provide Pennsylvania\u2019s environment with permanent protection in the Commonwealth\u2019s constitution.\n\n\"I am honored by Rep. Dean\u2019s resolution and appreciative of her continuing support for Art. l Sec. 27,\" Representative Kury said.\n\nArticle 1 Section 27 of Pennsylvania\u2019s Constitution guarantees the people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment.\n\n\u201cSince I\u2019ve entered public service, I\u2019ve often quoted this beautiful amendment, Article 1 Section 27 of the Pennsylvania constitution, as a reminder to us all to preserve our natural resources for our children, grandchildren, and generations to come,\" Rep. Dean said. \u201cIntroducing this resolution on the house floor will further the obligation to advocate for environmental rights and work to protect it at all costs for the benefit of us all.\u201d\n\nThe resolution acknowledges Representative Kury for his leadership and support of the amendment and:\n\nRecognizes the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the Environmental Rights Amendment in Pennsylvania.\n\nRecognizes the broad support the amendment had among Pennsylvania citizens and government.\n\nAcknowledges this amendment is crucial to the protection of Pennsylvania\u2019s environment and natural resources.\n\nSupports the values espoused by the amendment, including the notion of the right to clean air and pure water, and the Commonwealth\u2019s responsibility in preserving the environment for future generations\n\nRecognizes the conservation of the environment is key to the future success of the United States.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-introduces-protect-drinking-water-pfas-act", "BOYLE INTRODUCES THE PROTECT DRINKING WATER FROM PFAS ACT", "2021-05-17", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) today introduced bipartisan legislation, the Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act of 2021, to require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set an enforceable, nationwide primary drinking water standard for PFAS contaminants, including PFOS and PFOA, which have plagued the Philadelphia region. Currently, the EPA sets voluntary advisory guidelines. This bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives during the 116th Congress as part of a larger package of PFAS legislation.\n\n\"Every day the EPA delays setting enforceable limits on these chemicals is another day of exposure to dangerous \u2018forever chemicals' for many Pennsylvanians,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"The more we look, the more contamination we find. The more we wait, the more we learn about the seriousness of these contaminants. No American should question the safety of their drinking water \u2013 period. We must address these contaminants with the full force of the Safe Drinking Water Act.\"\n\nCongressman Boyle's legislation is the product of discussions with consituents and federal officials in direct response to the ongoing water contamination issues experienced by communities surrounding the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster, former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, and Horsham Air Guard Station in Pennsylvania.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/5/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-releases-statement-on-the-ongoing-violence-in-the-middle-east", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean Releases Statement on the Ongoing Violence in the Middle East", "2021-05-14", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) released the following statement on the ongoing violence in the Middle East:\n\n\"I am deeply troubled by the accelerating violence in Israel and Gaza \u2014 and I condemn it. The attacks and retaliatory responses further destabilize the region, impeding the peace and freedoms that both Israelis and Palestinians deserve.\n\nTo be clear, Israel has the sovereign right and responsibility to defend herself and her citizens. I condemn the terroristic rockets fired by Hamas \u2014 a deadly reminder of the constant threat to the safety of our trusted ally. Israelis deserve to live in peace \u2014 and their security and right to self-determination must be protected.\n\nNevertheless, just as excessive force on protesters is unacceptable in the United States, so too is it unacceptable in Jerusalem, Gaza, and the rest of the world. We know too well that violence begets violence, and lasting peace, democracy and equality cannot be reached through force.\n\nIn the end, Israelis and Palestinians share a common humanity \u2014 one where each deserves respect, dignity, and safety. I am praying for urgent de-escalation and restraint by all parties to save the lives and homes of Israelis, Palestinians, and, most importantly, their children \u2014 and set us on a diplomatic path to peace.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-requests-funding-17-community-and-transportation-projects-3rd", "Evans Requests Funding for 17 Community and Transportation Projects for 3rd District", "2021-05-12", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PHILADELPHIA (May 12, 2021) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced he has submitted 17 community project and transportation member-directed project requests for the 3rd District.\n\n\"House and Senate Democrats worked in a bipartisan way to restore members' ability to make these requests, but in a much more open and transparent way than was done over 10 years ago. We are at the request stage, so these are not guarantees of funding, but I am proud to support these applications \u2013 I believe they would represent good uses of federal funding in our communities. This is one of many tools in the toolbox for Philadelphia, but it's an important one,\" Evans said.\n\n\"I was proud to vote for the big and bold American Rescue Plan that is bringing billions of dollars in federal aid to Philadelphia, and I'm also pushing for more funding through avenues like my $63 billion Housing Is Essential plan, as well as President Biden's proposed American Jobs Plan,\" Evans said.\n\nAfter announcing in March that he was accepting applications for funding, Evans received 73 community project requests and 13 transportation project requests. He submitted the maximum of 10 allowed for community project requests, as well as 7 transportation project requests.\n\nEvans' 10 community project requests are (listed alphabetically):\n\n52nd Street Initiative (The Enterprise Center)\n\nDescription: The Enterprise Center CDC's (TEC-CDC) 52nd Street Initiative partners with the community to transform the disinvested 52nd Street commercial corridor through strategic property acquisition and rehabilitation.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nAllegheny West Foundation\n\nDescription: The Allegheny West Foundation (AWF) is a nonprofit community development corporation with a mission to improve the quality of life in the Allegheny West community in North Philadelphia through affordable housing, business development, industrial revitalization and community services.\n\nAmount Requested: $150,000\n\nBlack Doctors Consortium\n\nDescription: Under the leadership of Dr. Ala Stanford, the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, a program of It Takes Philly, Inc., a 501(c)(3), is committed to establishing health equity clinics that provide primary and preventive health care services to residents in the 3rd Congressional District \u2013 specifically those living in North Philadelphia and West Philadelphia.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nChinatown Pandemic Relief\n\nDescription: The Crane is a community center with community and commercial space in Philadelphia Chinatown and developed in response to urgent needs for affordable, high-quality space for small businesses, cultural events and community services.\n\nAmount Requested: $915,000\n\nEquipment & Technology Upgrades (MANNA)\n\nDescription: MANNA prepares and delivers medically tailored meals to seriously ill people across the greater Philadelphia area, with residents of the 3rd Congressional District making up one of their largest client populations. The families they serve are some of the most vulnerable in the region \u2013 overwhelmingly low-income, acutely sick, with limited access to support systems.\n\nAmount Requested: $125,000\n\nImproving Healthy Food Access (Share)\n\nDescription: Share Food Program is the largest independent food bank in Pennsylvania, and distributes nourishing food to hundreds of partner pantries in southeastern Pennsylvania, who serve individuals and families in greatest need. Share's location is near major highways and convenient for volunteers, staff, and large truck deliveries.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nMann Center\n\nDescription: This project would allow the Mann Center for Performing Arts Center to continue to be a force for positive change in the Parkside community, and expand the reach of its arts education and workforce development programs for disadvantaged young people throughout the Philadelphia region.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nNicetown Sport Court\n\nDescription: The Nicetown Sport Court is an outdoor recreational sports facility project that brings economic development, arts and culture and storm water mitigation to underused open spaces beneath the Route 1 Roosevelt Boulevard highway that runs above and across Nicetown's commercial corridor.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nOur Business, Our Neighborhoods (VestedIn)\n\nDescription: Through our proposed project, VestedIn (formerly WPFSI), Temple University's Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and ShopPhilly1st would create a promotional video campaign\u2014Our Businesses, Our Neighborhoods, Our Stories\u2014to support the 3rd Congressional District's small businesses and neighborhoods. These videos would focus on the importance of supporting local small businesses at the city and neighborhood level. Comcast will potentially provide time for the videos created through the project.\n\nAmount Requested: $149,324\n\nYouth Development & Community Empowerment (Philadelphia Youth Basketball)\n\nDescription: Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB) was created to build a high-impact program, organization, and future Youth Development & Community Empowerment Center, motivated by the combined potential of basketball, academic enrichment, leadership and character development, family engagement, and skilled coaching and mentorship to have transformative power in the lives of kids and communities.\n\nAmount Requested: $1 million\n\nCongressman Evans also submitted seven project requests to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for review. These are also listed in alphabetical order:\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/Location: Chestnut Street Pedestrian Safety Islands, Chestnut Street from 33rd to 45th Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104\n\nRequested Amount: $3 million\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/Location: Cobbs Creek Parkway Multimodal Safety Improvements: Larchwood Avenue to 67th Street, Philadelphia, PA\n\nRequested Amount: $800,000\n\nProject Sponsor: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority\n\nProject Name/Location: Erie Station (Broad Street Line) Accessibility Improvements, Philadelphia, PA 19140\n\nRequested Amount: $3.6 million\n\nProject Sponsor: Delaware River Port Authority\n\nProject Name/Location: Franklin Square Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvement - 7th and Race Specific, Philadelphia, PA 19106\n\nRequested Amount: $240,000\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/Location: Mantua Neighborhood Traffic Safety Project (34th Street), Philadelphia, PA 19104\n\nRequested Amount: $4 million\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/Location: Parkside Avenue \u2013 Safe Access to Parks, Parkside Avenue at 53rd Street and Bryn Mawr Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131\n\nRequested Amount: $4 million\n\nProject Sponsor: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority\n\nProject Name/Location: Penn Center Transit Gateway, 1600 JFK Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19102, bike lanes from 15th to 20th on Market Street and JFK Boulevard\n\nRequested Amount: $3.9 million\n\nEvans said, \"Both of these funding streams are proceeding with numerous reforms in place, including barring for-profit companies from receiving the grants. There are several rules to ensure transparency, accountability and good use of the funding,\" Evans said.\n\nEvans represents Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. During Evans' first four years in Congress, his office has helped to return to or save more than $6.5 million for Philadelphians from federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. His website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-rocket-attack-israeli-civilians", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON ROCKET ATTACK ON ISRAELI CIVILIANS", "2021-05-10", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - I condemn today's rocket attacks by Hamas against civilians in Israel. What is happening in Gaza and Jerusalem today is not a struggle over the freedom of worship. It is politically motivated violence intended to incite even more violence and conflict. These attacks do nothing to further any potential for peace & security in that region, and Israel, like any other sovereign country, has the absolute right to defend its citizens against these terrorist attacks.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-statement-usmca-complaint-filed-afl-cio-against-tridonex", "BOYLE STATEMENT ON USMCA COMPLAINT FILED BY AFL-CIO AGAINST TRIDONEX", "2021-05-10", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014 Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement in response to the first complaint filed under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement's (USMCA) Rapid Response Labor Mechanism:\n\n\"The USMCA's Rapid Response Labor Mechanism that will be utilized in this complaint will provide new and aggressive enforcement mechanisms to support workers. Public reports detail mass firings, forced resignations and intimidation as only a few of the egregious practices Tridonex engaged in against its own employees. Businesses practices like these only serve to weaken our economy while diminishing basic labor rights and human dignity. I am proud of the work of House Democrats to improve upon the USMCA with this new mechanism in order to bring workers to the table as they seek the justice they duly deserve. I urge the Biden Administration to use the resources we in Congress have provided under the USMCA Implementing Act to aggressively enforce the agreement. We expect that this complaint will be the first of many.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-leads-effort-support-first-generation-college-students", "BOYLE LEADS EFFORT TO SUPPORT FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS", "2021-04-30", "2021", "2021-04", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) led a letter with Members of Congress in calling upon the House Appropriations Committee to direct the U.S. Department of Education to conduct a report on the barriers to first-generation students graduating college. Congressman Boyle is himself a \"first-generation\" student, having been the first person in his family to attend college.\n\n\"Those who are the first in their families to attend college have a unique set of needs,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"While there are many programs and resources for first-generation students, there is still a lack of infrastructure in place to ensure graduation. We must ensure that first-generation students have the proper networks of support while they pursue and attend institutions of higher education.\"\n\nThe joint letter urged the committee to include the following report language:\n\nImpediments to First Generation College Students Graduating -- First generation students comprise nearly a third of all college students, yet 33% of first generation students drop out of college by the three year mark. Given the Department's vested interest in ensuring successful outcomes for first generation students, the Committee directs the Department to provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, on barriers to first generation college students success and contributing factors that lead to first generation students not graduating from college or university.\n\nFirst-generation students make up 30% of the college population, but one in three will drop out from school early. Around 90% of first-generation students in low-income families will not graduate within six years.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:42:19Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-boyle-leads-bipartisan-effort-increase-funding-reduce-rape", "CONGRESSMAN BOYLE LEADS BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO INCREASE FUNDING TO REDUCE RAPE KIT BACKLOG", "2021-04-30", "2021", "2021-04", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) and Rep. Jennifer Gonz\u00e1lez-Col\u00f3n (R-PR) led 47 Members of Congress in calling upon the House Appropriations Committee to increase funding to $49 million for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, a Department of Justice program that aims to reduce the nation's backlog of untested rape kits. Boyle has been a staunch advocate for addressing the issue since his days as a Pennsylvania state legislator, when he was the first legislator to introduce legislation that ultimately reduced the rape kit backlog in Pennsylvania by over 90 percent within three years. Boyle released the following statement upon the submission of his letter.\n\n\"I believe Congress must provide law enforcement greater funding to address the backlog of nearly half a million rape kits that currently sit untested in police storage units across the country,\" said Congressman Boyle. \"Many of these backlogs occur simply because the departments don't have the resources to test them. This is nothing short of a tragedy. We must reduce this avoidable backlog, prevent it from happening again, and bring justice to victims. I'll keep fighting to ensure the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative is well-funded so survivors across the United States can get the justice they deserve.\"\n\nThe goal of the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative is to create a coordinated community response that ensures just resolution to rape and sexual assault cases whenever possible through a victim-centered approach. Increased funding can build the capacities of jurisdictions to alleviate current backlogs and prevent conditions that lead to high backlogs in the future. Boyle has been committed to addressing this issue since his tenure as a Pennsylvania state representative where he led the effort to require timely testing of rape kits and reporting of backlogged kits to the state. Boyle's letter calls for a total funding level of $49 million, $1 million above the enacted amount in Fiscal Year 2021.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:42:19Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-boyle-leads-effort-fund-protection-delaware-river-basin-0", "CONGRESSMAN BOYLE LEADS EFFORT TO FUND PROTECTION OF DELAWARE RIVER BASIN", "2021-04-30", "2021", "2021-04", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) led a bipartisan letter urging the House Appropriations Committee to include $15 million, an increase of $5 million from Fiscal Year 2021, toward the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program, which aims to preserve the region's environment, ecology, and economic viability.\n\nCongressman Boyle released the following statement upon the submission of the letter to the House Appropriations Committee:\n\n\"As the Delaware River Basin recovers from decades of degradation and industrialization, we must make a concerted effort to protect and enhance it so it can be utilized today and for generations to come. The Delaware River is an ecological gem and economic engine for Philadelphia and the Mid-Atlantic region. Funding the Delaware River Restoration Program is a significant and necessary step. I was proud to lead the effort to create the program and I am proud to lead the fight to ensure its potential is fully realized through sound investment.\"\n\nThe letter was co-led by Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and signed by 13 Members of Congress. It was submitted to the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for consideration as it crafts its FY2022 spending bill.\n\nThe Delaware River Basin is the five-state region that drains into the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. Along with its historic importance for our nation, the river basin is a powerhouse for the economy and home to more than 8 million people. Significantly, the watershed serves as the source of clean drinking water for 13.3 million people, or roughly five percent of the U.S. population, in the densely populated Mid-Atlantic region. Boyle is also a member of Congressional Delaware River Watershed Caucus.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:42:19Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-boyle-community-project-funding-submissions", "Rep Boyle Community Project Funding Submissions", "2021-04-28", "2021", "2021-04", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro announced that the House Committee on Appropriations will be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests from Members. This is in addition to the standard programmatic and language-based requests. Each Member is limited to no more than 10 Community Project Funding requests across all subcommittees for Fiscal Year 2022 and there is no guarantee that all requested projects will be funded. More information on the process can be found on the House Appropriations Committee page here.\n\nProjects requested\n\nNote: The projects are listed alphabetically by recipient name.\n\nApplicant name: Delaware River City Corporation (d/b/a Riverfront North Partnership)\n\nProject Name: Tacony-Holmesburg Trail design and construction\n\nAddress: 3460 N. Delaware Avenue, Suite 306 Philadelphia, PA 19134\n\nAmount Requested: $2,500,000\n\nProject description and explanation: Funding will support design and construction of the 1.8 mile bicycle and pedestrian trail from Princeton Avenue to the entrance of Pennypack on the Delaware Park in Northeast Philadelphia. The Tacony-Holmesburg Trail will relieve congestion, improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, and provide renewed access to the riverfront.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation\n\nProject Name: Parking lot design and construction\n\nAddress: 5001 Grant Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114\n\nAmount Requested: $241,784\n\nProject description and explanation: Funding will support the design and construct a new parking lot on the grounds of Glen Foerd, a public park and museum located in Northeast Philadelphia, with an approximate capacity of 64 vehicles. The construction of a new parking lot at Glen Foerd advances local comprehensive plans by providing greater access to recreational and on-water activities in Philadelphia, including improved access to the Delaware River and the Poquessing Creek.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: It Takes Philly (d/b/a Black Doctors COVID19 Consortium)\n\nProject Name: Health Equity Center Capital Equipment and Programming\n\nAddress: 419 Johnson Street, Jenkintown, PA 19046\n\nAmount Requested: $5,000,000\n\nProject description and explanation: Funding will support capital equipment, health information systems and electronic record keeping, workforce development in healthcare and programming costs for children and seniors. Programming will promote health education, safe spaces for childcare and play, and senior wellness at its satellite site at Deliverance Evangelistic Church and a permanent site currently under consideration for purchase at Jones Tabernacle AME Church.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: Lutheran Social Mission Society. d/b/a Lutheran Settlement Home\n\nProject Name: Strengthening Supports for Victims of Domestic Violence\n\nAddress: 1340 Frankford Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19125\n\nAmount Requested: $125,000\n\nProject description and explanation: Funding will be used to hire an additional Spanish-speaking domestic violence counselor and to sustain a Medical Advocacy (MA) program in city hospitals. During COVID-19, Lutheran Settlement Home has seen a 40% increase in the number of people seeking domestic violence support, including an increase in Spanish-speaking clients.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: Mothers in Charge\n\nProject Name: Prevention, Intervention and Education (PIE)\n\nAddress: 520 N. Delaware Avenue, Suite 302, Philadelphia, PA 19123\n\nAmount Requested: $100,000\n\nProject description and explanation: The PIE project addresses multiple sources of violence to effectively reduce gun violence. The overall goal is to reduce gun violence and the proliferation of illegal guns in the Philadelphia area. Other goals include increasing community awareness of the importance of addressing gun violence; reduction in the number of women engaging in \"Straw Purchases\"; and increase in the number of youth, survivors of gun violence, and family members of homicide victims becoming involved with community efforts to reduce gun violence.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: North 5th Street Revitalization Project of Culture Trust\n\nProject Name: Upper North Business District Beautification and Branding Improvements\n\nAddress: 5738 N. 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19120\n\nAmount Requested: $150,000\n\nProject description and explanation: The North 5th Street Revitalization Project (N5SRP) focuses on implementing interrelated programs that prevent crime, improve and maintain the streetscape, increase economic activity and build community ties among residents and merchants. N5SRP aspires to reinvent the Olney neighborhood not only by celebrating its past, but by embracing the present cultures residing in Olney through the Upper North Business District Beautification and Branding Improvements project.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: Nueva Esperanza, Inc (Esperanza)\n\nProject Name: Address Technology and Health Disparities in Multi-Service Community Facility\n\nAddress: 4261 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140\n\nAmount Requested: $1,075,000\n\nProject description and explanation: This project funds crucial enhancements to Esperanza's community center in the Hunting Park neighborhood of North Philadelphia. With this funding, Esperanza, a proven community organization devoted to empowering Hispanic and African American communities, will be able to open a health clinic and a community activity and technology facility within their multi-site complex. The project will address health and technology disparities for local residents and ensure the community progresses towards a strong recovery from the health and economic impacts of COVID-19.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. d/b/a Philadelphia OIC\n\nProject Name: Medical Assistant Program\n\nAddress: 1231 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122\n\nAmount Requested: $577,000\n\nProject description and explanation: This will serve low income and minority communities by teaching the skills needed to gain employment in healthcare setting.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: The Salvation Army\n\nProject Name: Salvation Army Red Shield Family Resident Revitalization Project\n\nAddress: 715 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123\n\nAmount Requested: $1,000,000\n\nProject description and explanation: Funding is needed for a variety of upgrades to continue to provide quality service to homeless families that seek shelter at the Red Shield Family Residence, and to make sure the property is safe and secure. The objective of the Red Shield Family Residence is to address homelessness, food insecurity, and other concerns by providing the support and care that vulnerable families in Philadelphia require.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here\n\nApplicant name: Urban League of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name: Housing Counseling Program\n\nAddress: 121 S. Broad Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107\n\nAmount Requested: $350,000\n\nProject description and explanation: The project funds the Urban League of Philadelphia's HUD-certified Housing Counseling Program, which provides comprehensive support for Philadelphia residents. Predominantly serving Black, Latinx, and underserved Philadelphians, the Urban League's housing counseling helps our city's most vulnerable renters avoid homelessness and displacement. The Program also increases financial education throughout the community and conducts tenant's rights workshops to prevent eviction and foreclosures. Funding for this program will support a crucial service to address our city's housing crisis and bolster our community's response and recovery from COVID-19.\n\nSigned Disclosure letter: click here", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:42:19Z"], ["https://dean.house.gov/2021/4/rep-dean-welcomes-dr-mayank-amin-owner-of-skippack-pharmacy-better-known-as-the-superman-pharmacist-as-virtual-guest-to-president-biden-s-joint-address-to-congress", "Rep. Dean Welcomes Dr. Mayank Amin, Owner of Skippack Pharmacy \u2014 better known as the Superman Pharmacist, as Virtual Guest to President Biden\u2019s Joint Address to Congress", "2021-04-28", "2021", "2021-04", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "GLENSIDE \u2013 Rep. Dean is uplifting the work of Dr. Mayank Amin (Dr. Mak) and the Skippack Pharmacy as her virtual guest to President Biden\u2019s Joint Address to Congress. Dr. Mak and the Skippack Pharmacy have vaccinated over 30,000 people in suburban Philadelphia. Their work has helped reduce the COVID-19 infection and death rate in the region and has helped move our district towards reopening.\n\n\u201cCommunity leaders like Dr. Mak are the true heroes of this recovery, and I am proud to uplift him and his story as my virtual guest to the Presidential Address,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cSkippack Pharmacy has been a leader in the region, thanks to support from the American Rescue Plan \u2014 I am thankful for the work Skippack Pharmacy and Dr. Mak are doing to ensure our communities are safe and healthy.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am humbled at the opportunity to be a guest to President Biden\u2019s joint address to Congress and accept this invitation on behalf of over 1,000 volunteers and team members who have sacrificed their time to help administer over 37,000 vaccines through our Skippack Pharmacy vaccine clinics,\u201d Dr. Mak said. \u201cWhile the pandemic has physically distanced us and changed many things to virtual \u2014 it has given my community the opportunity to go from being strangers to coming together as one unit, one village, one family to combat COVID-19 head on, together \u2014 we will beat COVID-19.\u201d\n\nDr. Mak and his pharmacy\u2019s efforts to get people vaccinated has been covered by local and national media and he has been given the moniker \u2018the superman pharmacist.\u2019 This afternoon, Rep. Dean\u2019s office will roll out a video showcasing his work. And tonight, he will participate in a twitter takeover of Rep. Dean\u2019s account (@RepDean) while watching President Biden\u2019s address.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:42:19Z"], ["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-boyle-ti-member-designated-district-project-submissions", "REP BOYLE T&I MEMBER DESIGNATED DISTRICT PROJECT SUBMISSIONS", "2021-04-27", "2021", "2021-04", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) plans to advance a five-year surface transportation authorization legislation later this spring, building on H.R.2, the Moving Forward Act, from the 116th Congress. Chairman Peter DeFazio announced that the T&I Committee will formally accept requests for projects from House Members. The T&I Committee process for considering member projects is separate and distinct from the House Committee on Appropriations' process for considering Community Project Funding requests. Projects funded through the surface transportation authorization will be funded directly from the Highway Trust Fund, and they do not require a separate or subsequent appropriation. Capital projects eligible under title 23, United States Code, and chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, are eligible for funding requests under T&I's project submission process. Please note that a request submitted by Congressman Boyle to the Committee does not guarantee the project will be funded.\n\nListed below are the projects Congressman Boyle has submitted to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.\n\nNote: The projects are listed in alphabetical order by project sponsor.\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/ Location: 2nd Street Signal Optimization (Lehigh Ave to Callowhill St)\n\nRequested Amount: $2,400,000\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/ Location: Castor Avenue Complete Street\n\nRequested Amount: $3,000,000\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/ Location: Frankford Creek Greenway (Adams Avenue to Bristol Street)\n\nRequested Amount: $2,000,000\n\nProject Sponsor: City of Philadelphia\n\nProject Name/ Location: Roosevelt Boulevard Intersection Improvements (Summerdale Avenue / Adams Avenue)\n\nRequested Amount: $1,960,000\n\nProject Sponsor: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)\n\nProject Name/ Location: Erie Station (Broad Street Line) Accessibility Improvements\n\nRequested Amount: $3,600,000\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:42:19Z"]], "truncated": false, "filtered_table_rows_count": 161, "expanded_columns": [], "expandable_columns": [], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "units": {}, "query": {"sql": "select url, title, date, year, month, party, chamber, state, member_name, bioguide_id, domain, scraper, source, date_source, text, has_text, collected_at, updated_at from releases where \"party\" = :p0 and \"state\" = :p1 and \"year\" = :p2 order by date desc limit 101", "params": {"p0": "Democrat", "p1": "PA", "p2": "2021"}}, "facet_results": {"party": {"name": "party", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Democrat&state=PA&year=2021", "results": [{"value": "Democrat", "label": "Democrat", "count": 161, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?state=PA&year=2021", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "chamber": {"name": "chamber", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Democrat&state=PA&year=2021", "results": [{"value": "House", "label": "House", "count": 161, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Democrat&state=PA&year=2021&chamber=House", "selected": false}], "truncated": false}, "state": {"name": "state", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Democrat&state=PA&year=2021", "results": [{"value": "PA", "label": "PA", "count": 161, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Democrat&year=2021", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "year": {"name": "year", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Democrat&state=PA&year=2021", "results": [{"value": "2021", "label": "2021", "count": 161, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Democrat&state=PA", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}}, "suggested_facets": [], "next": "2021-04-27,https~3A~2F~2Fboyle~2Ehouse~2Egov~2Fmedia-center~2Fpress-releases~2Frep-boyle-ti-member-designated-district-project-submissions", "next_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Democrat&state=PA&year=2021&_next=2021-04-27%2Chttps~3A~2F~2Fboyle~2Ehouse~2Egov~2Fmedia-center~2Fpress-releases~2Frep-boyle-ti-member-designated-district-project-submissions&_sort_desc=date", "private": false, "allow_execute_sql": true, "query_ms": 439.9131489917636, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}