{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where party = \"Republican\", state = \"PA\" and year = 2019 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/bill-rename-laceyville-post-office-moves-us-house", "Bill to Rename Laceyville Post Office Moves to U.S. House", "2019-12-30", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "A bill to rename the Laceyville Post Office in honor of Melinda Mindy Gene Piccotti has moved out of committee and is now going to the full U.S. House of Representatives for a vote.\nU.S. Rep. Fred Keller made the announcement of the bill's advancement in a statement on Thursday, Dec. 19.\nThe bill was advanced out of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said Keller.\nHe noted that the bill, H.R. 4279, has received bipartisan support from PA's congressional delegation.\nKeller is spearheading the drive to rename the Laceyville Post Office in honor of Piccotti, who was an Air Force veteran and the founder of the Hunts for Healing organization.\nHunts for Healing helps soldiers wounded in combat and other combat veterans transition back into civilian life by allowing them to experience the joys of hunting.\nMindy's dedication to helping her fellow veterans return to civilian life is a lasting legacy that shows her selflessness and her sense of our society's continuing need to serve those who safeguard our freedom, said Keller. Naming the Laceyville Post Office in her honor is a fitting and appropriate display for the indelible mark she continues to leave on countless heroes. I am proud to see this legislation move forward and hope it will soon pass the full House.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/north-central-pennsylvania-pro-business", "North central Pennsylvania is pro-business", "2019-12-29", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "When Priority Bicycles, a company based on low maintenance bicycles, started five years ago, we needed a warehouse and logistics center that was convenient for shipping, had a large talent pool to grow with us, and was accessible from our New York design office. We quickly landed in Montgomery as one of our founders has a long history in the area.\nOver the past few years, our business has grown from a Kickstarter idea to a growing small business selling thousands of bicycles per year to locations all over the world. However, last year when the section 301 tariffs increased on imported bicycles and components, our growing business was put in jeopardy. So what did we do? First, we started to build out our own assembly and paint operation at our Montgomery facility for custom runs for major apparel and hotel brands.\nNext, understanding that to continue growing our business we had to keep our high-volume bicycle orders in our Montgomery facility, we reached out to U.S. Congressman Fred Keller's office for help.\nFred and his staff promptly visited our Montgomery operation and met with our team to discuss the challenges of our young and growing business. Shortly thereafter, he, along with U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, each wrote letters in support of Priority Bicycles' exclusion requests to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to urge them to provide Priority Bicycles with a tariff exemption. They noted that manually-powered bicycles are not the products that the 301 tariffs were designed to target, as these items are not strategic to China's growth, and that crippling our business would cost U.S. jobs instead of protecting them.\nWith their help, Priority Bicycles has now received the first of two requested tariff exemptions. Because of this, we are now able to make additional hires and begin to get our company back on a path to growth.\nWhen others in the industry ask why we are growing, we are clearly able to credit the pro-business benefits of northcentral Pennsylvania, the strong support shown by Congressman Fred Keller and his office, and of course the special pool of talent unique to Lycoming County. As our business grows and expands, we are committed to growing and doing our part as a proud member of the Montgomery and Lycoming County business community.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/major-changes-scope-funding-central-pa-broadband-projects-over-past-year", "Major changes in scope, funding of central Pa. broadband projects over past year", "2019-12-25", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Skip to main content\n  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n    \n  \n    \n  \n        \n            \n              \n                                \n                                \n                                        Representing the 12th District of Pennsylvania\n              \n          \n          \n  \n        \n  \n                \n    \n      \n  \nAbout\nCommittees and Caucuses\nOur District\nVotes and Legislation\nContact\nEmail Me\nNewsletter Subscription\nOffices\nRequest a Meeting\nWebsite Problem\nIssues\nPennsylvania's 12th Congressional District\nEnergy\nAgriculture\nInfrastructure\nJobs/Workforce Development\nHealth\nSurvey\nMedia\nPress Releases\nIn the News\nServices\nArt Competition\nCommendations and Greetings\nFlags\nGrant Applicants\nHelp with a Federal Agency\nInternships\nMilitary Academy Nominations\nTours and Tickets\n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n                \n    \n      \n    \n  \n  \n                \n    \n          \n  \n  \n  \n    \n      \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n          You are here\nHome\nMedia\nIn the News\n        \n    \n  \n    \n                Major changes in scope, funding of central Pa. broadband projects over past year\n                        \n  \n                \n    \n      \n  \n    \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    December 25, 2019  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    In The News  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    Centre Daily Times  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    Major changes in scope, funding of central Pa. broadband projects over past year  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    \nIssues:\nJobs/Workforce Development, Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, Infrastructure\n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n          \n  \n    \n  \n              Media\n            \n    \n      \n  \nPress Releases\nIn the News\n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n      \n    \n  \n    \n  \n    \n  \n                \n    \n      \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n              \n            \n    \n      \n        \n  \n  \n      \n        \n      \n          \n  \n  1717 Longworth HOB\nWashington, DC 20515\n  Phone: (202) 225-3731\n    \n              \n  \n      \n          \n  \n  \n713 Bridge Street\nRoom 29\nSelinsgrove, PA 17870\n  Phone: (570) 374-9469\n    \n              \n  \n      \n          \n  \n  \n181 West Tioga Street\nSuite 2\nTunkhannock, PA 18657\n  Phone: (570) 996-6550\n    \n              \n  \n      \n          \n  \n  \n1020 Commerce Park Drive\nSuite 1A\nWilliamsport, PA 17701\n  Phone: (570) 322-3961\n    \n              \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n    \n  \n                \n    \n      \nCopyright\nPrivacy\nHouse.gov", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/keller-votes-against-impeachment", "Keller votes against impeachment", "2019-12-24", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Fred Keller (R-Pa.) made the following statement after voting against both articles of impeachment.\nI was proud to stand up for the Constitution and the rule of law by voting to oppose both articles of impeachment. Today's vote to impeach the president is the culmination of years of unwarranted investigations, baseless accusations, and a blind partisan disdain for President Trump that has caused House Democrats to abandon all respect for the Constitution and due process. Democrats have not proven one single fact or come up with one single piece of evidence proving President Trump committed an impeachable offense. Rather, by spending years engaged in this impeachment farce, Democrats have played directly into the hands of those who wish to sow political discord in this country.\nFrom where we stand today, it is difficult to tell who will treat House Democrats more harshly: voters or history.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/impeachment-paradox-voting-impeach-president-democrats-just-emboldened-those-who", "The impeachment paradox: By voting to impeach the president, Democrats just emboldened those who elected him", "2019-12-23", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "By voting last week to impeach PresidentDonald Trump, House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi abandoned the U.S. Constitution, thumbed their noses at due process and attempted to cancel the votes of the 63 million Americans who elected him president.\nThe 15 counties of Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, which I represent, overwhelmingly supportedDonald Trumpin 2016. Today, our region remains Trump Country.\nWhen PresidentTrumpcame to Montoursville to endorse my campaign for Congress on the eve of my special election, 10,000 people were admitted to the rally while another 5,000 cheering fans waited outside in blistering heat just to be close to the president and see his remarks on big screen televisions.\nThe support for the president in central and northeastern Pennsylvania is electric. They know he is fighting for them and against the entrenched special interests and political elite.\nI feel it when I am travelling our district. When talking with constituents, it is clear they respect the president's ability to stand up for them against the Washington establishment. The president's policies have benefitted hardworking Pennsylvanians by creating an environment for more jobs, a stronger energy economy and better trade deals for the family farms that make up the landscape of my rural district.\nThe political identity of many in our district is inextricably linked with the president's.\nBut we are not alone.\nIn 2016, 63 million Americans voted for Mr.Trumpas he won state by state, including Pennsylvania, on his way to an Electoral College victory.\nThen, last week, the majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives told the vast majority of Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District and the rest of those 63 million American voters that their vote does not matter  that their voice should not be respected.\nResidents of central and northeast Pennsylvania, and areas like it across America, still remember when Hillary Clinton called PresidentTrump's supporters deplorables. Last week's vote to impeach Mr.Trumpwas the latest volley from coastal liberals who believe they know how to best run the country.\nIt was also the latest representation of what Mr.Trumppredicted: the Swamp, or those entrenched special interests and political elite, fighting back to tear him down.\nNo impeachment sham will change the fact that Mr.Trumphas done more in three years as president than most presidents, regardless of party, accomplish in a term.\nCriminal justice reform; tax cuts for working families; economic policies that have led to the lowest unemployment rates across all categories of Americans in 50 years; and free and fair trade deals with Canada, Mexico, Japan and China that put American interests first. These are only a few of the president's accomplishments.\nFrankly, the political elite  those like Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Adam Schiff and Chairman Jerry Nadler  is upset that PresidentTrumphas made and kept his promises where they have failed.\nThey want to see Mr.Trumpgo away so they can return to business as usual.\nBut what they will never understand  and why Mr.Trumpwas elected  is that 63 million Americans voted to disrupt business as usual.\nDespite the best wisdom of those who voted to impeach Mr.Trump, disrupting business as usual in Washington benefitted the American people.\nThe bottom line is this: In less than a year, Americans will once again go to the polls to elect the leader of the free world.\nWashington Democrats' biggest fear is that the American people will re-elect Mr.Trumpand forever wrest away their grip on power.\nFrom where we stand today compared to three years ago, who could argue with four more years?\nCome November, PresidentTrumpwill have to answer for a booming economy, more jobs and a stronger America, while Washington Democrats will have to explain why they want to stop it.\nFred Keller, a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, currently serves on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-congressman-keller-washington-times-impeachment-paradox-voting-impeach", "ICYMI - Congressman Keller in The Washington Times: The Impeachment Paradox: By voting to impeach the President, Democrats just emboldened those who elected him", "2019-12-23", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "In case you missed it, Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) wrote an Op-Ed for The Washington Times today outlining his thoughts on why last week's impeachment vote will backfire on the Democrats who voted to impeach President Donald Trump.\n\nHere are some key excerpts from the Op-Ed:\n\nBy voting to impeach President Donald Trump last week, House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi abandoned the Constitution, thumbed their noses at due process, and attempted to cancel the votes of the 63 million Americans who elected him President.\n***\nWhen talking with constituents, it is clear they respect the President's ability to stand up for them against the Washington establishment. The President's policies have benefitted hardworking Pennsylvanians by creating an environment for more jobs, a stronger energy economy, and better trade deals for the family farms that make up the landscape of my rural district.\n\nThe political identity of many in our district is inextricably linked with the President's.\n\nBut we are not alone. \n\nIn 2016, 63 million Americans voted for President Trump as he won state by state, including Pennsylvania, on his way to an Electoral College victory.\n\nThen, last week, the majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives told the vast majority of Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District and the rest of those 63 million American voters that their vote does not matter  that their voice should not be respected.\n***\nCriminal justice reform; tax cuts for working families; economic policies that have led to the lowest unemployment rates across all categories of Americans in 50 years; and free and fair trade deals with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and China that put American interests first. These are only a few of the President's accomplishments. \n\nFrankly, the political elitethose like Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Adam Schiff, and Chairman Jerry Nadleris upset that President Trump has made and kept his promises where they have failed.\n\nThey want to see President Trump go away so they can return to business as usual.\n***\nWashington Democrats' biggest fear is that the American people will reelect President Trump and forever wrest away their grip on power.\n\nFrom where we stand today compared to three years ago, who could argue with four more years?\n\nCome next November, President Trump will have to answer for a booming economy, more jobs, and a stronger America, while Washington Democrats will have to explain why they want to stop it.\n\nYou can read the full Op-Ed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/op-ed-protecting-national-parks-pa-and-nj-should-be-priority-lawmakers", "Op-Ed: Protecting national parks in Pa. and NJ should be priority for lawmakers", "2019-12-22", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Brian Fitzpatrick", "F000466", "fitzpatrick.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "For over 50 years, LWCF has made the difference in protecting threatened properties in our national parks, forests, and wildlife areas even as it has fueled critical conservation and recreational opportunities at the state and local level. After years of short-term reauthorizations, and a brief expiration, we and our colleaguesvoted overwhelmingly to permanently authorize LWCF earlier this year, ensuring that it will be around for future generations. While that was a big step forward, annual funding still is not assured  and that is something we are working together to change.\n\t\t\n\t\tLWCF has been around for more than half a century, but in that time more than half its intended funding has been redirected. As a result,over $22 billion that should have been investedin outdoor recreation and conservation have gone somewhere else.Diverting these LWCF funds for non-conservation purposes short-changes our communities and the public lands we all love. It also deals a huge blow to our economy.\n\t\t\n\t\tInvestments in America's natural infrastructure  particularly increasing access to public lands for outdoor recreation  are a key driver of the economy. Outdoor recreation is among our nation's largest economic sectors, thriving even when the broader economy has suffered. According to theOutdoor Industry Association, hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, paddling and other outdoor recreation activities contribute $887 billion annually to the U.S. economy, providing jobs for 7.6 million hard-working Americans. These are honest, well-paying jobs that cannot be outsourced or exported.\n\t\t\n\t\tBeyond those statistics, the array of places that depend on LWCF is truly staggering. In New Jersey alone, LWCF has investedmore than $350 million in historic sitesand natural areas including the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, which provides access for hunters, anglers, and other sportsmen and -women. Similarly, LWCF hasinvested over $309 million in Pennsylvania, protecting hallowed sites including Valley Forge, Gettysburg, the Flight 93 National Memorial, Nockamixon State Park, and Tyler State Park.\n\t\t\n\t\tLWCF is able to meet these and other critical conservation priorities, in our states and all across America, without using a dime of taxpayer dollars. It is funded entirely from national oil and gas royalties, under the sound principle that the depletion of one natural resource we all own should be offset by the permanent protection of other resources we all need.\n\t\t\n\t\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/op-ed-reaching-across-aisle-fix-infrastructure-pennsylvania-and-beyond", "Op-Ed: Reaching across the aisle to fix infrastructure in Pennsylvania and beyond", "2019-12-22", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Brian Fitzpatrick", "F000466", "fitzpatrick.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "As The Inquirerreported, a recent holiday weekend storm overwhelmed the treatment capacity of Philadelphia's outdated sewer systems, causing raw sewage to flow into rivers and streams that pass through residential neighborhoods. Pennsylvania's public water systems have also beenunder threatof contamination from PFAS  forever chemicals linked to cancer and other serious health problems.\n\t\t\n\t\tThanksgiving will bring families from all over the region to our stretch of Pennsylvania. We owe our residents and visitors the peace of mind that the water they drink and cook with is not contaminated from mismanaged government spending. Improvements to our infrastructure will keep our communities cleaner and let them spend more time together and less time in congestion.\n\t\t\n\t\tWe've come together to address the threat in our communities through federal funding, oversight, and regulation. But no American should have to question the safety of their drinking water, and the more we look for PFAS and other contaminants across the country, the more we find.\n\t\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/fitzpatrick-heads-middle-east-spend-christmas-troops", "Fitzpatrick Heads to Middle East to Spend Christmas With Troops", "2019-12-22", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Brian Fitzpatrick", "F000466", "fitzpatrick.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DCCongressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) will spend his third consecutive Christmas visiting with U.S. troops deployed in the Middle East, whose missions include critical operations in war theaters throughout the region.\nFitzpatrick will be in various undisclosed locations in the CENTCOM AOR in the Middle East, serving Christmas dinner to troops, receiving classified briefings from military generals regarding ongoing military operations, and spending time with native Pennsylvanians serving in all branches of the U.S. military who are deployed across the Middle East.\nCongressman Fitzpatrick has made a commitment to spend the holidays with our troops deployed overseas, who are away from their families and loved ones. From 2007 to 2008, while serving as an FBI Special Agent, Fitzpatrick was embedded with U.S. Special Forces in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/fitzpatrick-and-brindisi-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-classify-drug", "Fitzpatrick and Brindisi Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Classify Drug Dealers as Terrorists", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Brian Fitzpatrick", "F000466", "fitzpatrick.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DCThursday, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Rep. Anthony Brindisi (NY-22)introduced the bipartisan Identifying Drug Cartels as Terrorists Act. This bipartisan legislation would list seven Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), as defined by section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The Gulf Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Beltran Leyva Cartel, the Juarez Cartel, the Los Zetas Cartel, the Sinaloa Cartel, and the Tijuana Cartel have been described by the Drug Enforcement Administration as the most prominent in Mexico. This designation will allow the United States to direct the resources necessary to dismantle them, ending their reigns of terror, and helpto end the flow of drugs coming across our southern border, which fuels the addiction epidemic in our communities.\nMexican drug cartels control the territory along our Southwest Border, spreading drugs and crime, across Mexico and into the United States. These criminal organizations are a menace to society, and we need to do everything in our power to continue to fight them. That is why I am introducing this legislation, to officially designate these criminals as foreign terrorist organizations, said Rep. Fitzpatrick. These criminals bring illegal narcotics, commit atrocious acts of violence, and smuggle humans across our border. They harm lives every day, and it is time we call them what they are: terrorists. I thank my friend Congressman Brindisi for joining me in introducing this hard-hitting and bipartisan legislation, and I will continue to work to see this bill become law.\nIllegal drugs are terrorizing our communities and it is time we called these drug cartels what they are: terrorists, Rep. Brindisi said. So many families have been torn apart by drugs and these cartels are committing heinous criminal acts. Identifying these traffickers as terrorists will give our law enforcement more tools to crack down on bad actors at our southern border and around the world. Securing our border and stemming the flow of illegal drugs is paramount to our national security and the health of our nation. I am excited to work with my friend Congressman Fitzpatrick to do just that.\nThe seven cartels listed above meet the criteria for being engaged in terrorist activity by committing hijacking, sabotage, detention, murder, and assaulting innocent people. Once the Department of State labels a group as an FTO, known members are banned from entering the United States, and it also becomes illegal for Americans to intentionally support these groups. Financial institutions are also prohibited from conducting any business with the organizations, members or associates. Under current laws, these cartels are listed as drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), despite the fact that they are involved in a wide range of criminal operations, exceeding the illegal drug trade. These crimes include fraud, weapons trafficking, bribery, money laundering, extortion, counterfeiting, and smuggling. While several cartels have been labeled as Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs), the TCO and DTO designations do not give law enforcement the appropriate tools to challenge the cartels, as opposed to official FTOs such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Hezbollah, and Al Qaeda.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/keller-votes-against-articles-impeachment", "Keller votes against articles of impeachment", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington  Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA), in voting against both articles of impeachment Wednesday night, said the articles are not supported by facts, evidence or reason.\nHe released the following statement:\nI was proud to stand up for the Constitution and the rule of law by voting to oppose both articles of impeachment.\nToday's vote to impeach the President is the culmination of years of unwarranted investigations, baseless accusations, and a blind partisan disdain for President Trump that has caused House Democrats to abandon all respect for the Constitution and due process.\nDemocrats have not proven one single fact or come up with one single piece of evidence proving President Trump committed an impeachable offense. Rather, by spending years engaged in this impeachment farce, Democrats have played directly into the hands of those who wish to sow political discord in this country.\nFrom where we stand today, it is difficult to tell who will treat House Democrats more harshly: voters or history.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/pennsylvania-congressional-delegation-offers-bipartisan-praise-passage-usmca", "Pennsylvania congressional delegation offers bipartisan praise for passage of USMCA", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Less than 24 hours after the historic impeachment vote sharply split Pennsylvania's Congressional delegation, the very same lawmakers were virtually united in praise for the passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.\nThe new treaty, if it passes in the Republican-controlled Senate, will take the place of the 1990s-era North American Free Trade Agreement and will govern trade relations between the three countries going forward.\nThe Senate had passed the USMCA last year, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held off bringing it up for a vote in her chamber until Thursday. The final vote saw widespread support from both Republicans and Democrats, unlike the impeachment vote Wednesday that saw Pennsylvania's nine Republicans and nine Democratic representatives split down the middle.\nLawmakersandindustry groupsin Pennsylvania and all over the country had called on Pelosi to bring the USMCA up for a vote for months, and after the treaty was passed, praise for the new deal was widespread.\nAfter months of unnecessary delays by Speaker Pelosi, I was proud to vote for #USMCA to bring our trade policy into the 21st century, U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, a Republican, said on Twitter late Thursday afternoon. Thanks @realDonaldTrump for negotiating a deal that will create 176,000 American jobs and generate more than $68 billion in new economic activity.\nRep. Mike Doyle, a Democrat, was less enthusiastic than his Republican colleagues but still made clear that he supports the USMCA.\nI voted in favor of the USMCA because I believe it is an improvement over NAFTA, he said on Twitter. I was pleased that, as a result of the efforts of Democrats and Labor, the USMCA has been significantly improved from President Trump's original agreement.  The USMCA is still far from perfect, however. So while this agreement was an important first step, there remains much more to be done to fix our nation's trade laws. I look forward to continue fighting for trade policies that benefit American workers.\nFellow Democrat Matt Cartwright, on the other hand, specifically saw passage of the treaty in the House as a positive for his Northeast Pennsylvania district.\nThis is an important win for NEPA's manufacturing workers and farmers, he said in a tweet. It sets better standards that defend American jobs and opens Canadian markets for dairy farmers in our area.\nRepublican Rep. Fred Keller also saw the House vote Thursday as a significant boost for his district.\nThe USMCA is a huge win for farmers and workers in central and northeast Pennsylvania, who have been left behind by unfair trade deals for too long, he said in a statement. It is a shame it took nearly a year for Speaker Pelosi to bring this important trade deal to a vote while House Democrats obsessed over impeaching President Trump.\nDemocrat Dwight Evans praised the USMCA, but indicated that his backing of that particular legislation wouldn't stop him from opposing President Trump's other initiatives.\nThe House also passed the #USMCA trade agreement today that should help with keeping American jobs here, and I & other Democrats will keep fighting Trump's cuts to #SNAP (food stamps), Evans said in a tweet.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/local-group-awarded-grant", "Local group is awarded a grant", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "A Cambria County group is getting a nearly $1.4 million grant.\n\tU.S. Representatives Glenn Thompson and John Joyce made the announcement today.\n\tThe Johnstown Redevelopment Authority is getting the grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.\n\tThe nearly $1.4-million will be used for the Johnstown Urban Industrial Park Connector Street Project.\n\tThis includes a new road connecting Iron Street to Johnstown Urban Industrial Park that will create access to ten developable properties next to the East-West U.S Route 22 and the North-South U.S. Route 219.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/thompson-votes-no-impeachment", "Thompson votes no on impeachment", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The U.S. House of Representatives was in session for nearly 12 hours on Wednesday.\n\nThe Congressman who represents Warren County, Republican Glenn Thompson, was afforded the opportunity to speak for 30 seconds amid the hours of debate that resulted in the House of Representatives approving two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, just the third time in the nation's history that the House has taken such action.\nThompson spoke briefly just over nine hours after the House gaveled in for the day.\nThank you ranking member. Thank you madam speaker,he began, according to video of the day's events from C-SPAN.And while this institution should rightfully ensure that the law is faithfully executed by the administrative branch, this exercise has shown itself to be the ultimate manipulation of (the) legislative branch's oversight powers in order to achieve political gain.\nI caution my colleagues who have placed political expediency ahead of moderation. Your votes later today will forever change this institution. Imagine a future where this body utilizes the most severe of its constitutional tools to continually put the oppositional party on trial. And with that, I yield back.\nHe then released a statement on Twitter following the approval of the two articles for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.\nThis vote was a political stunt aimed at reversing the votes of 63 million Americans who put the president in office. I voted with a resounding no. I applaud the three Democrats who joined a united Republican conference in opposition. I continue to warn others that scoring cheap political points is not worth leaving a lasting stain on this institution. They need to understand the American public is tired of the games and want real results out of Washington.\nHe also took a shot at Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tweeting a picture of Pelosi with the captionThe moment Speaker Pelosi reprimands her Democrats for high-fiving and celebrating winning of the partisan impeachment sham vote. #PoliticsAsUsual.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/thompson-announces-appointment-braden-zukowski-saxonburg-us-naval", "Thompson Announces Appointment of Braden Zukowski of Saxonburg to the U.S. Naval Academy", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", "thompson", "https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "HOWARD, Pa. \u2013 Today, Representative Glenn \u2018GT' Thompson announced that Mr. Braden Zukowski of Saxonburg, has accepted a fully-qualified appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.\n\nBraden Zukowski is a senior at Knoch High School, and he is the son of Brad Zukowski and Shauna Braun-Zukowski.\n\n\"Braden is a shining example of what leadership looks like,\" said Rep. Thompson. \"His hard work and dedication to excellence in and out of the classroom are all qualities that will make a great midshipman. I'm confident he will continue to excel during his time at the Naval Academy.\"\n\nNot only is Braden a leader in the classroom, he has also excelled in sports serving as the captain of the Knoch High School swim and cross country teams. He is also an active member of the Chemistry, Spanish, History, and Robotics clubs, as well as a National Honor Society member.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/thompson-announces-appointment-peter-van-cise-julian-us-air-force", "Thompson Announces Appointment of Peter Van Cise of Julian to the U.S. Air Force Academy", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", "thompson", "https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "HOWARD, Pa. \u2013 Today, Representative Glenn \u2018GT' Thompson announced Mr. Peter Van Cise of Julian, Pennsylvania has accepted a fully-qualified appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy.\n\nPeter Van Cise is a senior at Bald Eagle Area High School, and he is the son of Ann Van Cise and Dana Van Cise, an Air Force veteran. He is the youngest of seven children.\n\n\"Peter has excelled in the classroom, on the soccer field, and in his community as a true leader,\" said Rep. Thompson. \"I know that his hard work as a student will serve him well as he starts his military career in the Air Force Academy. Peter has continually demonstrated a sincere commitment to service, and I wish him all the best in this exciting new venture.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://toomey.senate.gov?p=news&id=2546", "Toomey, Durbin Introduce Bill to Add Ireland to E-3 Non-Immigrant Visa Program", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Patrick Toomey", "T000461", "toomey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.-- Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Dick Durbin (D-Il.) introduced bipartisan legislation to add Ireland to the E-3 non-immigrant visa program.  The bill would allow Irish nationals annual access to any unused E-3 visas from the previous fiscal year.  In exchange, Ireland intends to provide Americans expanded access to work visas in Ireland.  A similar bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI-05) and Richard Neal (D-MA-01) passed the House of Representatives last Congress by voice vote.\n\"America has long benefited from the contributions of people who have come to this country willing to work hard,\" said Senator Toomey. \"This bipartisan bill continues that tradition by allowing highly skilled Irish workers to apply for the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program. I appreciate Senator Durbin working with me on this worthwhile measure.\"\n\"From our earliest days as a nation, America and Ireland have been united by unbreakable bonds of friendship and family, and by a shared commitment to liberty and freedom,\" said Senator Durbin.\"Our proposal is a commonsense measure that would further strengthen America's special relationship with Ireland.  I'm committed to working to quickly pass this bipartisan legislation, as well as other critically-needed fixes to our broken immigration system.\"\nThe E-3 treaty professional visa is a temporary work visa currently limited to citizens of Australia.  Up to 10,500 E-3 visas may be granted each year and the visas are valid for up to two years on a renewable basis.  Qualifying jobs in the U.S. for which an E-3 visa may be obtained require a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a specialty occupation.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/fitzpatrick-castro-statement-global-child-thrive-act-markup", "Fitzpatrick, Castro Statement on Global Child Thrive Act Markup", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Brian Fitzpatrick", "F000466", "fitzpatrick.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTONCongressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Co-Chair of the International Basic Education Caucus, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Commissioner of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), and Congressman Joaquin Castro(TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Vice Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and member of the House Intelligence and Education and Labor Committees, today released the following statement on the markup of their bipartisan, bicameral legislation, The Global Child Thrive Act:\nAs an FBI Agent, one of my greatest concerns has always been the welfare of children, not just children in the United States but children across the globe. I applaud my colleagues on the Foreign Affairs committee for marking up the Global Child Thrive Act today and passing it unanimously,said Congressman Fitzpatrick. I encourage House leadership to bring this legislation to the floor and pass it with the same urgency that we did in Committee. It is of the utmost importance that we help other countries help their children. As we all know, focusing on children is focusing on our future.\nThe approval of this important legislation in the House Foreign Affairs Committee marks an important step forward. Our most cherished treasure, young children across the world deserve the opportunity for dignity and success. Despite progress we have made in reducing child mortality and improving quality of life for children across the world, serious challenges remain in ensuring children in developing countries are able to reach their potential. This legislation guarantees that when the U.S. invests abroad, kids and their families will not be forgotten, said Congressman Castro. Our bill directs relevant federal departments and agencies to incorporate early childhood development into their work and builds on existing interagency collaboration. There is no more cost-effective, worthwhile cause than early childhood development, and I applaud my HFAC colleagues for reinforcing our resolve.\nBACKGROUND: The Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005 created the U.S. Government Special Advisor on Children in Adversity, who is tasked with coordinating all U.S. assistance to orphans and other vulnerable children among U.S. departments and agencies, among other responsibilities. The Global Child Thrive Act builds upon that foundation by strengthening the implementation of policies that advance early childhood development internationally.\nThe bill expands the number of agencies over which the Special Advisor has explicit authority to coordinate early childhood development policies. It also directs the U.S. Agency for International Development to engage relevant executive agencies to incorporate early childhood development into current programming over the next five years. To incorporate early childhood development into current programming, the agencies would:\n Build on the evidence and priorities outlined in Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity: A U.S. Government Strategy for International Assistance 2019-2023;'\n\tIdentify evidence-based strategic priorities, indicators, outcomes, and targets to support inclusive early childhood development;\n\tSupport the design, implementation, and evaluation of pilot projects in partner countries, with the goal of taking them to scale;\n\tSupport bureaus, working groups, and task-forces implementing relevant sector strategies and public laws, and;\n\tFocus on improving coordination with foreign governments and international and regional organizations with respect to official country policies and plans for early childhood development.\n # # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/cbs-21-covers-congressman-kellers-thoughts-impeachment-december-19-2019", "CBS 21 covers Congressman Keller's thoughts on impeachment - December 19, 2019", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "CBS 21, Sinclair Broadcasting", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/here-s-what-centre-county-s-representatives-washington-said-about-impeachment", "Heres what Centre Countys representatives in Washington said about impeachment", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "While theHouse of RepresentativesimpeachedPresidentDonald Trumpfor abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Centre County's representatives stood in opposition to the decision  calling it an unfair political stunt aimed at undermining the electoral process.\nOnWednesday, representatives voted  nearly along party lines  and approved two articles of impeachment against Trump, making him the third president in United States history to face removal by the Senate.Two Democratsopposed the first article on abuse of power, which accused Trump of using his power to solicit election assistance from Ukraine, but it passed 230 to 197.Three Democratsjoined Republicans and voted against the second charge, obstruction of Congress. The vote was 229 to 198.\nU.S. Rep.Glenn Thompson, R-Howard Township, and U.S. Rep.Fred Keller, R-Kreamer, voted against both articles of impeachment. Both said the impeachment process was not supported by facts, evidence or reason.\nThe vote was a political stunt aimed at reversing the votes of 63 million Americans who put the president in office, Thompson said in a statement.\nThompson said he voted with a resounding no.\nI applaud the three Democrats who joined a Republican conference in opposition, Thompson said. I continue to warn others that scoring cheap political points is not worth leaving a lasting state on this institution. They need to understand the American public is tired of the games and want real results out of Washington.\nThe moment Speaker Pelosi reprimands her Democrats for high-fiving and celebrating winning of the partisan impeachment sham vote. #PoliticsAsUsual\nKeller tweeted throughout the day and called the impeachment vote the culmination of years of unwarranted investigations, baseless accusations and a blind partisan disdain for Trump.\nOne thing is clear from the debate so far: Today's impeachment vote is the culmination of the disdain some career Democrats have for the fact that President @realDonaldTrump has accomplished more for the American people in 3 years than they have in their entire political careers.\nAccusing House Democrats of abandoning all respect for the Constitution and due process, Keller said Democrats had no facts to prove Trump committed an impeachable offense. After the vote, Keller accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrats of using their political power to attack and tear down their opponents.\nFrom where we stand today, it is difficult to tell who will treat House Democrats more harshly: voters or history, Keller said in a statement.\n\"Today's vote to impeach the President is the culmination of years of unwarranted investigations, baseless accusations, and a blind partisan disdain for President Trump that has caused House Democrats to abandon all respect for the Constitution and due process.\"\nThe process now moves to the Republican-controlled Senate, which will prepare and hold a trial.\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellsaidthe trial would likely happen in January. After the trial, the Senate will conduct a public vote on whether to convict Trump and remove him from office. A two-thirds majority vote is needed to remove the president from office.\nU.S. SenatorsBob Casey Jr. a Democrat  andPat Toomey a Republican  will act as jurors in the Senate trial.\nIn astatement, Toomey said he hopes the Senate will be fair  unlike the process in the House. Toomey said Pelosi and Chairmen Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff denied the president due process.\nIn a Senate trial, House impeachment managers should be permitted to make their case, and the president's lawyers should be able to make their defense, Toomey said. At the conclusion of these presentations, the Senate can then decide what further steps may be necessary.\nCasey called Wednesday a sad day in our nation's history and said the investigation was conducted in a deliberate, fair and serious manner, reflective of the grave nature of the charges against the president.\nWhen it was revealed in September that President Trump pressured a foreign government to investigate a political opponent, I believed it was a textbook case of abuse of power that demanded action. As a result, I have supported the House inquiry since its initiation this fall.\nThis investigation has been conducted in a deliberate, fair and serious manner reflective of the grave nature of the charges against the President.\nInSeptember, Casey called for Trump's impeachment, saying that Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate political opponents is a textbook case of abuse of power.\nIn order to hold President Trump fully accountable, I support a formal impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives, Casey said.\nThe articles of impeachment havenot yet been deliveredto the Senate but are could to be presented by House managers in January.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/us-house-members-pennsylvania-explain-impeachment-votes", "U.S. House members from Pennsylvania explain impeachment votes", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "As the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump, Pennsylvania's delegation stuck to party lines when casting their individual votes.\nWith the 18-member delegation split evenly between the two political parties, the state's nine Democrats voted in favor of the articles of impeachment and the nine Republicans voted against.\nIn both comments from the floor of the House and on social media, a number of lawmakers made their arguments justifying their decisions.\nRep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., speaks Dec. 18, 2019, as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington.\nIt's with profound sadness that I stand here today in support of these articles of impeachment, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, a Democrat, said during the debate. President Trump's behavior is exactly what our founders feared most. They knew that with the awesome power of the presidency came the risk of a president abusing that power for personal gain. They were particularly concerned about an executive who became entangled with foreign governments, corrupted our elections, or sought to avoid consequences for his own misconduct in office.\nWhile Scanlon argued that the president's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was evidence of a high crime as defined in the U.S. Constitution, Rep. Dan Meuser, a Republican, saw exactly the opposite.\nAbuse of power? Not according to the Ukraine, Meuser said during his floor remarks. President Zelensky confirmed many times that there was no quid pro quo, no action taken, and significant military aid was delivered without anything in return. Of course, his words have been conveniently dismissed.\nTo Meuser, the impeachment effort marked a concerted effort by the Democratic Party to overturn the will of the voters at a time when Trump's policies are bearing fruit.\nOur communities are benefiting greatly from President Trump's agenda  a booming economy, secure border, better trade deals, and a stronger military, he said. Unfortunately, inside the halls of Congress, Democrats' obsession with impeachment is all-consuming.\nRep. Brendan Boyle, a Democrat, insisted that the president's crimes were so self-evident that there was no need to lay out a case.\nUltimately, the matter before us today is not a question of fact, for the evidence is undisputed, he said during House debate. Nor is it a question of law, as the Constitution is clear. The heart of the matter is this: Will members of this House have the courage to choose fidelity to the Constitution over loyalty to their political party?\nRepublican Guy Reschenthaler said the entire impeachment process was more about the 2020 election than anything that had taken place during the president's term.\nDemocrats are terrified that President Trump is going to win reelection, he said. They can't beat him on the merits. So Democrats are caving to their far left radical base. And they're using the thoughts and feelings and the assumptions of some unnamed bureaucrats rather than relying on facts and law to impeach a duly elected president.\nRep. Fred Keller, a Republican, argued on Twitter that watching the debate showed that Democrats were pursuing a preordained result.\nOne thing is clear from the debate so far: Today's impeachment vote is the culmination of the disdain some career Democrats have for the fact that President @realDonaldTrump has accomplished more for the American people in 3 years than they have in their entire political careers, he wrote.\nDemocrat Madeleine Dean, on the other hand, saw the proceedings as a necessary evil.\nToday is not about hatred of one man, she wrote on Twitter. It is about love. Love of country. It's about our generational duty  protecting this country for all the Americans yet to come. No one wishes to be where we are today  but this is where we are called to be.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/wgal-covers-congressman-kellers-thoughts-impeachment-december-19-2019", "WGAL covers Congressman Keller's thoughts on impeachment - December 19, 2019", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WGAL covers Congressman Keller's thoughts on impeachment - December 19, 2019", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/wjac-covers-congressman-kellers-reaction-wednesdays-impeachment-vote-december-19", "WJAC covers Congressman Keller's reaction to Wednesday's impeachment vote - December 19, 2019", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WJAC covers Congressman Keller's reaction to Wednesday's impeachment vote - December 19, 2019", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-bill-naming-laceyville-post-office-after-hunts-healing", "Congressman Fred Keller bill naming Laceyville Post Office after Hunts for Healing founder advances from committee", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller announced on Thursday that his bill, H.R. 4279 to name the Post Office in Laceyville, Wyoming County, after Melinda Mindy Gene Piccotti, an Air Force veteran and community leader who founded Hunts for Healing, advanced from the House Oversight and Reform Committee.\n\nStarted in 2009, Hunts for Healing aims to help wounded soldiers returning from military missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and other combat veterans transition back into civilian life by allowing them to experience the joys of hunting, including social interaction and comradery.\n\nOn the advancement of the legislation, Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) said the following:\n\nAs a testament to her life and service, the bill to name the Laceyville Post Office for Mindy Gene Piccotti has received bipartisan support from the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation and the House Oversight and Reform Committee.\n\nMindy's dedication to helping her fellow veterans return to civilian life is a lasting legacy that shows her selflessness and her sense of our society's continuing need to serve those who safeguard our freedom.\n\nNaming the Laceyville Post Office in her honor is a fitting and appropriate display of the indelible mark she continues to leave on countless heroes.\n\nI am proud to see this legislation move forward and hope it will soon pass the full House.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-votes-against-articles-impeachment", "Congressman Fred Keller votes against articles of impeachment", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) made the following statement today after voting against both articles of impeachment:\n  \n\tI was proud to stand up for the Constitution and the rule of law by voting to oppose both articles of impeachment.\n\nToday's vote to impeach the President is the culmination of years of unwarranted investigations, baseless accusations, and a blind partisan disdain for President Trump that has caused House Democrats to abandon all respect for the Constitution and due process.\n\nDemocrats have not proven one single fact or come up with one single piece of evidence proving President Trump committed an impeachable offense. Rather, by spending years engaged in this impeachment farce, Democrats have played directly into the hands of those who wish to sow political discord in this country.\n\nFrom where we stand today, it is difficult to tell who will treat House Democrats more harshly: voters or history.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-votes-support-united-states-mexico-canada-agreement", "Congressman Fred Keller votes to support United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) voted in support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Thursday as the President's America-first trade deal made its way through the US House of Representatives.\n\nWith its elimination of Canada's Class 7 milk pricing program and provisions for increasing U.S. corn and soybean exports, the USMCA will make a huge difference to the thousands of family farms throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania.\n\nStatewide, the USMCA is set to bolster 17,000 agricultural and 42,000 manufacturing jobs. Nationally, it is expected to result in $68 billion in economic activity.\n\nOn the passage of the USMCA, Congressman Fred Keller made the following statement:\n\nThe USMCA is a huge win for farmers and workers in central and northeast Pennsylvania, who have been left behind by unfair trade deals for too long. It is a shame it took nearly a year for Speaker Pelosi to bring this important trade deal to a vote while House Democrats obsessed over impeaching President Trump. Our economy is booming, and the USMCA will only add fuel to the fire of growth and prosperity we are experiencing under the Trump Administration.\n\nI thank President Donald Trump and his administration for making this America-first trade deal possible.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://kelly.house.gov/press-release/kelly-usmca-win-american-workers-and-farmers", "Kelly: USMCA a Win for American Workers and Farmers", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Today, the United States House of Representatives passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a landmark trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). U.S. Representative Mike Kelly voted in favor of passing USMCA and issued the following statement:\n\"Western Pennsylvanians know that NAFTA was a raw deal for our region, so I was proud to vote in favor of USMCA, President Trump's new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that puts our workers and farmers first. USMCA is a major victory for Americans, and now it will finally move forward and help build on the best economyour countryhas experienced in half a century.\"\nRep. Kelly's Speech on the House Floor in Support of USMCA\n####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://kelly.house.gov/press-release/kelly-votes-against-articles-impeachment", "Kelly Votes Against Articles of Impeachment", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Kelly Votes Against Articles of Impeachment                                           \n              Dec 18, 2019      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n          \n  \n    \n    \n    Washington, D.C. - This evening, the United States House of Representatives passed two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) released the following statement after voting 'NO' on both articles:\n\"I was proud to stand with President Trump against this charade by voting against both articles of impeachment. It's ironic that House Democrats accuse President Trump of abusing his power as they blatantly abuse theirs by pursuing a purely partisan impeachment of a duly-elected president. We know thiswasnever about protecting the Constitution, upholding oaths of office, or any of the otherself-righteous reasons Democrats are using to justify it, because they committed to this the day the president was elected. The effort to remove him from office has always been about political vengeance and damaging his 2020 re-election campaign.\"\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://meuser.house.gov/media/press-releases/meuser-statement-house-passage-usmca", "Meuser Statement on House Passage of the USMCA", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Daniel Meuser", "M001204", "meuser.house.gov", "meuser", "https://meuser.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) issued the statement below following House passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA):\n\n\"America continues to thrive under President Trump's successful policies. Today's House passage of the USMCA is a historic trade deal for our country, and a big win for workers, farmers, and manufacturers in Pennsylvania and across the nation.\n\n\"The agreement will continue to drive growth by adding $68 billion to the U.S. economy and creating 176,000 jobs across the country. Trade with Canada and Mexico supports more than 470,000 jobs in Pennsylvania alone, and more than 42,000 jobs in Pennsylvania depend on manufacturing exports to these countries. Canada and Mexico are also some of the most important markets for Pennsylvania's agricultural exports. This deal will create a more balanced trade relationship with our North American partners and improve market access for our producers and processors \u2013 especially for our dairy and poultry farmers.\n\n\"The President's negotiation of this critical deal will establish free, fair, and reciprocal trade for our nation and allow for the high-quality foods and products that come from Pennsylvania's Ninth District to be enjoyed worldwide.\n\n\"I look forward to the job creation and economic opportunity it will produce for our country, which will only continue to prosper.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://perry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402467", "OP-ED: It's time to take the offensive in the war on PTSD", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Scott Perry", "P000605", "perry.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer and his team came under such heavy enemy fire near the Afghan village of Ganjigal that it sounded to him like they were surrounded by static electricity. Despite imminently life-threatening dangers, he intentionally made five forays headlong into a hail of gunfire, killing several enemy insurgents while evacuating two dozen Afghan soldiers and recovering the bodies of four Americans, including three of his team members.\n\nA hero by any stretch of the definition, Sgt. Meyer became the first living Marine in more than four decades to receive a Medal of Honor \u2013 America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration awarded for extraordinary acts of valor.\n\nBut his heroism came at a great personal cost \u2013 the war came home with him.\n\nAnxious, quick to anger and unable to get the war out of his head, Sgt. Meyer was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He is far from alone.\n\nThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates between 11 and 20 percent of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Veterans have PTSD in a given year; 12 percent of Gulf War Veterans; and, 15 percent of Vietnam Veterans suffer with PTSD annually. Sadly, only 40 percent of our heroes will find relief with current treatments.\n\nLeft untreated, PTSD can be debilitating, leading to a decline in quality of life and causing significant medical, mental health, interpersonal, and social impairment. More threatening though, PTSD has a strong link to suicide risk, with the lack of effective treatment now seen as a major contributing factor in the grisly number of Veteran suicides that have soared to roughly 20 per day.\n\nUnacceptable.\n\nBecause we have a moral duty to do everything we can to ease the suffering of Veterans and their families who have risked everything to protect our Freedoms and American way of life, I have created landmark legislation that would provide our hometown heroes with unrestricted access to a promising treatment.\n\nRecipients like Sgt. Meyer describe a nearly immediate benefit from this treatment alternative, with improvements reported within minutes to days of the procedure.\n\n\u201cIt feels like a million pounds is taken off me,\u201d said Sgt. Meyer. \u201cIt\u2019s like if you took in being downtown New York City in rush hour traffic to all of a sudden driving down a quiet country road with nowhere to be.\u201d\n\nConsidered a low-risk pain procedure when administered by a trained clinician only a few times a year, SGB was first recognized as a treatment for PTSD in 2008. But as of 2018, only 11 out of America\u2019s 143 VA facilities reported using the procedure to treat PTSD. In addition, a Veteran first have must fail traditional PTSD treatments before they can be considered for an SGB treatment.\n\nUltimately, my legislation, the Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy or (TREAT) PTSD Act, would direct the Veterans Affairs secretary to expand access to SGB therapy to all Veterans upon their diagnosis of PTSD by making it a covered treatment under federal law.\n\nWhile SGB is by no means a PTSD cure-all, it is believed by many to potentially revolutionize the way PTSD is handled. And for many Veterans who have tried it, it is seen as a lifesaving gateway that calms their reactions so they can be more traditional therapies.\n\n\u201cYou can\u2019t ever think about fixing stuff when you\u2019re in the heat of the fire,\u201d said Sgt. Meyer. \u201c(SGB) puts the fire out and allows you to really think about what you need to do to keep the fire from coming back.\u201d\n\nBy providing our Veterans a path to treatment access, space and breathing room they have thus far been denied, we can provide them a well-earned road to compassion, healing and prosperity. And in a world that could use a little more unity, that\u2019s a road that can bring us all home together.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthaler-s-statement-opposing-democrats-tax-break-wealthy", "Reschenthalers Statement on Opposing Democrats Tax Break for the Wealthy", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.Today, Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) released the following statement on his vote in opposition of H.R. 5377, legislation to restore tax cuts for blue state millionaires and billionaires. This bill repeals provisions of the historic 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by President Donald Trump.\n\nHouse Democrats' tax bill would require hardworking Pennsylvanians to subsidize a tax break for the coastal elite. Instead of working with Republicans to make tax cuts permanent for middle-class families and small businesses, Democrats are restoring a tax provision under which the vast majority of the benefits go to those making more than $200,000 a year, including millionaires and billionaires.\n\nThanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the work of the Trump Administration, the United States is experiencing an economic resurgence that has resulted in millions of new jobs, historically low unemployment, rising wages, and record-level consumer and business confidence. I will continue to support pro-growth policies that help families and workers in southwestern Pennsylvania achieve the American dream.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthaler-votes-against-democrats-partisan-impeachment-scam", "Reschenthaler Votes Against Democrats\u2019 Partisan Impeachment Scam", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", "reschenthaler", "https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Less than three months after Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched the Democrats' partisan impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach a president with votes from a single political party for the first time in our nation's history. Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.Res. 755, the Democrats' sham articles of impeachment, and joined all House Republicans and three House Democrats in voting against the measure.\n\n\"House Democrats can't beat President Trump on the merits, so they caved to their far-left base and used the thoughts and feelings of a few unelected bureaucrats, rather than relying on facts of law, to impeach a duly elected president,\" said Reschenthaler. \"As a lawyer, I would defend this case in court every single day. As a former judge, I would dismiss this case for lack of merit because the facts just aren't there. This is nothing more than a political hit job.\"\n\nAs a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Reschenthaler has been on the front lines fighting the Democrats' rushed attempt to undo the results of the 2016 election. Earlier this month, Reschenthaler offered a motion to subpoena the whistleblower for a deposition in an executive session, which would allow him or her to maintain their anonymity. Chairman Nadler and House Democrats voted against the motion, preventing Members of Congress from learning the truth about the origins of the Ukrainian allegations. Similarly, during a committee hearing last week, Reschenthaler made a point of order to ask Chairman Nadler about withholding evidence from Republican lawmakers.\n\n\"Before President Trump was even sworn into office, House Democrats were obsessed with overturning the will of the American people, and they have prioritized their sham impeachment over solving our nation's border crisis or fixing our crumbling roads and bridges,\" said Reschenthaler. \"Our nation deserves better.\"\n\nTo view Reschenthaler's remarks on the House floor, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthaler-votes-trump-s-trade-deal-create-jobs-grow-us-economy", "Reschenthaler Votes for Trumps Trade Deal to Create Jobs, Grow U.S. Economy", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.Today,Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) votedforthe United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiated by President Donald Trump which will create 176,000 American jobs and generate more than $68 billion in new economic activity. This agreement passed the House by a strong bipartisan vote of385 to 41andnow heads to the Senate for ratification.\n\nOver a year ago, President Trump signed a deal on USMCA, achieving a historic victory for workers and farmers in southwestern Pennsylvania and throughout the nation, said Reschenthaler. After months of delays by Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats, I am proud to vote to ratify this long overdue deal that will bring our trade policy into the 21st century. Thank you to President Trump for negotiating an agreement that holds Mexico and Canada accountable and generates new economic opportunities for American workers and families. \n\nBecause of Pennsylvania's strong trade ties with Canada and Mexico, the state will benefit greatly from USMCA. In 2017 alone, Pennsylvania exported over $10 billion worth of goods to Canada and over $4 billion worth of goods to Mexico. Nearly 500,000 jobs across the state are supported by U.S. trade with our North American neighbors. By removing the red tape and barriers to trade, USMCA will empower job creators to grow their businesses and hire even more workers.\n\nImportantly, USMCA improves access to international markets for many of the industries that drive our state's economy. Pennsylvania farmers currently export over $1 billion in goods each year to Canada and Mexico. This agreement creates even more export opportunities by eliminating Canada's protectionist dairy program and opening access for chicken, eggs, and turkey exports.\n\nU.S. manufacturing is another key sector that will enjoy new protections under the USMCA. The deal includes stronger rules of origin, meaning more goods and materials, including Pennsylvania steel, will be manufactured in the U.S. The USMCA also includes the first digital trade chapter in any trade agreement. Further, the agreement puts in place new labor standards that will force Mexico toend its efforts to gain a competitive edge by undercutting American workers. \n\nPresident Trump has already fostered an economic resurgence through his pro-growth policies, and the USMCA will further that progress for years to come, said Reschenthaler. I look forward to the Trump Administration's continued work to improve our nation's trade agreements.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthaler-votes-trumps-trade-deal-create-jobs-grow-us-economy", "Reschenthaler Votes for Trump\u2019s Trade Deal to Create Jobs, Grow U.S. Economy", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", "reschenthaler", "https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) voted for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiated by President Donald Trump which will create 176,000 American jobs and generate more than $68 billion in new economic activity. This agreement passed the House by a strong bipartisan vote of 385 to 41 and now heads to the Senate for ratification.\n\n\"Over a year ago, President Trump signed a deal on USMCA, achieving a historic victory for workers and farmers in southwestern Pennsylvania and throughout the nation,\" said Reschenthaler. \"After months of delays by Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats, I am proud to vote to ratify this long overdue deal that will bring our trade policy into the 21st century. Thank you to President Trump for negotiating an agreement that holds Mexico and Canada accountable and generates new economic opportunities for American workers and families. \"\n\nBecause of Pennsylvania's strong trade ties with Canada and Mexico, the state will benefit greatly from USMCA. In 2017 alone, Pennsylvania exported over $10 billion worth of goods to Canada and over $4 billion worth of goods to Mexico. Nearly 500,000 jobs across the state are supported by U.S. trade with our North American neighbors. By removing the red tape and barriers to trade, USMCA will empower job creators to grow their businesses and hire even more workers.\n\nImportantly, USMCA improves access to international markets for many of the industries that drive our state's economy. Pennsylvania farmers currently export over $1 billion in goods each year to Canada and Mexico. This agreement creates even more export opportunities by eliminating Canada's protectionist dairy program and opening access for chicken, eggs, and turkey exports.\n\nU.S. manufacturing is another key sector that will enjoy new protections under the USMCA. The deal includes stronger rules of origin, meaning more goods and materials, including Pennsylvania steel, will be manufactured in the U.S. The USMCA also includes the first digital trade chapter in any trade agreement. Further, the agreement puts in place new labor standards that will force Mexico to end its efforts to gain a competitive edge by undercutting American workers.\n\n\"President Trump has already fostered an economic resurgence through his pro-growth policies, and the USMCA will further that progress for years to come,\" said Reschenthaler. \"I look forward to the Trump Administration's continued work to improve our nation's trade agreements.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthalers-statement-opposing-democrats-tax-break-wealthy", "Reschenthaler\u2019s Statement on Opposing Democrats\u2019 Tax Break for the Wealthy", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", "reschenthaler", "https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) released the following statement on his vote in opposition of H.R. 5377, legislation to restore tax cuts for blue state millionaires and billionaires. This bill repeals provisions of the historic 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by President Donald Trump.\n\n\"House Democrats' tax bill would require hardworking Pennsylvanians to subsidize a tax break for the coastal elite. Instead of working with Republicans to make tax cuts permanent for middle-class families and small businesses, Democrats are restoring a tax provision under which the vast majority of the benefits go to those making more than $200,000 a year, including millionaires and billionaires.\n\n\"Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the work of the Trump Administration, the United States is experiencing an economic resurgence that has resulted in millions of new jobs, historically low unemployment, rising wages, and record-level consumer and business confidence. I will continue to support pro-growth policies that help families and workers in southwestern Pennsylvania achieve the American dream.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-lloyd-smucker-r-pa-released-following-statement-after-he-voted-0", "CONGRESSMAN LLOYD SMUCKER (R-PA) RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AFTER HE VOTED AGAINST H.R. 1158 & H.R. 1865 \u201cFISCAL YEAR 2020 APPROPRIATIONS\u201d", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Lloyd Smucker", "S001199", "smucker.house.gov", "smucker", "https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) released the following statement after he voted against H.R. 1158 & H.R. 1865, \"Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations\"\n\n\"This process is becoming too familiar \u2013 taking government funding down to the wire, massively increasing spending levels, and then spending above those increased levels without implementing any meaningful spending reforms.\"\n\n\"We were given less than 24 hours to review a two-part 2,313-page bill that funds every single part of the government. While the bill has some provisions I strongly support, such as increasing funding for our military, providing servicemembers a 3.1% pay raise, increasing funding for the NIH, repealing harmful taxes that were implemented by the Affordable Care Act, and numerous others, combining sweetener provisions with legislation that has not been adequately debated is not the right way to govern. This spending package will increase our national deficit and further saddle taxpayers with growing interest payments on our national debt.\"\n\n\"We have had months to work in a bipartisan manner to responsibly fund the federal government, yet my Democrat colleagues chose to focus all of their time on partisan impeachment proceedings and leave their legislative duties until the last possible week to pass critical policies. Today's legislation feeds Washington's addiction to spending instead of curbing it and grows the size of the bloated federal government. We owe it to the American people to do what they sent us to Washington to do - our jobs.\"\n\nBackground\n\nCongressman Smucker has been an advocate for reforming the federal budget process. In the last Congress, he introduced the Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform Act (H.R. 4911), that would have created a joint commission to review the federal budget process and make recommendations on how to make improvements. This commission would have been bipartisan/bicameral and include relevant members of the Executive Branch. The Congressman has also been an advocate for ending governing by crisis. He introduced The Government Shutdown Prevention Act in the last Congress and this one, which would provide an automatic CR for an appropriation bill not complete before the end of the fiscal year. Federal funding would be continued at 95 percent of previous levels on the day the automatic CR enters effect. If appropriations bills, or CR, are not passed 60 days after the new fiscal year, funding would be reduced by an additional two percent, and funding levels would be reduced an additional two percent during each subsequent 60-day period.\n\n###\n\nFor updates, subscribe to Congressman Smucker's newsletter here.\n\nFollow me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Instagram.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/smucker-supports-united-states-mexico-canada-usmca-agreement", "Smucker Supports United States \u2013 Mexico \u2013 Canada (USMCA) Agreement", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Lloyd Smucker", "S001199", "smucker.house.gov", "smucker", "https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Lloyd Smucker issued the following statement in support of today's vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA):\n\n\"Today I am proud to finally vote on the USMCA. The new United States- Mexico- Canada Agreement, negotiated by President Trump and his team is a big win for Pennsylvania and the people of Lancaster and York Counties. This trade agreement is an improvement over NAFTA in virtually every way. The deal will add more than 176,000 new jobs, over $68 billion in new economic activity, and create new opportunities for Americans in every sector of our economy.\" Smucker said.\n\n\"This agreement is tremendously important for PA-11, specifically due to the new dairy and poultry market access in Canada. During the meetings I hosted with Trade Ambassador Lighthizer, Larry Kudlow and Peter Navarro, the President's top trade negotiators, I shared that Lancaster County is one of the top dairy-producing counties in the nation and the over 1,700 dairy farm operations in Lancaster represent a quarter of the dairy farms across Pennsylvania. Lancaster County is also one of the most productive in the nation for broilers, poultry, and eggs. The Trump administration listened to our concerns and under the USMCA Canada would eliminate their price control systems which effectively locked-out America's dairy industry.\"\n\n\"At a time when many of our exporting businesses are facing uncertainty, the USMCA will expand access to critical markets in both Mexico and Canada. Both of these neighboring countries purchase more U.S.- made goods than our next to 10 trading partners combined. The USMCA will further foster this continental relationship, ensuring a future of long-term growth for American businesses. The strength of this agreement will also give President Trump and his administration more leverage in trade negotiations with China.\"\n\nAdditionally, the bill brings our North American trade agreement into the 21st century by including provisions on digital trade, and intellectual property for the first time. This new agreement will improve and modernize trade for American farmers, American manufacturers, and every one of my constituents in PA-11.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/pa-federal-lawmakers-weigh-impeachment-president-trump", "PA Federal Lawmakers weigh in on impeachment of President Trump", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Federal Lawmakers from Pennsylvania weighed in with their response to last night's vote to impeach President Trump.\nI think what's happening is they're trying to undo the election, undo the votes that 63 million Americans cast for Donald J. Trump in the last election, said Congressman Glenn Thompson, (R), PA-15.\nImpeachment is a remedy that our founders provided to us in these circumstances where we believe that an executive has abused power. There's only one remedy and that's impeachment, said Senator Bob Casey, (D), Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/johnstown-redevelopment-authority-receives-arc-grant", "Johnstown Redevelopment Authority Receives ARC Grant", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", "thompson", "https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, U.S. Representatives Glenn \"GT\" Thompson (PA-15) and John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13) announced the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority (JRA) as the recipient of a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The $1,396,497 grant will be used for the Johnstown Urban Industrial Park Connector Street project.\n\n\"We are ecstatic to receive this funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission to commence work on the industrial connector road to the Johnstown Urban Industrial Park,\" said Melissa Komar, Executive Director for JRA. \"For decades this land has remained unused and not able to be accessed. This additional funding is what we need to begin the work and is paramount to continue our efforts to push for heavy industry and manufacturing within the city of Johnstown.\"\n\n\"The Johnstown Connector Street project has the potential to create nearly 400 new jobs,\" said Rep. Thompson. \"The grant will cover 100% of project costs and contribute to utilizing the more than 100 acres available in the Urban Industrial Park, which has great potential for development and brining additional jobs to the area.\"\n\nThe project includes the construction of new access road connecting Iron Street to Johnstown Urban Industrial Park in Cambria County, PA. This new roadway will create access to ten developable properties located next to major transportation corridors, including the east-west U.S Route 22 and the north-south U.S. Route 219.\n\n\"By investing nearly $1.4 million in our community, this Appalachian Regional Commission grant will support critical infrastructure updates, as well as create jobs and expand economic opportunities in Johnstown and across the region,\" said Rep. Joyce. \"This is great news for Johnstown and I am encouraged by the immense potential of this project.\"\n\nThe Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will administer the project and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will serve as the basic federal agency for the project.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/thompson-votes-yes-usmca-trade-agreement", "Thompson Votes Yes on USMCA Trade Agreement", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", "thompson", "https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5430, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 385-41. The agreement is the first major overhaul of U.S. trade policy with Mexico and Canada since the passage of NAFTA in 1993. After the vote, Congressman Glenn \u2018GT' Thompson issued the following statement:\n\n\"Today's vote is a major win for farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and 12 million American workers who support the $1.4 trillion of trade within North America annually,\" said Rep. Thompson. \"I'm pleased the playing field will be leveled for dairy farmers, thanks to the elimination of Canada's Class 6 and 7 milk pricing programs that have unfairly limited exports for years. This agreement will help bring U.S. trade policy into the 21st century. With a $2 billion projection of agricultural exports annually, USMCA is a strong catalyst for economic growth in rural America.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://toomey.senate.gov?p=news&id=2544", "Toomey, Casey Applaud Confirmation of Three U.S. District Court Judges for Pennsylvania", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Patrick Toomey", "T000461", "toomey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Following the confirmations of Judge Robert Colville to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Karen Marston and John Gallagher to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) released the following statements:\n\"I am pleased the Senate confirmed Judge Robert Colville, Karen Marston, and John Gallagher to the federal bench in Pennsylvania,\" said Senator Toomey. \"They are remarkably experienced attorneys who I am confident will serve with fairness and integrity. I am especially pleased that John Gallagher will fill a vacant seat in Allentown.\"\n\"I am pleased that the Senate confirmed three more federal judges to the district courts in Pennsylvania,\" said Senator Casey. \"Nominated by both President Obama and President Trump, Judge Rob Colville brings to the federal bench two decades of distinguished service on the Court of Common Pleas in Allegheny County . I am pleased that the Senate has finally confirmed his nomination. Karen Marston has served her communities admirably as a 5th grade school teacher, law professor and federal prosecutor. John Gallagher has dedicated his career to public service and law enforcement, including as a prosecutor and a police officer. These nominees bring impressive legal experience and a diversity of perspectives that will serve them well on the federal bench. They have the character, intellect and independence to serve fairly and impartially on the federal bench.\"\nSince 2011, Senators Toomey and Casey have worked together, in a bipartisan fashion, to fill vacancies on the federal bench in Pennsylvania. Together they have now vetted, recommended, and confirmed 27 Federal District Court Judges for Pennsylvania. Only two states - New York and Texas - have had more district court judges confirmed to their federal benches during this time.\nBackground Judge Robert Colville: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania    Robert Colville is a judge on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, where he currently presides over a civil litigation calendar, including complex commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining the bench in 2000, Judge Colville practiced at Piertragallo, Bosick & Gordon, where he handled all manner of civil litigation, including products liability and insurance defense cases. Upon graduation from law school, Judge Colville clerked for Justice Ralph J. Cappy of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Judge Colville received his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law and his B.A. from Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Karen Marston: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania   Karen Marston serves as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where she is Chief of the Office's Narcotics and Organized Crime section. Ms. Marston previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina, receiving the Department of Justice Director's Award in 2002. Ms. Marston has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Ms. Marston earned her B.A. from Davidson College and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Wake Forest University School of Law, where she served as an Articles Editor on the Wake Forest Law Review  John Gallagher: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania   John Gallagher is an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where he is the Chief of the Allentown Branch Office. Before joining the United States Attorney's Office, Mr. Gallagher held leadership positions in both the Miami and Philadelphia Police Departments and also served as a New York City Police Officer from 1989 to 1994. Mr. Gallagher was also a White House Fellow in the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2001, serving as Counsel to Attorneys General Janet Reno and John Ashcroft. Mr. Gallagher earned his B.S. from Long Island University and his J.D. from New York Law School.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/house-prepares-impeachment-vote-members-focus-trump-call-transcript", "As House prepares for impeachment vote, members focus on Trump call transcript", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "As the House moved forward with a historic debate Wednesday ahead ofthe likely impeachment of President Donald Trump, many members remained fundamentally divided along party lines on the basic facts of the inquiry and what they mean.\nDemocrats interviewed Wednesday werecertain the president violated his oathof office by pressuring a foreign leader to interfere in the 2020 election for his personal gain. Most Republicans, meanwhile, are adamant that Trump did nothing inappropriate at all.\nFor me, it was very clear after hearing overwhelming evidence from witness after witness after witness of what our president tried to do with American resources, really holding another country hostage for political gain, I think Congress has no choice but to go forward with this vote, said Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas.\nIn a July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trump asked that Ukraine work with his personal attorney and the attorney general on two investigations targeting his political opponents. One involved claims of Ukrainian involvement in the hack of Democratic National Committee emails in 2016, and the other involved former Vice President Joe Biden's efforts to force Ukraine to fire its prosecutor general, which Trump alleged was intended to protect Biden's son from a corruption investigation.\nCiting testimony at impeachment hearingsby current and former officials, Democrats assert the call was part of a monthslong campaign by the Trump administration to pressure Zelenskiy to publicly announce the investigations in exchange for military aid or a White House meeting with the president. Republicans stress none of those witnesses directly heard President Trump condition the aid on the investigations.\nWhat [House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam] Schiff, [House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry] Nadler and the speaker have done is put forth a narrative based on innuendo, hearsay, and really no proof, said Rep. Fred Keller, R-Penn.\nDemocrats havefiled two articles of impeachmentfor abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Lawmakers agree the rough transcript of President Trump's phone call with Zelenskiy, released by the White House in September, is the most important piece of evidence, but they appear to be interpreting what was said very differently.\nYou can't mix official business with political, said Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore. You can't ask a foreign government to interfere in elections. It's illegal.\nSchrader noted Trump first broached the idea of Zelenskiy doing a favor by investigating Democrats immediately after the Ukrainian president mentioned the need for U.S.-made anti-tank missiles. However, he acknowledged not every agrees with his reading.\nThe transcript is the overwhelming piece of material that influences my vote, he said. I don't know how you can interpret it differently, but a lot of friends of mine, a lot of family have done so.\nA lot of his Republican colleagues havetoo. They insist Trump's concerns about corruption were genuine and he was acting in the best interests of the country.\nI didn't see anything that was even close to impeachable. I saw a president that was trying to be a fiduciary for taxpayers, said Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas.\nRepublicans also point to public statements by Zelenskiy denying he felt pressured by President Trump, and they emphasize the military aid was eventually released in September without the investigations being announced after Congress began inquiring about it.\nThe Ukrainian government states there was no pressure, no ask, nothing was given in return, said Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Penn. That's why this is such a partisan vote.\nHowever, Democrats remain dubious of Trump's motives. They say he never mentioned corruption as an issue to Zelenskiy and only brought up specific investigations of his political opponents based on conspiracy theories and misinformation.\nThough Republicans have spoken broadly of alleged Ukrainian efforts to influence the 2016 election, Trump's comments to Zelenskiy explicitly referenced his inaccurate understanding that the DNC server that was hacked by Russians was somehow connected to Ukraine. His allegations against Biden also overlooked the fact that many allies were also seeking the removal of the prosecutor.\nThis was something where, yes, there are situations all the time where presidents try to get countries to do certain things, withhold aid to do that, said Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa. But it's never the case there's a withholding of aid so the country can do the president a personal political favor. That is unacceptable.\nThough Republicans argue voters should decide Trump's fate in the 2020 election, Democrats warn he may continue seeking foreign assistance to win that race. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, observed that when questioned about what he wanted from Zelenskiy on the White House lawn, Trump told reporters he wanted Ukraine and China to open investigations of Biden.\nIf we don't put him in check, of course he's going to keep doing it, Escobar said. He's going to keep on doing it until there's nothing left of our democracy.\nRep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., said he wasreluctant to support impeachment, but the two things the founders of the nation were most concerned about was foreign interference in elections and overreach by the executive.\nAt the end of the day, I think it's unavoidable that there was a scheme that was created by the president, carried out not only by him but by his lieutenants like Mr. Giuliani, Morelle said, referring to Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, in an attempt to use the national security and the national interest of the American government to advance his own agenda.\nRepublicans reject Democrats' protestationsthat they were hesitant to proceed with impeachment, citing comments made by some lawmakers as early as spring 2017 urging Trump's removal from office.\nIt was clear from the get-go the objective was impeachment. All they needed was a crime, said Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, adding, Objectively, after looking at it as deeply as I can, there's not a crime there.\nUnlike many in the GOP who echoed President Trump's claims that the call was perfect, Rep. Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., said aspects of the conversation with Zelenskiy were troubling, but he believes they do not rise to the level of an impeachable offense.\nHe shouldn't have referenced Biden in any way, shape, or form in the conversation, Mitchell said. That's the only direct piece of evidence besides presumptions, assumptions, I don't like what he said.' If we start impeaching presidents if we don't like what they say, we should have started a while ago. We should have started with LBJ.\nSenate Republicans watching this all play out say the House has failed to compile sufficient evidence to make a case against Trump, and they expect that will make iteasy for them to dispatch the trialquickly when it comes before them in January.\nIt's just light on facts and heavy on emotion, said Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. That's not the way you want the impeachment process to go.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/lawmakers-support-defense-bill", "Lawmakers support defense bill", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressional passage of the National Defense Authorization Act has received support from local lawmakers.\nSenate approval of the $738 million spending bill Tuesday comes a week after the House passed the measure 377-48.\nI was proud to support the NDAA reauthorization to continue strengthening our military and standing up for the men and women who serve our nation,U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer, said.This bill provides a raise for our troops, creates the Space Force, and takes constructive steps on combatting certain PFAS chemicals. I'll continue working with my colleagues and President Trump to make sure our forces have what they need to keep us safe at home and abroad.\nU.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, also voted in favor of the legislation.\nHe could not be reached for comment.\nThe defense bill is part of a new bipartisan budget deal that fills in the details for $1.4 billion across government for the year.\nCongress has an obligation to ensure that our military has the resources necessary to respond to any threat to American security. I am pleased that the NDAA builds on the progress we've made in recent years to achieve this goal,U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Zionsville, said. Among the numerous positive provisions included in the NDAA are two that I led in the Senate. The first is the bipartisan Otto Warmbier BRINK Act that expands sanctions on the North Korean economy in response to Pyongyang's dangerous missile program and its flagrant disregard for human rights. The second will improve public awareness regarding of the potential risks posed by PFAS.\nThe NDAA also includes a measure I supported that provides our government with the tools to sanction illicit opioid manufacturers, cartels, and the banks that finance them. This will help to combat the flow of deadly fentanyl into our country. However, the omission of a separate bipartisan measure I authored to withhold certain aid from any foreign government failing to cooperate with our government in reducing illicit fentanyl trafficking is a missed opportunity.\nAlso supporting the bill was U.S. Rep. Robert Casey, D-Scranton.\nThe bill reaffirms that the U.S. maintain a minimum of 11 aircraft carriers and provides the initial appropriations for the midlife refueling of the USS Harry S. Truman.\nIn addition, it provides 12 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees for birth, adoption and fostering.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/pa-lawmakers-explain-impeachment-vote-president-donald-trump", "Pa. lawmakers explain impeachment vote of President Donald Trump", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Pennsylvania lawmakers offered plenty of spoilers ahead of the impeachment vote in the House of Representatives.\nThe state's congressional delegation made their positions clear in the days beforethe House's historic vote to impeach President Donald Trump Wednesday. The state's nine Democratic House members said they'd vote to impeach the president, while Pennsylvania's nine Republican House members said they opposed the impeachment effort.\nAll of Pennsylvania's House members did as they said they would, casting their votes along party lines.\nTrump faces two articles of impeachment charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The House impeachment effort focuses on Trump's pushing the president of Ukraine to investigate Democratic rivals.\nEven though the vote fell along party lines, the Keystone State's congressional delegation offered different perspectives. Here's a rundown of lawmakers' views, including statements made on the House floor Wednesday and statements they offered in the days ahead of the vote.\nU.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Bucks County Republican, criticized President Trump's conduct. But he derided the House impeachment effort led by Democrats as overtly partisan. Julia Hatmaker | jhatmaker@pennlive.com\nRep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R\n1st District\nFitzpatrick, a Bucks County Republican, said he opposes impeachment but also criticized Trump's conduct. Fitzpatrick's district is almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.\nLet me be clear: President Trump's call with President Zelensky showed poor judgement,\" he said in a statement Tuesday. \"Law enforcement matters must always remain separate and distinct from political matters.\nBut he scorched the House Democratic leaders' handling of the impeachment effort.\nThis impeachment inquiry has violated every investigative principle, has violated Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Nadler's own impeachment standard, has been entirely partisan, and has been wholly divisive. From the very start it was never designed by House leadership to be a genuine fact-finding mission.\nRep. Brendan Boyle, D\n2nd District\nThis is the fourth impeachment proceeding against an American president and the most serious, the Philadelphia Democrat said on the House floor Wednesday. The president committed numerous crimes, threatening the national security.\"\nRep. Dwight Evans, D\n3rd District\nImpeachment is a solemn and historic task,\" the Philadelphia Democrat said in a statement before the vote Wednesday.\nWith the outrageous, ongoing conduct of President Trump, impeachment is necessary for upholding our oath of office and the Constitution, Evans said. Benjamin Franklin said after the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia that we have a republic, if you can keep it.' House Democrats intend to keep it.\nRep. Madeleine Dean, D\n4th District\nThe Montgomery County Democrat said with her vote, House lawmakers are speaking to future presidents. She posed questions to fellow lawmakers on the House floor Wednesday.\nWhen is it ever right for a president to coerce a foreign power to interfere in our elections? she asked. When is it ever right for a president to intimidate a foreign leader into announcing false investigations into a political rival?\nRep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D\n5th District\nIt's with profound sadness that I stand here today in support of these articles of impeachment,\" Scanlon, a Delaware County Democrat, said on the House floor Wednesday.\nPresident Trump's behavior is exactly what our founders feared most,\" she said. \"They knew that with the awesome power of the presidency came the risk of a president abusing that power for personal gain.\nShe said the president \"used the highest office in our government, and taxpayer dollars, to pressure a foreign country to interfere in our election.\nRep. Chrissy Houlahan, D\n6th District\nHoulahan, a Chester County Democrat, said Monday she would vote to impeach.\nThe president used the power of his office to advance his own personal, political interests rather than those of our nation,\" she said. Disturbingly, he did this in an effort to undermine the upcoming 2020 election and in order to damage a political opponent.\nRep. Susan Wild, D\n7th District\nThe Lehigh Valley Democrat, a freshman, said the testimony in recent weeks compelled her to support the impeachment effort.\nIn a statement, she said, It is beyond clear to me that President Trump, through his interactions with Ukrainean ally under attack by Russiaabused the powers of his office to put his own political interests above the interests of the American people.\nRep. Matt Cartwright, D\n8th District\nIn an op-ed published in USA Today this week, Cartwright said he had been one of the most vocal Democrats urging restraint ahead of the impeachment inquiry. But he said he feels advancing impeachment articles to the Senate is warranted.\nI believe there is sufficient evidence of these things to warrant further proceedings,\" Cartwright wrote inthe op-ed. \"So I will vote to send this matter to the Senate, where at long last we may well hear an innocent explanation for all of it. Despite every indication that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has prejudged the outcome, I hope he will join us in a serious endeavor to find the truth.\nRep. Daniel Meuser, R\n9th District\nThe Republican freshman, who represents Berks and Lebanon counties, derided the impeachment charade.\nDemocrats' obsession with impeachment is all-consuming, Meuser said on the House floor. Is this how Democratic leadership chooses to represent the people of America.\nRep. Scott Perry, a York County Republican, has repeatedly defended President Trump and opposed the impeachment effort. July 30, 2019 Sean Simmers | ssimmers@pennlive.com\nRep. Scott Perry, R\n10th District\nPerry, whose district includes Dauphin, Cumberland and York counties, has been a staunch defender of Trump. The York County Republican took to the House floor Wednesday to oppose the impeachment effort and said House Democrats were abusing the power of their offices.\nOur system demands evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors, Perry said on the House floor. If such evidence existed, there would be an agreement in this chamber but there's not. There is not an agreement because there is not evidence.\nRep. Lloyd Smucker, R\n11th District\nThe Lancaster County Republican spoke on the House floor and asked: how much is the trust of the American people worth?\nSmucker defended the president as a disrupter and a deal-maker. He also denounced Democrats for what he described was a long-term effort to oust Trump from office.\nDirecting his remarks to Democrats on the House floor, Smucker said, After the vote today, for what you think is a short-term partisan gain, you can be sure that the American people will have lost trust that their vote counts.\"\nRep. Fred Keller, R\n12th District\nToday's vote to impeach the President is the culmination of years of unwarranted investigations, baseless accusations, and a blind partisan disdain for President Trump that has caused House Democrats to abandon all respect for the Constitution and due process, Keller said in a statement shortly after the vote.\nDemocrats have not proven one single fact or come up with one single piece of evidence proving President Trump committed an impeachable offense,\" said Keller, whose district includes Perry, Juniata and several other counties. Rather, by spending years engaged in this impeachment farce, Democrats have played directly into the hands of those who wish to sow political discord in this country.\nRep. John Joyce, R\n13th District\nJoyce, whose district include parts of Cumberland County and several other central Pa. counties, has characterized the House effort as the impeachment sham.\nThis impeachment circus has never been about the facts, Joyce said on the House floor Wednesday. \"This process has always been about seeking revenge for the President's election in 2016 and attempting to prevent him from winning again in 2020.\nMadam Speaker, I wholeheartedly oppose this partisan and shameful effort to impeach our democratically-elected President.\nRep. Guy Reschenthaler, R\n14th District\nThe Republican said last week, At the end of the day, you don't have the facts to make out the case.\nIf we're arguing the law, I'll sit here and argue it all night because the law is on our side, he said last week.\nRep. Glenn Thompson, R\n15th District\nImpeachment has been a foregone conclusion for the Democrats. By politicizing the most severe powers reserved for Congress, they will undoubtedly leave a lasting stain on the institution, Thompson said in a statement last week. After considering all of the information presented, I have only heard emotional arguments that do not rise to the level of impeachment. Therefore, I will not vote in favor of the articles of impeachment.\nRep. Mike Kelly, R\n16th District\nI'm voting against this impeachment, Kelly told Fox News Wednesday.\nOn the impeachment effort, Kelly said, It's a sham. It's worse than that. It's a real shame for this country.\nRep. Conor Lamb, D\n17th District\nThe western Pennsylvania Democrat said last week he would vote to impeach.\nWhat President Trump did was wrong, he wrote on Facebook. \"I hoped he would take responsibility & put this incident behind us. But he hasn't. Instead, he insists the call was perfect, which means he would do it again.\nThe evidence is clear. The standard is the standard. I will vote to impeach.\nRep. Michael Doyle, D\n18th District\nDoyle said last week he'd vote to impeach the president.\nI believe that the evidence is overwhelming that the President abused his power and obstructed Congress, both of which are impeachable offenses under the Constitution, Doyle wrote on Twitter.\nWhat's next\nThe impeachment effort is expected to begin in the Senate after the new year. And that will mean Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators will have to weigh in on whether the president should be impeached.\nU.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., supported the House launching an impeachment inquiry.In an October interview with PennLive, Casey said, You have to check that kind of an abuse of power.\nU.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., has said Trump committed no crime. Toomey has said Trump's dealings with the Ukraine president were inappropriate but don't rise to the level of impeachable conduct.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/weny-covers-congressman-kellers-thoughts-impeachment-vote-december-18-2019", "WENY covers Congressman Keller's thoughts on impeachment vote - December 18, 2019", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Skip to main content\n  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n    \n  \n    \n  \n        \n            \n              \n                                \n                                \n                                        Representing the 12th District of Pennsylvania\n              \n          \n          \n  \n        \n  \n                \n    \n      \n  \nAbout\nCommittees and Caucuses\nOur District\nVotes and Legislation\nContact\nEmail Me\nNewsletter Subscription\nOffices\nRequest a Meeting\nWebsite Problem\nIssues\nPennsylvania's 12th Congressional District\nEnergy\nAgriculture\nInfrastructure\nJobs/Workforce Development\nHealth\nSurvey\nMedia\nPress Releases\nIn the News\nServices\nArt Competition\nCommendations and Greetings\nFlags\nGrant Applicants\nHelp with a Federal Agency\nInternships\nMilitary Academy Nominations\nTours and Tickets\n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n                \n    \n      \n    \n  \n  \n                \n    \n          \n  \n  \n  \n    \n      \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n          You are here\nHome\nMedia\nIn the News\n        \n    \n  \n    \n                WENY covers Congressman Keller's thoughts on impeachment vote - December 18, 2019\n                        \n  \n                \n    \n      \n  \n    \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    December 18, 2019  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    In The News  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    Matt Knoedler, WENY  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    WENY covers Congressman Keller's thoughts on impeachment vote - December 18, 2019  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n  \n  \n    \nIssues:\nPennsylvania's 12th Congressional District\n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n          \n  \n    \n  \n              Media\n            \n    \n      \n  \nPress Releases\nIn the News\n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n      \n    \n  \n    \n  \n    \n  \n                \n    \n      \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n    \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n              \n            \n    \n      \n        \n  \n  \n      \n        \n      \n          \n  \n  1717 Longworth HOB\nWashington, DC 20515\n  Phone: (202) 225-3731\n    \n              \n  \n      \n          \n  \n  \n713 Bridge Street\nRoom 29\nSelinsgrove, PA 17870\n  Phone: (570) 374-9469\n    \n              \n  \n      \n          \n  \n  \n181 West Tioga Street\nSuite 2\nTunkhannock, PA 18657\n  Phone: (570) 996-6550\n    \n              \n  \n      \n          \n  \n  \n1020 Commerce Park Drive\nSuite 1A\nWilliamsport, PA 17701\n  Phone: (570) 322-3961\n    \n              \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n    \n  \n                \n    \n      \nCopyright\nPrivacy\nHouse.gov", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://meuser.house.gov/media/press-releases/meuser-statement-house-impeachment-vote", "Meuser Statement on House Impeachment Vote", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Daniel Meuser", "M001204", "meuser.house.gov", "meuser", "https://meuser.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) issued the statement below following his vote strongly opposing the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump:\n\n\"Tonight marks the culmination of a nearly three-year effort to nullify the lawful election of President Donald J. Trump. Since the day he was sworn in, the priority of House Democrats has been to scrutinize, delegitimize, charge with crimes, and remove from office the duly-elected President of the United States.\n\n\"The process, players, and underlying proof at the heart of this impeachment have been fundamentally flawed and brazenly biased.\n\n\"Democrat leadership has stacked the deck at every stage of this process: cherry-picking rehearsed witnesses, hiding exculpatory evidence, limiting dissenting views, and denying the President meaningful participation and due process.\n\n\"Chairmen Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff have led this impeachment process by presuming the President's guilt and racing towards a predetermined outcome. Chairman Nadler, along with two-thirds of the Democrat Judiciary Committee membership, voted to advance impeachment before any call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky took place. Equally disturbing, Intelligence Committee Chairman Schiff has a record of being untruthful to the American people about the details of his investigation, basic facts, and his staff's interaction with \u2018the whistleblower.'\n\n\"Even with a flawed process led by partisan players, Democrats still failed to provide any proof of Presidential wrongdoing. After months of polling and focus group testing aimed at creating the most politically advantageous allegations against our President, Democrat leadership arrived at \u2018abuse of power' and \u2018obstruction of Congress.' These vague terms attempt to mask the fact that months of congressional investigations have produced one simple and undeniable fact: President Trump did not commit an impeachable offense.\n\n\"Not only are these articles vague, they are easily dispelled. President Zelensky's confirmation of \u2018no pressure' and \u2018no quid pro quo' immediately negates the validity of any charge of Presidential \u2018abuse of power.' The President has inherent Constitutional executive authorities and privileges. If House Democrats classify the utilization of those authorities as an \u2018obstruction of Congress,' every President since Jimmy Carter \u2013 and every President moving forward \u2013 would and will be impeached.\n\n\"Democrat leadership failed to exhaust all Constitutional avenues to settle a dispute between the legislative and executive branches. Fearing it would slow down the neck-breaking pace of their impeachment proceedings, Speaker Pelosi actually said, \u2018we cannot be at the mercy of the courts.' If you refuse to engage with the Judicial branch, you forfeit your right to assert \u2018obstruction of Congress.'\n\n\"This entire year has been a period of opportunity lost. Rather than working to improve the lives of the American public, this Democrat-led Congress has focused its full time and attention on passing partisan legislation and driving political outcomes. I look forward to the new year of 2020 and enacting legislation to benefit seniors, veterans, farmers, and families. As the Senate will hold a fair trial to evaluate this case \u2013 without presumption \u2013 I am 100 percent confident the President will not be removed from office. In spite of the Democrats' desperate tactics to win the White House by removing the President, the people will ultimately decide who will be elected in 2020.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://perry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402402", "Perry Rejects Partisan Impeachment Push", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Scott Perry", "P000605", "perry.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Perry Rejects Partisan Impeachment Push \r\n    \r\n     \r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      Washington,\r\n      December 18, 2019\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n    \r\n      Congressman Scott Perry offered the following statement after voting to reject the Articles of Impeachment against President Donald J. Trump:  \r\n  \r\nThe Framers of our Constitution insisted that impeachment is for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, not political games. I've sat in on every impeachment hearing except one, to include the interviews held in secret. This process has nothing to do with fact-finding or getting to the bottom of wrongdoing; it's about personal and political vendettas and a relentless pursuit to override the will of the American People. In good conscience, and abiding by the Constitutional Oath I swore, I could not support these Articles of Impeachment.  \r\n  \r\n\r\n    \r\n        \r\n            \r\n        \r\n        \r\n            Congressman Scott Perry (PA-10) took to the House floor to oppose the Articles of Impeachment. Watch the floor remarks here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/thompson-votes-no-impeachment", "Thompson Votes No On Impeachment", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", "thompson", "https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Res. 755, a resolution impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress by a vote of 230-197-1 and 229-198-1 respectively. Three Democrats joined House Republicans in their bipartisan opposition. The resolution, including two articles of impeachment, will now make its way to the Senate for a trial. Upon conclusion of the House vote, Congressman Glenn \u2018GT' Thompson issued a statement:\n\n\"This vote was a political stunt aimed at reversing the votes of 63 million Americans who put the President in office. I voted with a resounding \"NO.\" I applaud the three Democrats who joined a united Republican conference in opposition. I continue to warn others that scoring cheap political points is not worth leaving a lasting stain on this institution. They need to understand the American public is tired of the games and want real results out of Washington.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://toomey.senate.gov?p=news&id=2542", "ICYMI: Toomey, Van Hollen Applaud North Korea Sanctions in NDAA", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Patrick Toomey", "T000461", "toomey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) hosted a press conference today on the North Korean sanctions they authored that are included in the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).\nSenators Toomey and Van Hollen were joined by Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Fred and Cindy Warmbier, whose son Otto died after being imprisoned in North Korea for over a year and for whom the legislation is named.\nSenator Toomey said:\n\"This was a fight of over two years to get to this point. It's all about holding the appalling regime in North Korea accountable for the nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that they have been developing that are a real threat to Americans and to American allies. And to hold this regime accountable for the horrendous and appalling human rights violations - especially what happened to Otto Warmbier. I appreciate the tremendous support from Senator Van Hollen, and our partnership with Senators Portman and Brown, to get this measure across the finish line on behalf of the Warmbier family.\"\nYou can watch the full press conference here.\nThe Otto Warmbier Banking Restrictions Involving North Korea (BRINK) Act offers foreign banks a stark choice: continue business with North Korea or maintain access to the U.S. financial system. It would impose mandatory sanctions on the foreign banks and companies that facilitate illicit financial transactions for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). You can read more about this measure here.\n(Left to right: Senator Toomey, Senator Brown, Cindy Warmbier, Fred Warmbier, Senator Portman, Senator Van Hollen)\n(Left to right: Senator Toomey, Senator Van Hollen, Senator Portman, Cindy Warmbier, Fred Warmbier)\n(Left to right: Senator Brown, Senator Toomey, Senator Van Hollen, Senator Portman, Cindy Warmbier, Fred Warmbier)\nPhoto credit: United States Senate", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://toomey.senate.gov?p=news&id=2543", "Senator Toomey Statement on Impeachment", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Patrick Toomey", "T000461", "toomey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released the following statement regarding the U.S. House of Representatives impeaching President Trump:\n\"Today marks the culmination of a highly partisan process that achieved a longstanding goal of many House Democrats: impeaching President Trump.\n\"It is my hope that the process in the Senate will be fair, unlike the process in the House where the controversial tactics used by Speaker Pelosi and Chairmen Nadler and Schiff broke with bipartisan precedent and denied the president the due process rights afforded to past presidents.\n\"In a Senate trial, House impeachment managers should be permitted to make their case, and the president's lawyers should be able to make their defense. At the conclusion of these presentations, the Senate can then decide what further steps may be necessary.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/fitzpatrick-statement-impeachment", "Fitzpatrick Statement on Impeachment", "2019-12-17", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Brian Fitzpatrick", "F000466", "fitzpatrick.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTONSecond only to declaring war, impeaching a President and overturning the results of an election is the most significant action that Congress can take. Impeachment is a constitutional nuclear option of last resort. Historical precedent demands that this only occurs in the most extreme of circumstances, and should happen only after a formal law enforcement investigation where independent, non-partisan factual findings of criminal activity are presented to Congress.\nAs a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, any legitimate investigation must be completely nonpartisan, must be 360 degrees in its scope, must leave no stone unturned, must not prejudge the outcome, must follow the facts wherever they lead and must report those facts with unimpeachable integrity.\nNone of those elements have occurred here.This rushed impeachment inquiry was poisoned from the very start when House leadership made the irresponsible decision to place this investigation in the hands of Chairman Schiff's Intelligence Committee rather than referring the matter to law enforcement to conduct the fact-finding. In addition to dangerously politicizing an incredibly important national security committee, which will take years to recover from, this irresponsible decision broke with long-standing historical precedent in our nation regarding impeachment inquiries on multiple fronts. As a result, we were left with partisan politicians from both parties arguing over presumptions and perceptions rather than having an indisputable evidentiary record and bipartisan agreement on the facts.\nIn March of this year, Speaker Pelosi told the Washington Post, Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. Chairman Nadler himself has stated, There must never be a narrowly voted impeachment or an impeachment substantially supported by one of our major political parties and largely opposed by the other. Such an impeachment would lack legitimacy, would produce divisiveness and bitterness in our politics for years to come. And will call into question the very legitimacy of our political institutions.\nLet me be clear: President Trump's call with President Zelensky showed poor judgement. Law enforcement matters must always remain separate and distinct from political matters. Decisions on whether to open a law enforcement investigation, whether to close a law enforcement investigation and what investigative steps to take in conducting an ongoing law enforcement investigation, are decisions that should be made by law enforcement and law enforcement alone. This is necessary both for the substantive integrity of an investigation as well as maintaining the public's trust and confidence in the results of an investigation.\nThis impeachment inquiry has violated every investigative principle, has violated Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Nadler's own impeachment standard, has been entirely partisan, and has been wholly divisive. From the very start it was never designed by House leadership to be a genuine fact-finding mission. By pursuing an entirely partisan path with an artificial timeline and a predetermined outcome, and with the issue at hand being as serious as the overturning of the results of an election, House leadership has set a very dangerous precedent for our nation, and one which I will not support.\nIt is incumbent upon all of us in our community, regardless of how you have viewed this entire situation, to do our part to heal our nation from this very divisive environment. Our nation cannot sustain the divisive tone that we are currently experiencing. We must talk to each other and treat each other with respect, we must try to see the world through other people's eyes, and we must never forget that there is far more that unites us as Americans. Each and every one of us must do our part to lower the volume and to bridge the gap. Each and every one of us has a responsibility to hold ourselves to this high standard. The future of our democracy, and the future of our nation, depends on it.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rural-broadband-improvement-measures-pass-us-house", "Rural broadband improvement measures pass U.S. House", "2019-12-17", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Two bills geared toward improving rural broadband access have cleared the U.S. House of Representatives, according to U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-12), who co-sponsored the legislation.\nIn an announcement Monday, Keller highlighted H.R. 4229  The Broadband DATA (Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability) Act  which changes how broadband service availability data is gathered, verified, and reported. It also creates requirements for data collected by broadband providers, while enabling the submission of independent data challenging the accuracy of FCC broadband maps, according to theCongress.gov. The other piece of legislation, H.R. 4227  the MAPS Act  makes it unlawful to willfully, knowingly, or recklessly submit inaccurate broadband coverage information or data (mapping data) to the Federal Communications Commission,\nBoth bills were introduced into the House in September.\nA report released last summer by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania and Penn State University showed a discrepancy between true internet speeds when compared to the FCC maps that rely on data provided by internet service providers. According to the study, more than 11 million broadband speeds from across the commonwealth were tested throughout 2018. The finding was that most median speeds did not qualify as broadband under the FCC's guidelines. Utilizing the FCC's guidelines, the report's authors added that there were no states that had at least 50% broadband connectivity and speeds were substantially slower in rural areas. When combined with historical data from 15 million residential tests, the discrepancy between numbers reported by internet service providers had become much more substantial since 2014.\nExpanding broadband data service coverage throughout Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District is one of the most crucial infrastructure projects we are working to achieve, Keller said. Having robust broadband data service coverage throughout our rural district will allow us to achieve our full economic potential and help our region become the driving force it is primed to be.\nBoth bills will now move on to the U.S. Senate.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://perry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402400", "Perry Again Demands Overhaul of Federal Spending Process", "2019-12-17", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Scott Perry", "P000605", "perry.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Scott Perry blasted Congressional leadership for continued fiscal mismanagement, after the House of Representatives passed a 2,300 page, year-long spending package only 12 hours after the text was made available to Members of Congress and the public. At a time while when the United States economy is experiencing the longest sustained period of growth in history, we keep jeopardizing that success with haphazard planning and lack of fiscal discipline. Not one of my constituents sent me to Washington to bankrupt our Nation or heap unconscionable debt onto our backs, or those of our children, Perry said. And we get a bill of this magnitude 12 hours before a vote?  This is a breathtakingly negligent way to govern in so many ways; and I voted against it. The omnibus spending package cleared the House in two parts.  The first (House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 1158 / the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020: Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and Homeland Security) passed the House 280 - 138.  The second half (House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 1865 / the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Energy and Water, Interior, Legislative Branch; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, and Housing) passed the House 297 - 120.  We desperately need bipartisan leadership to overhaul the spending process. Perry concluded.  The Senate and the President must approve the measures before December 20, 2019 to avert a government shutdown.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthaler-votes-fund-national-security-programs-eliminate-obamacare-taxes", "Reschenthaler Votes to Fund National Security Programs, Eliminate Obamacare Taxes", "2019-12-17", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", "reschenthaler", "https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) voted for two measures - H.R. 1158 and H.R. 1865 \u2013 to fund the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2020. Federal government funding is currently set to expire at midnight on Friday. Both measures passed the House by strong, bipartisan votes and now head to the Senate for consideration.\n\n\"While this was not a perfect deal, I supported today's funding measures because they ensure the safety and security of our nation and eliminate burdensome Obamacare taxes on middle-class families and American businesses,\" said Reschenthaler. \"I am grateful to Ranking Member Kay Granger and my Republican colleagues on the Appropriations Committee for their work to maintain pro-life and Second Amendment protections and remove Democrat provisions that would have hindered domestic energy production and undercut border security efforts. I look forward to working on future funding measures that address the needs of southwestern Pennsylvania. \"\n\nSpecifically, H.R. 1158 funds programs administered by the Departments of Defense, Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, and the Treasury. The bill provides $1.375 billion in new border wall funding and protects the president's ability to use other funding for immigration and border enforcement activities. It also includes a 3.1% pay raise for our troops and provides a $22 billion increase in defense funding to rebuild our military after years of neglect by the Obama Administration.\n\nSimilarly, H.R. 1865 funds programs administrated by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Interior, Veterans Affairs, State, Transportation, and Housing. It increases funding for rural broadband programs by $642 million and provides $5.7 billion for substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and research to address our nation's opioid epidemic. Further, H.R. 1865 repeals three harmful Obamacare taxes \u2013 the Cadillac Tax, Health Insurance Tax, and Medical Device Tax. The measures also includes a number of tax extenders and other provisions supported by Reschenthaler including:\n\nA provision to extend the medical expense deduction, which allows individuals to write off health care costs above 7.5% of their yearly income.\n\nA seven-year reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank.\n\nAn extension of the National Flood Insurance Program through the remainder of the fiscal year.\n\nThe SECURE Act which will help improve retirement security for all Americans.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/thompson-votes-favor-fiscal-year-2020-appropriations", "Thompson Votes In Favor of Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations", "2019-12-17", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", "thompson", "https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1158 and H.R. 1865, a pair of bills to fund government operations through Fiscal Year 2020 by a vote of 280-138 and 297-120 respectively.\n\nCongressman Thompson voted in support of H.R. 1158, which funds defense and homeland security operations, and in favor of H.R. 1865, which funds domestic spending. Upon conclusion of the votes, Congressman Glenn \u2018GT' Thompson issued the following statement:\n\n\"While no appropriations package of this magnitude is going to be perfect, I voted to support our critical defense and national security operations that keep our country\u2014and the men and women defending it\u2014safe. This includes $1.375 billion in new border wall funding, while maintaining presidential authority over construction and border security operations.\n\nSimilarly, the second vote contained significant domestic policy advancements, particularly for rural America, in the form of substance abuse prevention and resources to combat the national opioid epidemic, as well as increases to rural broadband and rural development programs, which help foster an environment for economic growth and opportunity.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://toomey.senate.gov?p=news&id=2541", "Toomey Statement on NDAA Passage", "2019-12-17", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Patrick Toomey", "T000461", "toomey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) issued the following statement regarding his decision to support enactment of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):\n\"Congress has an obligation to ensure that our military has the resources necessary to respond to any threat to American security. I am pleased that the NDAA builds on the progress we've made in recent years to achieve this goal.\n\"Among the numerous positive provisions included in the NDAA are two that I led in the Senate. The first is the bipartisan Otto Warmbier BRINK Act that expands sanctions on the North Korean economy in response to Pyongyang's dangerous missile program and its flagrant disregard for human rights. The second will improve public awareness regarding of the potential risks posed by PFAS.\n\"The NDAA also includes a measure I supported that provides our government with the tools to sanction illicit opioid manufacturers, cartels, and the banks that finance them. This will help to combat the flow of deadly fentanyl into our country. However, the omission of a separate bipartisan measure I authored to withhold certain aid from any foreign government failing to cooperate with our government in reducing illicit fentanyl trafficking is a missed opportunity.\"\nBackground\nDefense Priorities in NDAA  \n \n3.1 percent pay raise for troops\nFunds modernization priorities outlined in the National Defense Strategy\nProvides military aid to America's allies\n \nPFAS Measures in NDAA  \n \nRequires the EPA to collect data from PFAS manufacturers on the past production of these chemicals\nDirects the U.S. Geological Survey to perform nationwide PFAS sampling\nIssues guidance on how to dispose of and destroy PFAS\n \nBRINK ActThe BRINK Act offers foreign banks a stark choice: continue business with North Korea or maintain access to the U.S. financial system. It would impose mandatory sanctions on the foreign banks and companies that facilitate illicit financial transactions for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). You can read more about this measure here.\nFentanyl Measure in NDAAThe Fentanyl Sanction Act is the first-ever fentanyl sanctions bill that would apply pressure on the Chinese government to honor their commitment to control all types of fentanyl and provide the U.S. with more tools and resources to go after illicit traffickers in China, Mexico, and other countries. You can read more about this measure here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/lawmakers-proposals-go-congress", "Lawmakers proposals go before Congress", "2019-12-16", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer, is co-sponsoring a bill the lawmaker claims will reduce prescription drug prices.\nAmericans pay too much for health care and one of the biggest contributors to rising health care costs is the high price of many prescription drugs,he said.As such, I am co-sponsoring the Lower Costs, More Cures Act, bipartisan legislation that will stop skyrocketing prescription drug prices by encouraging innovation and competition, increasing transparency, and promoting more low-cost options.\nKeller said he is hopeful that the legislation will pass because it will bring about meaningful reforms in prescription drug prices.\nWe have talked with many professionals in the district, including doctors, and they said it is a good solution,he said.\nThe bill is in response to a drug prescription bill pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which he said will lead tohigher prices, fewer cures and put the country on the road to socialized medicine.\nThat legislation, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, awaits a vote by the House, possibly this week.\nThe bill includes provisions intended to make prescription drugs more affordable for Medicare recipients. A key provision would require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate prices for some drugs.\nMeanwhile, the Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, has passed the full Senate.\nCasey, along with U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., introduced the bill to overhaul the way over-the-counter medications are regulated and brought to market.\nThe legislation seeks to streamline the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulatory system, ensuring oversight and speeding up the years-long approval process for new over-the-counter medications.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/keller-co-sponsored-rural-broadband-expansion-bills-clear-house", "Keller co-sponsored rural broadband expansion bills clear House", "2019-12-16", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) announced two bills he co-sponsored that will help with rural broadband expansion unanimously passed the United States House of Representatives Monday:\n\nH.R. 4229  The Broadband DATA Act would help the Federal Communications Commission better determine where rural broadband is needed by collecting granular data on service availability, putting strict parameters on how and what data is collected, and providing a mechanism to challenge coverage area maps created by the FCC.\n\nH.R. 4227  The MAPS Act makes it unlawful to knowingly, willfully, or intentionally submit inaccurate broadband service coverage data.\n\nExpanding broadband data service coverage throughout Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District is one of the most crucial infrastructure projects we are working to achieve, Congressman Keller said. Having robust broadband data service coverage throughout our rural district will allow us to achieve our full economic potential and help our region become the driving force it is primed to be.\n\nThe passage of these bills is the latest in a line of Congressman Keller working to expand rural broadband access for Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District.\n\nEarlier this year, Congressman Keller met with Claverack Electric Cooperative where he discussed the need and potential for rural broadband deployment throughout the district.\n\nCongressman Keller has also announced a number of federal grants for local governments within Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District that are aimed at expanding rural broadband coverage.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/cartwright-undecided-impeachment", "Cartwright undecided on impeachment", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Despite holding a House Democratic leadership post, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright said Thursday he remains undecided whether to vote with fellow Democrats for President Donald Trump's impeachment.\nI'm considering all the evidence that has come out in this investigation over the past several weeks and will be announcing a decision next week, Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, said.\nThe House Judiciary Committee debated all day Thursday. The full House is expected to vote next week.\nCartwright, who faces a tough re-election campaign next year in a district that Trump won by almost 10 percentage points in 2016, insisted he'll do what's right for the country.\nThe fourth-term congressman, a co-chair of House Democrats policy and communications committee, called the evidence against Trump so far troubling.\nOne thing that you can count on me for, though, is I'm not going to stick my finger up in the air and let the winds of public opinion make my decision for me, he said. I want people to know that I'm going to vote the right way, the way that I think is just and proper.\nThe question facing him is whether the president's behavior warrants impeachment, he said.\nThat's certainly a consideration, he said.\nHouse Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment that accuse Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump says he did nothing wrong in asking Ukraine's president during a July 25 phone call to investigate Vice President Joseph Biden and his son, Hunter, days after blocking almost $400 million in military aid to Ukraine. He has referred to the call as perfect and called the push for impeachment a hoax.\nThe region's two Republican congressmen, Rep. Dan Meuser, R-9, Dallas, and Rep. Fred Keller, R-12, Snyder County, have made it clear they oppose the Democratic effort at impeachment.\nKeller called the articles' introduction Tuesday a sad day for our republic and said they are not fueled by any facts or first-hand accounts, but rather a fantastical hatred of Trump that's tearing the country apart.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/congressman-keller-co-sponsors-bill-reduce-prescription-drug-costs", "Congressman Keller co-sponsors bill to reduce prescription drug costs", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Congressman Fred Keller(R-PA) announced he has co-sponsored a bipartisan bill to reduce prescription drug costs. Keller said the bill is the Lower Costs, More Cures Act and should be brought up for a vote immediately.\n\nKeller said, Americans pay too much for healthcare and one of the biggest contributors to rising healthcare costs is the high price of many prescription drugs. This bipartisan legislation will stop skyrocketing prescription drug prices by encouraging innovation and competition, increasing transparency, and promoting more low-cost options.\n\nHe added, The Lower Costs, More Cures Act also stands in stark contrast to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's partisan H.R. 3, which was crafted in secret by Democrats without bipartisan input and would lead to higher prices, fewer cures, and put the country on the road to socialized medicine by increasing government control of a private healthcare industry.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/house-democrats-grill-betsy-devos-over-denying-student-borrower-relief", "House Democrats Grill Betsy DeVos Over Denying Student Borrower Relief", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos endured a withering barrage of questions on Thursday about her handling of a program meant to provide debt relief to federal student loan borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit colleges.\n\"Madame Secretary, your refusal to process claims is inflicting serious harm on students,\" Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said in his opening statement. \"These defrauded borrowers have been left with piles of debt, worthless degrees and none of the jobs that were promised.\"\nDeVos testified before the House education committee one day after NPR publishedinternal memosshowing that the secretary overruled her own department's findings that borrowers deserved full relief from their loans, because their college credits are essentially worthless. Hundreds of thousands of borrowers are in limbo, and several members referred to the memos in their questioning.\nThe questioning got heated and personal at times. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., in her trademark cowboy hat adorned with purple glitter, stated that the secretary was \"out to destroy public education.\" Wilson told DeVos, \"You are the most unpopular person in our government. ... When many people vote in 2020, they will vote to remove you.\"\nRep. Virginia Foxx, the committee's ranking Republican, called those comments \"over the line.\"\nIn answering questions from the panel, DeVos acknowledged some of the problems. \"Yes, there is a backlog of borrower defense claims at Federal Student Aid,\" she said. \"To say that I am frustrated by that is an understatement.\"\nWhile she stated her intention to enforce current regulations in \"good faith,\" DeVos also repeated her position that taxpayers' interests need to be protected when deciding who should get their money back and how much.\n\"Students are my number one priority,\" DeVos said in her opening statement. \"They are why I come to work every day. So if students have been deceived by institutions and suffered financial harm as a result, they should be made whole.\"\nMore than 300,000 borrowers have pending claims, DeVos said Thursday. Some have been waiting, in many cases for years, for the Education Department to decide their financial fate. Federal agencies found, starting in 2015, that some for-profit colleges, including the now-defunctCorinthian Collegesand ITT Technical Institute, lied to these students about their job prospects and the value of their credits.\nArticle continues after sponsor message\nIn the waning days of the Obama administration, the Education Department decided to grant full loan relief to these defrauded borrowers under a previously little-used rule called \"borrower defense.\"\nBut when DeVos took over, she quickly made clear that the department would not be offering borrowers blanket relief. She came up with a new formula that would provide only partial relief to the vast majority of borrowers, based on their present-day income. That idea was stopped by the courts on the grounds that using Social Security earnings data to calculate relief violates borrowers' privacy.\nQuestioning by Republicans on the committee, including Rep. Fred Keller of Pennsylvania, focused on the court case as the reason that borrower relief has been delayed.\nThis week, DeVos came back with a new plan for partial relief that would rely on publicly available income data. In the hearing on Thursday, DeVos defended the principle of providing \"fair relief to all borrowers who actually have been harmed. ... They would not be entitled to relief if they can't demonstrate they've been financially harmed.\"\nBut Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon was among many Democrats to argue that \"just because someone is making money doesn't mean they weren't defrauded.\"\nThe secretary was defiant on Thursday in her opposition to existing regulation and the findings of her own department.\nAfter taking office, DeVos had to sign off on thousands of borrower defense claims that had already been approved by the previous administration. As pointed out by Wilson during the hearing, she added three words below her signature: \"with extreme displeasure.\"\nOn Thursday, DeVos said that the Obama administration had \"weaponized borrower defense against schools that they didn't like.\" When asked directly, by Democrat Kim Schrier of Washington state and later by Democrat Andy Levin of Michigan, whether she believed Corinthian students had indeed been defrauded, the secretary did not answer.\n\"People just laugh in my face\"\nScott in his opening statement referred directly to NPR's reporting this week. \"A media outlet published documents revealing that [the department's] own staff conducted research ... and found students deserved full debt relief.\"\nHe demanded, \"Are there other relevant documents the department is withholding?\"\nNPR on Wednesday publishedpreviously unreleased internal Education Department memos that show just how strongly career staff in the department's Borrower Defense Unit had come down on the side of defrauded borrowers.\nAccording to the memos, the unit reviewed thousands of borrower complaints against Corinthian and ITT Tech. Just weeks before DeVos was sworn in as secretary, the unit recommended to the department's political leadership that these borrowers deserve no less than full relief from their student debts.\nOne memo, dated Jan. 9, 2017, begins: \"Corinthian Colleges, Inc. ('Corinthian') consistently represented that all graduates obtained jobs after graduation or, relatedly, that its students were guaranteed employment after graduation. These representations were false and misleading. Accordingly, the Borrower Defense Unit recommends full relief for Corinthian borrower defense (BD) applicants.\"\nAnother memo, dated the next day Jan. 10, 2017  arrived at the same conclusion for California-based students who allege they were lied to by ITT Technical Institute, and likewise recommended full relief.\nThe memos also include quotes from individual borrowers. In the Jan. 9, 2017, memo, a Corinthian graduate complains, \"I was told I would find a job in my field. ... I 'graduated' and still can't find a job that will honor my degree.\"\n\"Employers will not touch me,\" says a borrower quoted ina memo dated Oct. 24, 2016. \"After graduating I posted a resume online. I did not receive any responses until I removed [the school's name] from my resume.\"\nAnother borrower says, \"People just laugh in my face.\"\nIn an especially tense exchange, Rep. Jahana Hayes, a freshman Democrat from Connecticut, entered the memos published by NPR into the record and scolded DeVos for not reviewing them before her testimony.\n\"Can you explain why you ignored that memo? Did you not know you were coming here today?\" Hayes asked. \"In December 2019, when NPR ran a story, it didn't cross your mind that I should read this document?\"\nIn round after round of questioning, House Democrats shared stories of their constituents who have been personally affected by loans that have not been forgiven, employment dreams deferred and credit reports damaged as a result.\nRep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., pointed out in the hearing that even as a large number of borrowers continue to wait for their cases to be settled, a new set of borrower defense claims may be looming.\nThis week the University of Phoenix, once the largest for-profit college in the U.S., agreed topay a record fineto the Federal Trade Commission over advertising claims about job placement. The settlement includes $141 million in forgiveness of debts owed directly to the university.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-announces-usda-extension-dairy-margin-coverage-program", "Congressman Fred Keller announces USDA extension of Dairy Margin Coverage Program enrollment deadline", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12) on Friday announced the United States Department of Agriculture has extended the 2020 enrollment deadline for the Dairy Margin Coverage Program until December 20, 2019.\n\nThe enrollment deadline is being extended due to prolonged and extensive impacts of weather events this year.\n\nI am glad to see USDA extend the enrollment deadline for the Dairy Margin Coverage Program to help our dairy producers, Congressman Keller said. I encourage all those interested in enrolling in the Dairy Margin Coverage Program to contact their local USDA service center for more information on how to enroll.\n\nThe Dairy Margin Coverage Program was authorized in the 2018 Farm Bill offers reasonably priced protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producer.\n\nIt is also another tool to help dairy producers while the Trump administration forges stronger and fairer trade deals.\n\nMore information about the Dairy Margin Coverage Program can be found HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://kelly.house.gov/press-release/china-trade-agreement-another-promise-made-and-kept-president-trump", "China Trade Agreement Another Promise Made and Kept by President Trump", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer unveiled the Phase One trade agreement between the United States and China. U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) issued the following statement after the announcement:\n\"Another promise made, anotherpromise kept despite the Do-Nothing-Democrats' impeachment charade. President Trump and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer continue to deliver results for American workers, farmers, and businesses. This trade agreement will put long-overdue enforcement mechanisms in place to re-balancethe U.S.-China trade relationship and prevent future cheating by the Chinese regime.I am particularlyencouragedthat the administration secured a commitmentfrom China to purchase more U.S. agricultural goods, a welcome development for western Pennsylvania farmers. This deal is another win for the America.\"\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://kelly.house.gov/press-release/kelly-vote-against-articles-impeachment", "Kelly to Vote Against Articles of Impeachment", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Kelly to Vote Against Articles of Impeachment                                           \n              Dec 13, 2019      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n          \n  \n    \n    \n    Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on the Judiciary passed two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, formally accusing him of an \"abuse of power\" and \"obstruction of Congress.\" The articles will now be considered by the whole House of Representatives. Following the vote, Representative Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) released this statement:\n\"Democrats have made it crystal clear all along that this impeachment inquiry isn't about protecting the Constitution or upholding their oath of office. This is about political vengeance and damaging the president ahead of the 2020 election. I have opposed this effort since it began and will vote against both articles of impeachment on the House floor.\"\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthaler-votes-against-democrats-partisan-articles-impeachment", "Reschenthaler Votes Against Democrats\u2019 Partisan Articles of Impeachment", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", "reschenthaler", "https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) voted against H.Res. 755, the Democrats' partisan articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Despite unanimous Republican opposition, the articles passed the committee by a party-line vote of 23 to 17. It is expected the House will consider H.Res. 755 on the floor next week.\n\n\"Judiciary Democrats realize they can't beat President Trump on the merits, so they caved to their radical base and rushed through baseless articles of impeachment in record time,\" said Reschenthaler. \"Democrats have no evidence to support their charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. If this case had come before me when I was serving as a district judge, I would have dismissed it at the preliminary hearing for lack of merit.\"\n\nAfter 14 hours of debate yesterday, Chairman Nadler abruptly postponed the final vote on the articles until 10 a.m. today. During the mark-up on Thursday, Reschenthaler offered an amendment to strike the obstruction of Congress charge given that the facts do not support Democrats' claims. When there is a disagreement between the executive and legislative branches, it is supposed to be resolved by the third branch, the courts. Democrats could have gone to the judicial branch to resolve their concerns, but because of a politically expedient deadline to send the articles to the Senate before Christmas, they have refused to take such actions.\n\nIn comparison, when the Republican-led House was investigating President Obama's Fast and Furious scandal, which led to the death of an American border patrol agent, they challenged Obama's assertion of executive privilege in the courts. Chairman Nadler and Judiciary Democrats voted against Reschenthaler's amendment, upholding their baseless allegation of obstruction by a vote of 23 to 17.\n\n\"Since assuming the majority, House Democrats have done nothing but waste taxpayer time and dollars on their attempts to undo the will of the American people,\" said Reschenthaler. \"President Trump is responsible for our red-hot economy, which features the lowest unemployment rate in fifty years. He brought China to the negotiating table and negotiated better trade deals for American workers and farmers. This political hit job is nothing more than an attempt to prevent President Trump's re-election.\"\n\nA clip of Reschenthaler's remarks during the mark-up can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://toomey.senate.gov?p=news&id=2539", "Toomey and Crapo Introduce Measure to Lower Drug Costs for Seniors", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Patrick Toomey", "T000461", "toomey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) are working to lower the price some seniors pay for prescription drugs when they go to the pharmacy.\n\"Medicare's prescription drug program limits insurers from providing seniors with plans that best fit their needs,\" said Senator Toomey. \"My bill with Senator Crapo aims to address this by encouraging insurers to develop and offer a greater variety of prescription drug plans to seniors.\"\n\"Medicare Part D is a successful program, operating on the free-market principles of choice and competition,\" said Senator Crapo. \"Our legislation would build on that proven foundation by expanding the number of plan options and incentivizing innovative benefit designs. When we empower patients to make decisions, they can select the health care plan that best fits their needs. I will continue to work with my colleagues to advance policies that would lower drug prices, expand patient access to lifesaving medicines and encourage biopharmaceutical innovation.\"\nThe Encouraging Innovative Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act, introduced this week by Senators Toomey and Crapo, would meaningfully reduce costs at the pharmacy for seniors who need it most, without increasing costs for those who don't, by:  \n \nRequiring the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase the maximum number of plan options from three to at least four plans in each region; and\nAllowing Medicare Part D sponsors to offer two additional plans provided that at least one of them passes on rebates to the consumer.\n \nYou can read a one-pager on the legislation here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/22k-federal-grant-approved-sayre-borough", "$22K federal grant approved for Sayre Borough", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-12) announced Wednesday that the United States Department of Agriculture has approved an Economic Impact Initiative Grant of $22,000 for Sayre Borough for the purchase of 15 new portable police radios with multi-key encryption and accessories.\nThe radios will help the police department to better combat the opioid crisis and communicate on frequencies not used by the general public.\nThe total cost of the project is $41,220.75 with the borough contributing $19,220.75 to the project.\nThis grant is critical to allow Sayre police to maintain constant communication as they keep our community safe and combat the opioid epidemic, Keller said. I am proud to see the United States Department of Agriculture provide this grant money to help keep Sayre Borough safe.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/keller-letter-boosts-patton-s-f-academy-application", "Keller Letter Boosts Pattons A. F. Academy Application", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Wyalusing Valley High School (WVHS) senior academic and athletic standout Alex Patton recently received a boost in his application to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.\nU.S. Rep. Fred Keller recently wrote a congressional recommendation on behalf of Patton as part of the student's application process.\nIn his application, Alex Patton demonstrated superb academic and athletic capabilities, said Jason Gottesman, who is Rep. Keller's communications director. In addition, he stood out with a vast array of community service and extracurricular activities. Alex clearly displayed a passion for joining the Air Force Academy and is thrilled about the possibility of serving his country at one of our incredible service academies.\nPatton is a member of the WVHS National Honor Society and consistenly appears on the school's honor roll.\nLast year, he was one of 35 members of the WVHS chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America to attend the state leadership conference. He earned his trip to Hershey after placing second in the job interview category at the regional conference.\nPatton has also been a standout cross-country and track athlete for the school.\nThis year, Patton won a District IV title as a member of Wyalusing's boys' cross-country team and placed 11th at the state competition.\nHe was named the boys' runner of the year by the coaches of the Northern Tier League.\nLast year, Patton broke a 47-year-old school record when he completed the 800 run with a time of 1:58.72. The previous record of 1:59.97 had been held by Tom Bride.\nIn 2018, Patton, then a sophomore, won the Paterno Family Beaver Stadium 5K at Penn State. That year he was also honored with the Male Runner of the Year by the NTL coaches.\nAlex is the son of Todd and Rachel Alexander of Wyalusing and Chad and Diana Patton of Tunkhannock.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/pennsylvania-republican-lawmakers-applaud-deal-approve-united-states-mexico-canada", "Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers applaud deal to approve United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "President Donald Trump and House Democrats reached an agreement Tuesday to approve the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), drawing praise from Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania.\n Shutterstock\nOfficials from the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed an updated version of the trade pact, which will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Tuesday in Mexico City. The agreement was originally signed over a year ago, but Democrats sought significant changes.\nPromises made, promises kept, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) said. USMCA is a big win and will further boost America's strongest economy in half a century. Congress should unlock the benefits of this great trade deal by passing it immediately. Thank you to President Trump for negotiating a replacement for NAFTA that puts American workers, farmers, manufacturers, and businesses first!\nThe new agreement includes provisions aimed at improving the enforcement of worker rights, which may reduce Mexico's low-wage advantage and push some manufacturing back to the United States. The agreement also seeks to keep prices for biologic drugs down by eliminating a patent provision.\nProponents of the USMCA say that it will help create jobs, boost the economy and support manufacturers, small businesses, and farmers in Pennsylvania and across the United States.\nA vote in the U.S. House is expected before Congress adjourns for the year. The Senate will likely vote on the measure in early 2020.\nThe #USMCA is a win for the dedicated farmers and workers of PA-13 and across the country, U.S. Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) said in a tweet. After far too long, it's time for this commonsense trade deal to come to the House Floor for a vote as soon as possible.\nI congratulate President @realDonaldTrump and @HouseGOP leadership in reaching a deal on the #USMCA, Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) said in a tweet. The new trade deal is a huge win for Pennsylvania farmers and manufacturers.\nThe #USMCA now looks like it will finally come to the House floor for a vote next week, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) tweeted. This agreement, as negotiated by @realDonaldTrump, is a huge win for America & #PA09.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/pennsylvania-state-police-identify-suspect-killed-tioga-county-after-trooper", "Pennsylvania state police identify suspect killed in Tioga County after trooper wounded", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "A Tioga County, Pennsylvania manwho reportedly shot and wounded a state trooper Tuesdayis dead.\nThe suspect, identified by state police as Delos P. Lowe, 68, of 1507 Barney Hill Road in Nelson Township,was killed during a shootout with police at his home early Wednesday morning.\nLowe had been barricaded in the home for several hours surrounded by police after the early afternoon incident.\nPennsylvania property records list Lowe as the owner of the residence.\nThe trooper who was shot was flown from the scene and remains in stable condition at a regional hospital, state police said. Another trooper who sustained a leg injury at the scene was treated and released.\nThe names of the troopers involved have not been released.\nSeveral troopers responded to the Barney Hill Road location Tuesday to conduct a welfare check on a male who resided at that residence.\nThe troopers were acting on information that had been provided to state police that the individual had been out of contact for a couple of weeks, which was unusual.\nArriving troopers announced themselves and tried to ascertain if anyone was home. After they received no response, troopers entered the residence through an open door and announced their presence again in attempts to get a response from anyone in the residence, state police said.\nAt that time, a gunshot was fired at the troopers and they retreated, requestedbackup and secured the scene.\nThe state police Special Emergency Response Team was activated after the individual barricaded himself inside the residence, troopers said.\nSeveral attempts were made to get the man to surrender during the 14-hour standoff, which he refused, according to state police.\nDuring that time, the suspect reportedly fired at police multiple times.\nAround 2 a.m., members of the Special Emergency Response Team returned fire and the suspect was killed, state police said.\nThe investigation into the incident is continuing and state police said more information will be released as the investigation develops.\nState police were assisted at the scene by the Tioga County Sheriff's Office, Wellsboro and Elkland police departments, and local fire and ambulance companies.\nU.S. Rep. Fred Keller, whose district includes Tioga County, posted a statement about the incident on his Twitter account.\n\"Our office is monitoring the situation in Tioga County where one of our brave state troopers was wounded in the line of duty,\" Keller wrote.\"This is a stark reminder of the sacrifice our first responders make on our behalf.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-fred-keller-reacts-state-trooper-shooting-tioga-county", "Rep. Fred Keller reacts to State Trooper shooting in Tioga County", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "TIOGA COUNTY, Pa. (WETM)  Congressman Fred Keller, who represents Tioga County, has released the following statement aftera Pennsylvania State Trooper was shotwhile conducting a welfare check in Nelson Township.\nThe standoff in Tioga County yesterday was a stark reminder that our police and first responders put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe. We are thankful that both Troopers wounded in yesterday's incident are on the road to recovery, for the other Troopers who put their lives on the line to bring the standoff to a conclusion, and for the medical professionals who took care of our heroes. Our office continues to monitor the latest developments related to this incident. - REP. FRED KELLER, 12THDISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA\nThe trooper remains in stable condition, according to state police, and a second trooper who suffered a broken leg was treated and released.\nPennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team shot and killed the suspect on Barney Hill Road around 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday after a 14-hour standoff.\nA woman who says she called police told our sister station WBRE in Scranton that the suspect he was a shut-in with a history of mental illness. She also warned that he is wary of the government and is in possession of an extensive arsenal of weapons.\nThe woman who says she called for the welfare check owns a local pizza place in town and says she was worried for his safety when he didn't call for usual grocery deliveries over the past three weeks.\nWETM and WBRE are choosing not to identify that man due to the seriousness of the accusations until officials confirm his identity.\nThe identities of the troopers have not been released at this time.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rural-energy-america-program-grant-will-help-install-renewable-energy-sources", "Rural Energy for America Program grant will help install renewable energy sources", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Fred Keller(PA-12),announced the United States Department of Agriculture has approved a Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency grant of $32,422 for Irion Lumber Company in Wellsboro to purchase and install a ground mounted solar array.\nSeldom Rest Farms located, north of Myerstown, Pa., received a Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to add a ground mounted solar array to supplement their electrical needs.Source:USDA Photo by Lance Cheung\nThe project will grow current energy output at the facility and save $9,365 per year. Irion Lumber Co. contributed $97,268 to the project.\nThis grant will go a long way toward helping Irion Lumber increase its renewable energy output and save money, while being self-sufficient, Keller said. I am glad to see USDA award the grant money and help the agriculture industry in Pennsylvania's 12thCongressional District.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/suspect-killed-after-14-hour-standoff-tioga-county-pa-identified", "Suspect killed after 14 hour standoff in Tioga County, PA. identified", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "UPDATE (12/11/19)Pennsylvania State Police have identified the suspect involved in the incident as 68-year-old Delos Lowe of Elkland.\nThe investigation is ongoing.\nUPDATE:Pennsylvania Congressman Fred Keller has released a statement regarding the 14-hour standoff situation that left two troopers injuredand the suspect dead.\nThe standoff in Tioga County yesterday was a stark reminder that our police and first responders put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe. We are thankful that both Troopers wounded in yesterday's incident are on the road to recovery, for the other Troopers who put their lives on the line to bring the standoff to a conclusion, and for the medical professionals who took care of our heroes. Our office continues to monitor the latest developments related to this incident.\nNELSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WENY) --After about 14 hours in a standoff with Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), a gunman has been killed.\nTroopers responded to a home on Barney Hill Road in Nelson Township of Tioga County yesterday to conduct a check on the welfare of a man who resides there. Information had been provided to authorities that he had not been able to be contacted for a couple weeks, which was reportedly unusual.\nUpon arrival, troopers say they announced themselves and attempted to ascertain if anyone was in the residence. A gunshot was fired at the troopers, and one was struck. PSP retreated, requested backup, and secured the scene.\nThe trooper who was struck was Life Flighted from the scene. According to a PSP press release, he remains hospitalized and in stable condition.\nAnother trooper sustained a leg injury at the scene. He was treated and released.\nThe PSP Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) was activated due to the individual barricading himself in the home. Authorities say attempts were made to get him to surrender from his barricaded position, but he refused. The man reportedly fired at PSP members several times during the approximately 14-hour standoff.\nAt about 2 a.m. today, PSP SERT returned fire and the individual was killed.\nThe standoff situation has ended, but the investigation is ongoing. Further details will be released as the investigation develops.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/susquehanna-county-getting-25m-fema-funds-after-2018-storms", "Susquehanna County getting $2.5M in FEMA funds after 2018 storms", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WOLF) About a year and a half after severe storms left behind some serious damage in Susquehanna County, money from the federal government is flowing in.\nAlmost $2.5 million will go to Franklin Township for road repairs and PennDOT for repairs to bridges in Susquehanna County.\n\"All of our roads were damaged and we still are working to get them restored,\" said Jeanne Sullivan, one of the Franklin Township supervisors.\nShe remembers the damage that storms left back in August 2018.\n\"The roads could be totally washed away, the shoulder to the road may have large ditches in them and the roads get flooded,\" she said. \"This road here, my side yard had 5.5 feet of water in it. My little lighthouse here was totally underwater. Fortunately my house didn't get damaged.\"\nThis area is one of many that's had to put up their own money to help get things cleaned up.\n\"The townships roads aren't all repaired yet so it's been very difficult on our township finances so we're hoping to start getting money from FEMA,\" said Sullivan.\nThat hope is coming true.\nCongressman Fred Keller announced about $1.2 million each for Franklin Township and PennDOT Susquehanna County in FEMA grant money.\n\"It's really important to make sure this money gets back to help our county so that they have the investments in infrastructure that they deserve and count on every day for commerce, for education, getting kids to school,\" said Representative Fred Keller.\nWhile the roads in Susquehanna County are passable, there's plenty of work still to be done.\nThat was highlighted during a meeting with PennDOT in October.\nA six year plan that'll hopefully be aided by this announcement.\n\"Maybe other work got delayed, so now there will money to make sure that we can take care of infrastructure in Susquehanna County and all across PA-12,\" said Keller.\n\"We'd just like to get the roads to what they were originally,\" added Sullivan.\nKeller says this grant money makes up about 75% of the total cost of the repair projects.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://kelly.house.gov/press-release/kelly-democrats-making-prescription-drug-policy-about-politics-not-people", "Kelly: Democrats Making Prescription Drug Policy about Politics, Not People", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3, the so-calledLower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019. Representative Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) voted against the bill and issued the following statement:\n\"Congressional action to address the prescription drug affordability crisis should be about people, not politics.While Democrats may have scored a few cheap political points with their socialist base by passing H.R. 3, they did nothing to help Americans who increasingly struggle to afford their medications. This government price-fixing scheme would lead to the development of fewer new cures and reduce access to existing life-saving drugs. We should focus our efforts on policy that will work and can pass such as H.R. 19, a bipartisan alternative to H.R. 3 that won't threaten medical innovation.\"\nRepresentative Kelly also spoke against H.R. 3 on the floor of the House during debate on the evening of December 11. Video below.\nBackground\nIf enacted, H.R. 3 would give the federal government unprecedented power to dictate the price of prescription drugs, which opponents of the legislation argue would destroy the incentive to invest in the discovery of new cures and limit access to existing life-saving medications.\nH.R. 3 is a Democrat messaging bill, not a serious effort to bring relief to Americans.\nRepresentative Kelly believes Americans deserve better than political games, particularly on issues as important as lowering prescription drug prices. He is an original co-sponsor ofH.R. 19, theLower Costs, More Cures Act, a bipartisan package of proposals that has a realistic chance of becoming law with the support of House Democrats.\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://kelly.house.gov/press-release/us-small-business-administration-offering-low-interest-loans-repair-damage-halloween", "U.S. Small Business Administration Offering Low-Interest Loans to Repair Damage from Halloween Storms", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Small Business Administration Offering Low-Interest Loans to Repair Damage from Halloween Storms                                           \n              Dec 12, 2019      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n          \n  \n    \n    \n    Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) issued anAdministrative declaration of disasterfor Erie, Crawford, and Warren Counties.\nThe declaration is in response to the devastating storms that hit western Pennsylvania on October 31 and November 1. Local businesses, homeowners, and others who incurred property damage that is not covered by insurance are now eligible to apply for low-interest loans to fill gaps in financing. Representative Kelly issued the following statement to thank SBA and offer his help navigating the application process:\n\"Thank you to SBA and the Trump Administration for responding to our region's request for aid following the devastating Halloween storms.For those looking for help recovering from these storms, the SBA loans are a great option. If you need assistance figuring out how to take advantage of this offer, give our Erie office a call at 814-454-8190. My staff and I are ready and willing to help.\"\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-smucker-joins-eighteen-members-congress-introduce-bipartisan-bill", "Congressman Smucker joins Eighteen Members of Congress to Introduce a Bipartisan Bill to Allow Interstate Traffic of Raw Milk", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Lloyd Smucker", "S001199", "smucker.house.gov", "smucker", "https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Lloyd Smucker joins Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) to introduced the Interstate Milk Freedom Act (H.R. 5410) today. This bill prohibits federal interference with the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.\n\nIt's legal to drink raw milk in 50 states. It is legal to sell raw milk in 28 states. Congress has never passed a ban on raw milk. Yet, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did so in capitulation to a lawsuit.\n\n\"Raw milk is a niche product highly valued by educated consumers who understand any risks associated with its consumption. This industry is vital economically for many small family farms in my district, who survive and thrive by selling directly to the consumer. Farmers throughout Pennsylvania's 11th District and the nation work tirelessly to ensure safe, nutritious dairy products are available to everyone,\" Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) said. \"Small family farms have been consuming and distributing raw milk safely for hundreds of years. This bill rightly gets the federal government out of the way and decriminalizes farmers and producers who choose to sell or take unpasteurized milk and other dairy products to willing customers throughout the nation.\"\n\n\"Federal agencies, such as the FDA, that are part of the executive branch do not and should not have the power to shut down trade between peaceful farmers and willing consumers. It is Congress's job to legislate,\" said Rep. Massie. \"Our Interstate Milk Freedom Act would make it easier for families to buy milk of their choice by reversing the criminalization of specific dairy farmers.\"\n\n\"So many people across the country want to make sure their food is fresh and local\u2014including fruits, vegetables, and even their milk,\" said Rep. Pingree. \"Raw milk is currently the only food banned for interstate commerce\u2014an onerous regulation that hurts small farmers for selling milk straight from their cows to the consumer.\"\n\n\"American families can best decide what milk will best serve their sons and daughters,\" said Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL). \"The FDA has no Congressional directive or safety regulation that justifies interfering in a decision between a consumer and dairy farmer. This is an issue best left up to states and consumers.\"\n\nThis legislation was introduced as an amendment to the 2018 Farm Bill. It was also introduced as a standalone bill in 2015 and 2014.\n\nThe Interstate Milk Freedom Act simply says that if two states have legalized the sale of unpasteurized milk, then no federal department, agency, or court may take any action to prohibit or restrict the interstate traffic of milk between those two states. This bill would prohibit the federal government from interfering with the interstate traffic of raw milk products between states where the distribution or sale of such products is already legal.\n\nOriginal cosponsors of H.R. 5410 include Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Ted Budd (R-NC), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Alex Mooney (R-WV), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Justin Amash (I-MI), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Chip Roy (R-TX), and Matt Gaetz (R-FL)\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/national-defense-authorization-act-including-smucker-amendments-pass-house", "NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, INCLUDING SMUCKER AMENDMENTS, PASS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Lloyd Smucker", "S001199", "smucker.house.gov", "smucker", "https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY20 which included U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker's (PA-11) amendment to permanently reauthorize the U.S. Department of Defense's Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 program with some additional accountability measures, and an amendment to require the DOD to submit a report that details the exact shortage of mental health providers at the DOD no later than 180 days after enactment.\n\nIn April, Rep. Smucker worked across the aisle with Rep. Xochitl Torres-Small (D-NM) to introduce a bipartisan bill to permanently reauthorize the U.S. Department of Defense's Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 program with some additional accountability measures, the DoD's Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 program expired last year despite successfully operating for nearly 30 years. Senator's Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) lead the bill in the Senate.\n\n\"Small businesses are playing a critical role in driving our current economic growth. Yet these businesses often lack the resources necessary to compete for federal government contracts,\" Rep. Smucker said. \"Permanently reauthorizing the Department of Defense's Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program will give Pennsylvania's small businesses a reliable pathway to navigate government red tape through collaborative partnerships with their peers.\"\n\nThe bipartisan Defense Small Business Advancement Act (H.R. 2974) will help connect small businesses in Pennsylvania and across the country with DoD contracting opportunities that otherwise may have been out of their reach. This legislation reauthorizes and brings greater accountability to the DoD Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program (MPP), which expired last year. The MPP increases participation of small, disadvantaged businesses performing as suppliers to DoD, civilian agencies, and private industry by encouraging mentorships from established DoD contractors.\n\nIn March, U.S. Reps. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced a bipartisan bill to improve the Department of Defense mental health services provided to servicemembers.\n\n\"Our brave servicemen and women risk their lives for our freedom and some of the greatest wounds they experience are unseen,\" Smucker said. \"Too many of them return home with untreated symptoms of depression and other mental health conditions related to their service. I believe in honoring our service members and keeping our promises to them when they return home \u2013 and that includes giving them the care they need to live happy healthy lives.\"\n\nThe Warrior Wellness Act would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress detailing the shortage of mental health providers no later than 180 days after enactment. It would also require the Secretary to submit a report on the Department's efforts to review and monitor prescribing practices of its providers based on its guideline recommendations to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).\n\nVeterans and servicemembers are significantly more susceptible to depression and other mental health problems. According to a study from JAMA Psychiatry, nearly one in four active-duty members showed signs of a mental health condition. Servicemembers' diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is 15 times higher than the civilian population.\n\nNDAA Highlights\n\nThe fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizes $738 billion in defense funding, provides a 3.1% military pay-raise, and rejects restrictions on the president's authorities to secure our borders. The bill also:\n\nProvides the resources to continue to rebuild readiness, advance modernization of the nuclear triad, develop emerging technologies, enhance missile defense, and confront our adversaries.\n\nMaintains long-standing prohibitions on transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay, constructing detention facilities in the U.S., and closing Guantanamo.\n\nProvides an additional $5.3 billion in emergency funding for military installations damaged by natural disasters.\n\nEstablishes the United States Space Force as the sixth branch of the military.\n\nProvides up to 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave for the Defense Department, Intelligence Community, and across the federal government, a key administration priority.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://toomey.senate.gov?p=news&id=2538", "Two Years Later: Historic Tax Reform Continues to Spur Strong Economic and Job Growth", "2019-12-12", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Patrick Toomey", "T000461", "toomey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lowered tax rates for everyone while making American businesses more competitive \n\t\t\t\t\t\tWashington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) issued the following statement as we approach the two year anniversary of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: \n\"Our economy is the strongest it has been in my lifetime. Unemployment is at a 50-year low, wage growth is accelerating for low-income Americans, and for the first time in our nation's history, there are more jobs than people seeking work. This economic boom can be attributed, in large part, to the historic, pro-growth tax reform enacted by congressional Republicans and President Trump. By cutting tax rates for everyone, simplifying the code, and making the business tax code more globally competitive, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has turbocharged America's economy.\n\"I will continue to advocate for pro-growth policies, like the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that expand opportunity for all Americans and increase the standard of living in Pennsylvania and across the country.\"\nStatistical Snapshot: The American Economy is Booming \n\n \nTotal job openings have exceeded number of unemployed for 19 straight months\no\tCurrently, there are 1.2 million more job openings than there are unemployed individuals. \nThe jobs expansion is the longest on record at 110 months\nAverage hourly earnings have grown at 3.2% on a monthly since the TCJA was passed. \nEarlier this year, they grew at their fastest rate in a decade.\nEarnings growth has been even faster for nonsupervisory workers, and are currently growing at a 3.7% pace. \nAmong G7 countries, U.S. had by far greatest real GDP growth in 2018 at 2.9%", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/congressman-fred-keller-co-sponsors-bipartisan-plan-reduce-prescription-drug-0", "Congressman Fred Keller co-sponsors bipartisan plan to reduce prescription drug costs", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) has co-sponsored H.R. 19, theLower Costs, More Cures Act,what he says isabipartisan solution aimed at lowering prescription drug prices that should be brought up for a vote immediately.\nKeller claims his co-sponsored legislation is unlike H.R. 3, theLower Drug Costs NowAct of 2019, in that it does not increase government control over the prescription drug market and limit cures, but rather increases innovation and promotes low costs options while bringing about greater transparency.\nH.R. 3, sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate prices for certain drugs (current law prohibits the CMS from doing so). Specifically under H.R. 3, CMS must negotiateprices for insulin products and at least 25 single-source, brand-name drugs that do not have generic competition and that are among the 125 drugs that account for the greatest national spending or the 125 drugs that account for the greatest spending under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage (MA).\nAccording towhitehouse.gov,H.R. 3, theLower Drug Costs NowAct of 2019 may share the Trump Administration's first goal of lowering prices, but the Administration claims it will threaten continued medical innovation. \"H.R. 3 aims to lower prices for select drugs by forcing drug manufacturers to accept prices set by the Secretary of Health and Human Servicesor otherwise face an excise tax of up to 95 percent of sales.\"\nCongressman Keller said, Americans pay too much for healthcare and one of the biggest contributors to rising healthcare costs is the high price of many prescription drugs. As such, I am co-sponsoring theLower Costs, More Cures Act, bipartisan legislation that will stop skyrocketing prescription drug prices by encouraging innovation and competition, increasing transparency, and promoting more low-cost options.\nWhile travelling across Pennsylvania's 12thCongressional District, I have made it a priority to meet with medical professionals and patients to discuss the topic of prescription drug prices. Their suggestions are simple: increase transparency, promote competition, and reform patent laws to allow generics to get to market faster. TheLower Costs, More Cures Actaccomplishes those goals.\"\nKeller claims H.R. 3, legislation would \"lead to higher prices, fewer cures, and put the country on the road to socialized medicine by increasing government control of a private healthcare industry.\"\nKeller called theLower Costs, More Cures Act\"a bipartisan, realistic solution,\" and encouraged Speaker Pelosi to bring H.R. 19 up for a vote.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/local-lawmaker-speaks-out-against-impeachment", "Local lawmaker speaks out against impeachment", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer, has not wavered in his support for Donald Trump amidst impeachment proceedings against the President.\nHouse Democrats announced two articles of impeachment Tuesday against Trump  abuse of power and obstruction of Congress  pushing toward historic votes over charges he threatened the integrity of the U.S. election system and endangered national security in his dealings with Ukraine.\nSpeaker Nancy Pelosi declared at the U.S. Capitol that they were upholding their solemn oath to defend the Constitution. Voting is expected in a matter of days in the Judiciary Committee and by Christmas in the full House.\nTrump swiftly responded in an all-capital-letters tweet with the words he uses repeatedly to decry the investigations against him:WITCH HUNT!The White House said the charges werebaseless,and his reelection campaign called themrank partisanship.\nKeller, a first-term Congressman whose 12th District includes Lycoming County, said Tuesday,There is no direct evidence that the President did anything.\nThe Republican lawmaker said Democrats have been on afishing expeditionto find what they can against Trump since even before he was elected in 2016.\nClearly, some of the things they are doing are reactionary,he said.What I think will happen, I think articles will come out of committee, then come to the floor. I am going to vote no on it. There has been no case made that the President has done anything wrong. I am going to support the rule of law.\nKeller said his opposition to the impeachment is not out of blind loyalty to the President.\nNo one convinces me to do anything that is not right,he said.\nAnyone, he added, can make wrongful allegations against someone.\nIn outlining the charges, Democrats said they had no choice but to act because Trump has shown a pattern of behavior that, if left unchecked, poses risks to the democratic process ahead of the 2020 election.\nOur president holds the ultimate public trust. When he betrays that trust and puts himself before country, he endangers the Constitution; he endangers our democracy; he endangers our national security,said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the Judiciary chairman, announcing the charges before a portrait of George Washington.Our next election is at risk.  That is why we must act now.\nNadler said, No one, not even the president, is above the law.\nChairman Adam Schiff of the Intelligence Committee said,We stand here today because the president's abuse of power leaves us with no choice.\nTrump's allies immediately plunged into the fight that will extend into the new year. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Democrats are trying tooverthrow the administration. Campaign manager Brad Parscale said Democrats are putting on this political theater because they don't have a viable candidate for 2020 and they know it. The president's son, Eric, embraced his father's penchant for name calling, assailing Pelosi and her swamp creatures.\nAs the House chairmen arrived at a closed-door meeting of the chamber's Democrats after the announcement, they were greeted with applause.\nThe outcome appears increasingly set as the House prepares for voting, as it has only three times in history against a U.S. president. Approval of the charges would send them to the Senate in January, where the Republican majority would be unlikely to convict Trump.\nDemocratic leaders say Trump put his political interests above those of the nation when he asked Ukraine to investigate his rivals, including Democrat Joe Biden, and then withheld $400 million in military aid as the U.S. ally faced an aggressive Russia. They say he then obstructed Congress by stonewalling the House investigation.\nTrump insisted in a new tweet that when he asked Ukraine's presidentto do us a favorwith the investigations he was requesting, us' is a reference to USA, not me!Democrats, however, say Trump's meaning could not have been clearer in seeking political dirt on Biden, his possible opponent in the 2020 election.\nIn drafting the articles of impeachment, Pelosi faced a legal and political challenge of balancing the views of her majority while hitting the Constitution's bar oftreason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.\nSome liberal lawmakers wanted more expansive charges encompassing the findings from former special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Centrist Democrats preferred to keep the impeachment articles more focused on Trump's actions toward Ukraine.\nWhen asked during a Monday evening event if she had enough votes to impeach the Republican president, Pelosi said she would let House lawmakers vote their conscience.\nOn an issue like this, we don't count the votes. People will just make their voices known on it,Pelosi said at The Wall Street Journal CEO Council.I haven't counted votes, nor will I.\nTrump, who has declined to mount a defense in the actual House hearings, tweeted Tuesday just as the six Democratic House committee chairmen prepared to make their announcement.\nTo Impeach a President who has proven through results, including producing perhaps the strongest economy in our country's history, to have one of the most successful presidencies ever, and most importantly, who has done NOTHING wrong, is sheer Political Madness,he wrote on Twitter.\nThe next steps are expected to come swiftly after months of investigation into the Ukraine matter, which followed Mueller's two-year Russia probe.\nPelosi convened a meeting of the impeachment committee chairmen at her office in the Capitol late Monday following an acrimonious, nearly 10-hour hearing at the Judiciary Committee, which could vote as soon as this week.\nI think there's a lot of agreement,Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, the Democratic chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee, told reporters as he exited Pelosi's office.A lot of us believe that what happened with Ukraine especially is not something we can just close our eyes to.\nAt the Judiciary hearing, Democrats said Trump's push to have Ukraine investigate Biden while withholding U.S. military aid ran counter to U.S. policy and benefited Russia as well as himself.\nPresident Trump's persistent and continuing effort to coerce a foreign country to help him cheat to win an election is a clear and present danger to our free and fair elections and to our national security,said Dan Goldman, the director of investigations at the House Intelligence Committee, presenting the finding of the panel's 300-page report of the inquiry.\nRepublicans rejected not just Goldman's conclusion of the Ukraine matter; they also questioned his very appearance before the Judiciary panel. In a series of heated exchanges, they said Schiff should appear rather than sending his lawyer.\nThe president focused Monday on the long-awaited release of the Justice Department report into the 2016 Russia investigation. The inspector general found that the FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and that the FBI did not act with political bias, despiteserious performance failuresup the bureau's chain of command.\nDemocrats say Trump abused his power in a July 25 phone call when he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for a favor in investigating Democrats. That was bribery, they say, since Trump was withholding nearly $400 million in military aid that Ukraine depended on to counter Russian aggression.\nPelosi and Democrats point to what they call a pattern of misconduct by Trump in seeking foreign interference in elections from Mueller's inquiry of the Russia probe to Ukraine.\nIn his report, Mueller said he could not determine that Trump's campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia in the 2016 election. But Mueller said he could not exonerate Trump of obstructing justice in the probe and left it for Congress to determine.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/pa-s-houlahan-deal-paid-family-leave-federal-employees-huge-news-american-families", "Pas Houlahan: Deal on paid family leave for federal employees is huge news for American families", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON Lawmakers have reached a landmark agreement on paid parental leave for federal workers that could institute paid time off for civilian employees for the first time.\nThe measure would give federal workers 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn or adopted child  extending the same benefits currently given to the military to the 2.1 million civilian members of the federal workforce.\nThe United States is one of only two countries in the United Nations with no statutory national policy of paid maternity leave. The other is Papua New Guinea.\nLawmakers negotiated the agreement over months as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense spending bill.\nThe must-pass defense bill has become a vehicle in recent years for a number of other policies, as Congress has been gridlocked on other legislation. The House is expected to vote on the massive defense bill las soon as Wednesday. It would then head to the Senate, and to Trump's desk for his signature.\nIf approved, the parental benefits for federal employees would start in October 2020.\nThe contentious paid parental leave measure was one of the last items to be finalized in the conference report. Democrats secured the massive expansion of benefits in exchange for including President Donald Trump's coveted plans to create a new space force, a deal first reported by theWall Street Journal.\nThe defense bill would authorize the U.S. Space Force as an independent military branch under the Air Force, the sixth Armed Service of the United States, according to the committee'ssummaryof the bill.\nSignificant first step'\nDemocrats hailed the paid leave provisions as a victory. But what they wound up with is more narrow than what many progressives hoped for: paid leave not just for parents of new children but also for those caring for other family members that may be sick or in-need.\nDemocrats vowed to push for more broad benefits in the future.\nRep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who introducedlegislationto provide paid family leave for federal workers, called the agreement a tremendous victory. But she said it is not perfect, and that she and other Democrats would push for broader support. She chaired a hearing Tuesday in the House Oversight and Reform Committee on the issue.\nWe will be pushing very hard to expand that to the private sector and others, Maloney said in closing remarks at a hearing. I can't tell you how thrilled I am that we passed that. Hopefully this will be a new day in America, and we can continue providing more support for families.\nWriting on Twitter, U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-6th District, celebrated the news.\nIt's official! My legislation to provide paid parental leave for 12 weeks to federal workers has been adopted! she wrote. This is huge news and will affect millions of Americans and their families. No one should ever have to choose between building a career and building a family.\nHoulahan added that she [wanted] to thank Smith and Maloney for their leadership and tireless effort, on behalf of the bill. She added that Maloney's efforts on the issue continue to inspire me. To all the advocates and legislators on both sides of this aisle, I know I speak for many in my community when I say: thank you, Houlahan wrote.\nHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., called the deal a significant first step towards the broader goal to give broad paid leave benefits to all.\nI will continue to fight for paid family and medical leave for both federal employees and all private sector employees in our country, Hoyer said in a statement.\nIs paid family leave necessary?'\nRepublicans at the hearing said businesses should be able to make their own choices about how to provide support for their employees, and touted policies like the Trump tax cuts for corporations.\nNow that the Tax Cut and Job Act' is the law of the land, employers are providing increased wages, more benefits and more flexible schedules for their employees, said Rep. Fred Keller, R-12th District..\nNot just millions of jobs that have been added since then  but companies are actually extending benefits to employees because we have a good economy, said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the ranking member of the committee. Jordan said the best way to support families is with a strong economy.\nIs paid family leave necessary? Jordan asked. It is certainly a well-intentioned policy but an obligation we have to thoughtfully consider.\nPaid leave for all workers?\nEight states and the District of Columbia currently provide paid family leave, according to theNational Conference of State Legislatures.\nDemocrats would like to see broader support for workers, like theFAMILY Actsponsored by U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., It would give family and medical leave insurance to all workers.\nFirst introduced in 2013, the bill has been gaining traction over the years as more Democrats push for federal support when employees have to take time off to care for a new baby or sick family member.\nDeLauro's bill has 201 cosponsors. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. (D-N.Y.) has a companion bill in the Senate with 34 cosponors.\nIt creates a payroll tax of 2 cents for every 10 dollars of wages. Workers would be eligible for 60 days or 12 weeks of partial income for the birth or adoption of a child, or the injury or illness of a family member.\nCurrently, the Family Medical Leave Act requires employers to give employees job-protected unpaid leave for such circumstances. The FAMILY act would give them an income while they take that time off.\nIncome support for new parents is not enough, DeLauro told the Oversight and Reform Committee Tuesday morning. Seventy-five percent of workers who take FMLA do so to address health  their own or that of a loved one.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-keller-it-s-sad-day-america", "Rep. Keller: Its a sad day in America", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, serving Clinton and surrounding counties in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, said Tuesday's announcement of two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump marka sad day for our Republic.\nSpeaking from Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Keller said the articles by House Democrats follow an effort of over nearly four years by some career bureaucrats and members of the intelligence community to stop the Trump Presidency.\nThose who do not like President Trump's policies and resent him working to restore the power of the government to the people have worked tirelessly from the moment he announced he was running for President to find any possible means to tear him down,Keller said. The articles of impeachment announced today are not fueled by any facts or first-hand accounts, but rather a fantastical hatred for the President of the United States of America.\nThe actions of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, and their House Democratic colleagues have doneand will continue to donothing but tear this country apart,he said.\nPrior to and during closed-door interviews of officials and public impeachment hearings, Keller has been a vocal opponent to actions against the president.\nDemocrats are so afraid of a repeat of the disastrous Mueller hearing that they are starting public hearings only after wasting hundreds of hours auditioning witnesses in secret, shutting out the American people and 75 percent of their elected representatives to Congress.\nThe rehearsed questions and prepared answers the American people  are nothing short of political theatre orchestrated by Nancy Pelosi's impeachment Czar, Adam Schiff. These proceedings are not meant to get to the bottom of anything and are merely an attempt to check the box of transparency so House Democrats can continue their three-year-long coup and overturn the will of the people,Keller said.\nEnough is enough. It's time for this sham process to end and for Congress to move on to working for the benefit of the American people by passing things like the USMCA, truly bipartisan prescription drug reform, and measures to fully fund our military and take care of our veterans.\nU.S. Rep. Keller sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi saying it was time to endselective leaks and fake transparency.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-announces-100000-federal-grant-perry-county-development", "Congressman Fred Keller announces $100,000 federal grant for Perry County Development Authority", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12) on Wednesday announced the United States Department of Agriculture has approved a Rural Community Development Investment Grant of $100,000 for the Perry County Economic Development Authority.\n\nThe grant money will go toward allowing the Perry County Economic Development Authority to train and assist Duncannon Borough and Newport Borough with a downtown revitalization project, which will assist current businesses, attract new businesses, and bring about health and wellness partnerships.\n\nThe total cost of the project is $200,000 with the Perry County Economic Development Authority contributing $100,000.\n\nI am proud to announce the Perry County Economic Development Authority received this sizeable grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, Congressman Keller said. The funding for this project will help grow business opportunities and economic development to these rural communities.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-announces-22000-federal-grant-sayre-borough", "Congressman Fred Keller announces $22,000 federal grant for Sayre Borough", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12) on Wednesday announced the United States Department of Agriculture has approved an Economic Impact Initiative Grant of $22,000 for Sayre Borough for the purchase of 15 new portable police radios with multi-key encryption and accessories.\n\nThe radios will help the police department to better combat the opioid crisis and communicate on frequencies not used by the general public.\n\nThe total cost of the project is $41,220.75 with the borough contributing $19,220.75 to the project.\n\nThis grant is critical to allow Sayre police to maintain constant communication as they keep our community safe and combat the opioid epidemic, Congressman Keller said. I am proud to see the United States Department of Agriculture provide this grant money to help keep Sayre borough safe.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-announces-243196421-fema-grant-pennsylvania-repair", "Congressman Fred Keller announces $2,431,964.21 FEMA grant to Pennsylvania to repair Susquehanna County infrastructure", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12) on Wednesday announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency, through United States Department of Homeland Security, awarded a combined $2,431,964.21 in grant money to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to assist with Susquehanna County road and bridge repairs needed as a result of storm damage that occurred in August 2018.\n\nThe FEMA disaster declaration related to the storm was made in November 2018.\n\nThe grant breakdown is as follows:\n \n$1,277,946.65 in federal funding to Franklin Township for roadway repairs\n\tThe award provides $1,154,017.56 in federal funding to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for bridge repairs in Susquehanna County\n \n\nThe federal grant money makes up 75 percent of the total cost of the repair projects.\n\nThese FEMA grants will help areas within Susquehanna County with needed road and bridge repairs as a result of devastating storms, Congressman Keller said. I am glad to see this money awarded in order to help remediate the damage.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthaler-supports-pay-increase-our-nation-s-troops-votes-authorize-defense", "Reschenthaler Supports Pay Increase For Our Nations Troops, Votes to Authorize Defense Funding", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) supported the Conference Report to S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20). This bipartisan bill authorizes $738 billion in funding for our nation's military and provides a 3.1 percent pay raise for our troops, the largest increase in a decade. The legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 377 to 48 and now heads to the Senate for consideration.\n\nAs a former Navy JAG, I am deeply committed to supporting the military men and women who make sacrifices every day to protect our freedoms at home and abroad, said Reschenthaler. This bill willprovide American troops with the resources they need to defend our country from global threats, while also ensuring they are able to take care of their families. I am particularly proud the FY20 NDAA includes provisions I championed that will help servicemembers who have been the victims of medical malpractice and better protect sensitive defense research from Russia and China. I will continue to prioritize the needs of our troops and the security of our nation.\n\nThe FY20 NDAA Conference Report provides the resources necessary to continue rebuilding readiness, modernize nuclear capabilities, develop emerging technologies and weapons, enhance missile defense, and confront our adversaries. The legislation also includes two priorities of the Trump Administration, the establishment of the Space Force and up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for our troops.\n\nAdditionally, the bill includes a provision similar to legislation Reschenthaler championed that allows servicemembers to bring medical malpractice claims against the U.S. government for health care they received at a Department of Defense (DOD) facility. Currently, members of our military are not able to bring claims against DOD medical providers after being misdiagnosed, mistreated, or subjected to botched surgeries, even though almost all other Americans have that right.\n\nReschenthaler also led an effort to protect sensitive defense research from intellectual property theft by providing training and resources to promote security and limit undue influence on institutions and personnel. As countries such as China and Russia continue stealing our intellectual property, it is critical we equip our universities with necessary training to deter these threats.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases/reschenthaler-supports-pay-increase-our-nations-troops-votes-authorize-defense", "Reschenthaler Supports Pay Increase For Our Nation\u2019s Troops, Votes to Authorize Defense Funding", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Guy Reschenthaler", "R000610", "reschenthaler.house.gov", "reschenthaler", "https://reschenthaler.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) supported the Conference Report to S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20). This bipartisan bill authorizes $738 billion in funding for our nation's military and provides a 3.1 percent pay raise for our troops, the largest increase in a decade. The legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 377 to 48 and now heads to the Senate for consideration.\n\n\"As a former Navy JAG, I am deeply committed to supporting the military men and women who make sacrifices every day to protect our freedoms at home and abroad,\" said Reschenthaler. \"This bill will provide American troops with the resources they need to defend our country from global threats, while also ensuring they are able to take care of their families. I am particularly proud the FY20 NDAA includes provisions I championed that will help servicemembers who have been the victims of medical malpractice and better protect sensitive defense research from Russia and China. I will continue to prioritize the needs of our troops and the security of our nation.\"\n\nThe FY20 NDAA Conference Report provides the resources necessary to continue rebuilding readiness, modernize nuclear capabilities, develop emerging technologies and weapons, enhance missile defense, and confront our adversaries. The legislation also includes two priorities of the Trump Administration, the establishment of the Space Force and up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for our troops.\n\nAdditionally, the bill includes a provision similar to legislation Reschenthaler championed that allows servicemembers to bring medical malpractice claims against the U.S. government for health care they received at a Department of Defense (DOD) facility. Currently, members of our military are not able to bring claims against DOD medical providers after being misdiagnosed, mistreated, or subjected to botched surgeries, even though almost all other Americans have that right.\n\nReschenthaler also led an effort to protect sensitive defense research from intellectual property theft by providing training and resources to promote security and limit undue influence on institutions and personnel. As countries such as China and Russia continue stealing our intellectual property, it is critical we equip our universities with necessary training to deter these threats.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/local-congressmen-continue-back-trump", "Local congressmen continue to back Trump", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Reps. John Joyce and Glenn G.T. Thompson, both Republicans, once again offered their unequivocal support for President Donald Trump  in regards to the investigation into his actions concerning Ukraine and the 2020 election  when formal articles of impeachment against him were unveiled on Tuesday.\nThe resolution, supported by Democrats in the House of Representatives, accused Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.\nJoyce, from Pennsylvania's 13th District, and Thompson, from the 15th District, along with other House members, will likely soon be called upon to vote on the matter. Both have consistently opposed the impeachment process, considering it a political maneuver by Democrats.\n\nImpeachment has been a foregone conclusion for the Democrats, Thompson said in a released statement. By politicizing the most severe powers reserved for Congress, they will undoubtedly leave a lasting stain on the institution. After considering all of the information presented, I have only heard emotional arguments that do not rise to the level of impeachment.\nTherefore, I will not vote in favor of the articles of impeachment. The American people deserve much better than this spectacle and I encourage my colleagues to refrain from trying to score cheap political points on the campaign trail and get back to the people's work.\nJoyce offered similar remarks:\nSpeaker (Nancy) Pelosi and House Democrats have been planning to impeach President Trump since Election Day 2016.\nFor years, they have sought to undermine the President and prevent him from fulfilling his Constitutional responsibilities. Since gaining control of the House in January, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have obsessed over endless investigations of the Trump Administration, grasping at straws while withholding evidence from elected Members of Congress.\nIn spite of this sham impeachment process, the American people have yet to see any direct evidence of wrongdoing. Rather than point to facts, the impeachment inquiry has revealed the depth of House Democrats' disdain for President Trump and their disregard of the legitimate votes of the American people, including the constituents of PA-13. Under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, this process has been a failure, specifically in transparency and fairness, that is beneath the dignity of the U.S. House of Representatives.\nDemocrats revealed the resolution after investigating whether the president attempted to influence the 2020 election by withholding aid to Ukraine unless the country looked into the business dealings of Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading Democratic candidate.\nThe resolution states: Using the powers of his high office, President Trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 United States Presidential election. He did so through a scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his reelection, harm the election prospects of a political opponent, and influence the 2020 United States Presidential election to his advantage.\nThe obstruction of Congress charge relates to Trump's actions during the House investigation, which involved issuing subpoenas that sought documents and testimony from various executive branch agencies and offices, along with current and former officials.\nIn response, without lawful cause or excuse, President Trump directed Executive Branch agencies, offices, and officials not to comply with those subpoenas, according to the resolution. President Trump thus interposed the powers of the Presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives, and assumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the sole Power of Impeachment' vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives.\nIf the resolution passes the House, then the Senate will hold a full trial.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/thompson-votes-support-farm-workforce-reform", "Thompson Votes in Support of Farm Workforce Reform", "2019-12-11", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Glenn Thompson", "T000467", "thompson.house.gov", "thompson", "https://thompson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 by a vote of 260-165. Following the vote, Congressman Glenn \u2018GT' Thompson issued a statement:\n\n\"When I visit with farmers throughout Pennsylvania, the overwhelming lack of a reliable workforce is their biggest challenge,\" said Rep. Thompson. \"This bill extends the benefits of the H-2A visa program to our nation's dairy farmers, who are the backbone of Pennsylvania's agricultural sector. Although this bill is far from perfect, it is a step in the right direction towards addressing a major workforce shortage for Pennsylvania's largest industry. I remain hopeful that my colleagues in the Senate will refine this legislation to produce a guest worker program that truly works for our nation's family farms.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"], ["https://johnjoyce.house.gov/media/press-releases/joyce-statement-articles-impeachment-0", "Joyce Statement on Articles of Impeachment", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "John Joyce", "J000302", "johnjoyce.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13) released the following statement after the introduction of two Articles of Impeachment.\nSpeaker Pelosi and House Democrats have been planning to impeach President Trump since Election Day 2016. For years, they have sought to undermine the President and prevent him from fulfilling his Constitutional responsibilities. Since gaining control of the House in January, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have obsessed over endless investigations of the Trump Administration, grasping at straws while withholding evidence from elected Members of Congress.\nIn spite of this sham impeachment process, the American people have yet to see any direct evidence of wrongdoing. Rather than point to facts, the impeachment inquiry has revealed the depth of House Democrats' disdain for President Trump and their disregard of the legitimate votes of the American people, including the constituents of PA-13. Under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, this process has been a failure, specifically in transparency and fairness, that is beneath the dignity of the U.S. House of Representatives.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/congressman-fred-keller-co-sponsors-bipartisan-plan-reduce-prescription-drug-costs", "Congressman Fred Keller co-sponsors bipartisan plan to reduce prescription drug costs", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON (WENY) --Lower costs, more cures. That's the thinking behind Congressman Fred Keller's new plan to reduce prescription drug costs.\nBut it's up against an alternative from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which Democrats are trying to move through the House this week.\n\"White traveling across Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, I have made it a priority to meet with medical professionals and patients to discuss the topic of prescription drug prices,\" Keller said. \"Their suggestions are simple: increase transparency, promote competition, and reform patent laws to allow generics to get to market faster. The Lower Costs, More Cures Act accomplishes those goals.\"\nKeller's H.R.19 is up against H.R.3, which requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate prices for certain drugs. Specifically, the CMS must negotiate maximum prices for insulin products, and at least 25 single-source, brand-name drugs that do not have generic competition and are among the 125 drugs that account for the greatest national spending. The bill also makes a series of additional changes to Medicare prescription drug coverage and pricing.\nAccording to a press release from Keller's Communications Director, H.R.19, unlike H.R.3, is bipartisan.\nWATCH THIS STORY HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/congressman-fred-kellers-comments-articles-impeachment", "Congressman Fred Keller's comments on articles of impeachment", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. The House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump today, which is following a four-year-effort of career bureaucrats, members of the intelligence community, and now House Democrats to stop the Trump Presidency, according to a press release.\nCongressman Fred Keller made the following statement regarding the articles of impeachment:\nThe announcement of articles of impeachment today is a sad day for our republic. Those who do not like President Trump's policies and resent him working to restore the power of the government to the people have worked tirelessly from the moment he announced he was running for President to find any possible means to tear him down. The articles of impeachment announced today are not fueled by any facts or first-hand accounts, but rather a fantastical hatred for the President of the United States of America. The actions of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, and their House Democratic colleagues have doneand will continue to donothing but tear this country apart.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/congressmen-keller-joyce-respond-articles-impeachment-against-trump", "Congressmen Keller, Joyce respond to articles of impeachment against Trump", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "(WJAC) House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.\nThe announcement was madeTuesday morning during a news conferenceat the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.\nVoting in the Judiciary Committee is expected to take place in the following days and in the full House by Christmas.\nCongressmen John Joyce, R-Pennsylvania, and Fred Keller, R-Pennsylvania, both released statements following the impeachment announcement.\n\nJoyce:\nSpeaker Pelosi and House Democrats have been planning to impeach President Trump since Election Day 2016. For years, they have sought to undermine the President and prevent him from fulfilling his Constitutional responsibilities. Since gaining control of the House in January, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have obsessed over endless investigations of the Trump Administration, grasping at straws while withholding evidence from elected Members of Congress.\nIn spite of this sham impeachment process, the American people have yet to see any direct evidence of wrongdoing. Rather than point to facts, the impeachment inquiry has revealed the depth of House Democrats' disdain for President Trump and their disregard of the legitimate votes of the American people, including the constituents of PA-13. Under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, this process has been a failure, specifically in transparency and fairness, that is beneath the dignity of the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\nKeller:\nThe announcement of articles of impeachment today is a sad day for our republic.\nThose who do not like President Trump's policies and resent him working to restore the power of the government to the people have worked tirelessly from the moment he announced he was running for President to find any possible means to tear him down.\nThe articles of impeachment announced today are not fueled by any facts or first-hand accounts, but rather a fantastical hatred for the President of the United States of America.\nThe actions of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, and their House Democratic colleagues have done and will continue to do nothing but tear this country apart.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/does-pennsylvania-s-members-congress-support-or-oppose-articles-impeachment", "Does Pennsylvanias members of Congress support or oppose the articles of impeachment against President Trump?", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives announced two articles of impeachment Tuesday against President Donald Trump, accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress as a result of his dealings with Ukrainian leaders.\nThe announcement of those articles moves to the impeachment process a step closer to a House floor vote expected before Christmas. The House Judiciary panel is expected to hold a vote later this week.\nThe articles of impeachment were unveiled hours before Trump, who has maintained that he did nothing wrong,is set to hold a campaign rally tonight in Hershey.\nHere's what Pennsylvania's congressional delegation, whichsplit on party lines in a vote outlining the public steps of the impeachment investigation, had to say Tuesday in reaction to the articles of impeachment.(This article will be updated.)\nReaction from Democrats\nU.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, 5th District (Delaware County) and vice chair of the House Judiciary Committee:\nNo president in history has used the power of the Presidency to betray our democracy & corrupt our elections as this one has. Abuse of power & obstruction of Congress are the highest of high crimes under our Constitution. President Trump must be impeached. #DefendOurDemocracy\"\nRep. Brendan Boyle (D-2nd District, parts of Philadelphia)\nA spokesman for Boyle said Tuesday morning that the congressman supports both articles of impeachment.\nRep. Dwight Evans (D-3rd, Philadelphia)\nToday is a somber and historic day, necessary for upholding our oath of office and the Constitution. Benjamin Franklin said after the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia that we have a republic, if you can keep it.' House Democrats intend to keep it.\nReaction from Republicans\nU.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-12th District (Lycoming County):\nThe announcement of articles of impeachment today is a sad day for our republic. Those who do not like President Trump's policies and resent him working to restore the power of the government to the people have worked tirelessly from the moment he announced he was running for President to find any possible means to tear him down. The articles of impeachment announced today are not fueled by any facts or first-hand accounts, but rather a fantastical hatred for the President of the United States of America. The actions of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, and their House Democratic colleagues have doneand will continue to donothing but tear this country apart.\nRep. Dan Meuser, 9th District (Schuylkill County):\n\"Finally, Democrat leadership has come up with the terms they find most effective for their impeachment sham. They've tried Russian corruption, bribery, quid pro quo, and obstruction of justice, and have now finally arrived at abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.\n\"The group abusing power here is Democrat leadership, with the presumption of guilt and the lack of due process against President Donald J. Trump. Additionally, they have obstructed Congress by holding secret hearings to vet their own witnesses as rehearsals before public viewing.\nThis is Orwellian and, for the sake of our country and the American people, cannot be allowed to happen again.\nRep. John Joyce, 13th District (Blair County):\nSpeaker Pelosi and House Democrats have been planning to impeach President Trump since Election Day 2016. For years, they have sought to undermine the President and prevent him from fulfilling his Constitutional responsibilities. Since gaining control of the House in January, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have obsessed over endless investigations of the Trump Administration, grasping at straws while withholding evidence from elected Members of Congress.\nIn spite of this sham impeachment process, the American people have yet to see any direct evidence of wrongdoing. Rather than point to facts, the impeachment inquiry has revealed the depth of House Democrats' disdain for President Trump and their disregard of the legitimate votes of the American people, including the constituents of PA-13. Under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, this process has been a failure, specifically in transparency and fairness, that is beneath the dignity of the U.S. House of Representatives.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/in-the-news/pennsylvania-congressional-delegation-members-take-turns-slamming-president", "Pennsylvania congressional delegation members take turns slamming president, impeachment inquiry", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The news Tuesday morning that the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives had filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump elicited strong reactions from members of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation.\nRepublican Rep. Fred Keller, who has been one of the president's staunchest supporters since joining the House in a special election this year, called Tuesday a sad day for our republic.\nThe articles of impeachment announced today are not fueled by any facts or first-hand accounts, but rather a fantastical hatred for the President of the United States of America, Keller said in a statement. The actions of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, and their House Democratic colleagues have done  and will continue to do  nothing but tear this country apart.\nImpeachment is the process by which the House of Representatives formally accuses the president of wrongdoing that it considers worthy of removal of office. If the articles of impeachment are approved in the Democrat-controlled House, the matter would then move to the Republican-controlled Senate for a formal trial.\nThe two articles of impeachment unveiled Tuesday accuse the president of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The charges stem from allegations that the president improperly withheld promised monetary aid to Ukraine as a way to force an investigations into the business dealings of Hunter Biden  the son of political rival Joe Biden, the leading candidate in a number of polls for the Democratic nomination for president.\nRep. Madeleine Dean, a Democrat, argued that the president's actions constituted a misuse of power for his own benefit.\nPresident Trump put himself before the country  violating a President's most basic responsibility, Dean wrote on Twitter. He broke his oath to the American people. He has left us no choice. We must act and protect our Republic.\nDean was echoed by fellow Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon, who argued that Trump's actions were unique in American history.\nNo president in history has used the power of the Presidency to betray our democracy & corrupt our elections as this one has, Scanlon said on Twitter. Abuse of power & obstruction of Congress are the highest of high crimes under our Constitution. President Trump must be impeached.\nRepublican Rep. Dan Meuser, on the other hand, described Democrats impeachment efforts as Orwellian, saying that the process has gone on without proper input from the American people.\nFinally, Democrat leadership has come up with the terms they find most effective for their impeachment sham, he said in a series of tweets. They've tried Russian corruption, bribery, quid pro quo, and obstruction of justice, and have now finally arrived at abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.\nThe group abusing power here is Democrat leadership, with the presumption of guilt and the lack of due process against @RealDonaldTrump, he continued. Additionally, they have obstructed Congress by holding secret hearings to vet their own witnesses as rehearsals before public viewing.\nRep. John Joyce, also a Republican, argued in a statement that the impeachment process was simply the result of Democrats' desire to remove the president from office at any price, whether or not removal was merited.\nSpeaker Pelosi and House Democrats have been planning to impeach President Trump since Election Day 2016, Joyce said. For years, they have sought to undermine the President and prevent him from fulfilling his Constitutional responsibilities. Since gaining control of the House in January, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have obsessed over endless investigations of the Trump Administration, grasping at straws while withholding evidence from elected Members of Congress.\nNo American president has ever been removed via the impeachment process. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton survived impeachment trials in the Senate, while President Richard Nixon resigned before an impeachment vote could take place.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-announces-27628-federal-grant-lauver-farm", "Congressman Fred Keller announces $27,628 federal grant for Lauver farm in McAlisterville", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12) on Tuesday announced the United States Department of Agriculture has approved a Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency grant of $27,628 for Lauver farm in McAlisterville to purchase and install a solar array.\n\nThe project will replace current energy demand and save $6,599 per year. Lauver farm contributed $94,137 to the project.\n\nThis grant will go a long way toward helping a local farm increase its renewable energy output and save money while being self-sufficient, Congressman Keller said. I am glad to see USDA award the grant money and help the agriculture industry in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-announces-32422-federal-grant-irion-lumber-company", "Congressman Fred Keller announces $32,422 federal grant for Irion Lumber Company in Tioga County", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12) on Tuesday announced the United States Department of Agriculture has approved a Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency grant of $32,422 for Irion Lumber Company in Wellsboro to purchase and install a ground mounted solar array.\n\nThe project will grow current energy output at the facility and save $9,365 per year. Irion Lumber contributed $97,268 to the project.\n\nThis grant will go a long way toward helping Irion Lumber increase its renewable energy output and save money while being self-sufficient, Congressman Keller said. I am glad to see USDA award the grant money and help the agriculture industry in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://keller.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-fred-keller-comments-democrats-announcing-articles-impeachment", "Congressman Fred Keller comments on Democrats announcing articles of impeachment", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Fred Keller", "K000395", "keller.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Tuesday, House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.\n\nThe articles follow an effort of over four years by some career bureaucrats, members of the intelligence community, and now House Democrats to stop the Trump Presidency.\n\nOn the announcement, Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) made the following statement:\n\nThe announcement of articles of impeachment today is a sad day for our republic.\n\nThose who do not like President Trump's policies and resent him working to restore the power of the government to the people have worked tirelessly from the moment he announced he was running for President to find any possible means to tear him down.\n\nThe articles of impeachment announced today are not fueled by any facts or first-hand accounts, but rather a fantastical hatred for the President of the United States of America.\n\nThe actions of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, and their House Democratic colleagues have doneand will continue to donothing but tear this country apart.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"], ["https://kelly.house.gov/press-release/kelly-statement-usmca-agreement", "Kelly Statement on USMCA Agreement", "2019-12-10", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Today, President Trump and Congressional leaders reached an agreement to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Following the announcement, U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) released this statement:\n\"Promises made, promises kept. USMCA is a big win and will further boost America's strongest economy in half a century. Congress should unlock the benefits of this great trade deal by passing it immediately. 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