Budget and Fiscal Responsibility

As Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Boyle is leading the fight for budget priorities that reflect the values of working families across the country. To learn more about the work of Budget Committee Democrats, visit the committee website.
 
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Boyle Slams Secretary Bessent Over Trump Administration’s Failure to Lower Costs for Working Families
June 4, 2026
Press Release
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) today pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the Trump administration’s failure to deliver on its promise to lower costs for working families.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
ICYMI: Boyle Joins Councilmember Lozada, Esperanza Health, NKCDC, and Project HOME to Call Out Federal Grant Cuts Hitting Kensington
January 20, 2026
Press Release
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, held a press conference at CORE at Esperanza Health Center in Kensington alongside Esperanza Health, the New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC), and Project HOME to highlight the harm caused by federal cuts to violence-prevention and housing funding, as well as broader cuts to health care access under HR1 that disproportionately affect neighborhoods like Kensington.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Local Issues
Boyle Ranked Most Effective Democratic House Member on Macroeconomic Policy
November 19, 2025
Press Release
The nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) has released its new Interest & Legislative Effectiveness Scores (ILES) for the 118th Congress, finding that Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, is the most effective Democratic lawmaker in the U.S. House on macroeconomic policy.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
Boyle Statement on the Trump–Republican Government Shutdown
October 1, 2025
Press Release
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump and congressional Republicans forced a shutdown of the federal government.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
Boyle Statement on the 90th Anniversary of Social Security
August 14, 2025
Press Release
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement marking the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Seniors
Boyle on Trump Signing Big Bill for Billionaires Into Law
July 4, 2025
Press Release
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after Donald Trump signed the Big Bill for Billionaires into law.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
Boyle on House Passage of Big Bill for Billionaires that Would Devastate Pennsylvania Families
July 3, 2025
Press Release
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after House Republicans passed their Big Bill for Billionaires.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
Boyle Slams Senate Republicans for Passing Big Bill for Billionaires That Would Devastate Pennsylvania Families
July 1, 2025
Press Release
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after Senate Republicans passed their Big Bill for Billionaires. The legislation now returns to the House of Representatives, where Ranking Member Boyle will continue leading the fight against this devastating legislation.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
Boyle at Ways and Means Hearing: Republican Policies Will Explode the Deficit, Raise Prices, and Betray the Middle Class
January 14, 2025
Press Release
During a Ways and Means Committee hearing, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), a senior member of the committee and Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, exposed the harmful impact of permanently extending the Trump tax cuts and imposing new tariffs.
Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Jobs and the Economy
US REP BOYLE, SUPERINTENDENT WATLINGTON, AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN AND OTHERS JOINTLY PUSH FOR MORE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PHILLY SCHOOLS
August 26, 2024
Press Release

PHILADELPHIA – Today, on the first day of school for Philadelphia public school students, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), joined by Philadelphia School Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Arthur Steinberg, as well as local elected officials, to demand more federal funding for Philadelphia public schools and decry recent attempts to cut public education funding. Specifically, the group focused on the ongoing infrastructure challenges faced by public schools in Philadelphia.

Issues: Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Education and Student Loans Local Issues