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Washington, DC– This week, Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) is proud to announce that his American Export Promotion Act (HR 2729) has been selected to be included in Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer’s “Make It In America” package of legislation to promote bottom-up economic growth in America. The bill would help the export capabilities of small and medium sized businesses, allowing them to better compete in the global economy.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – As we mark Equal Pay Day today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-13) is fighting to do more to close the wage gap that still exists between women and men – including passage of the critical Paycheck Fairness Act. Equal Pay Day symbolizes the date that, more than three months into the year, women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year.
By Asaf Romirowsky and Benjamin Weinthal
In a move uncharacteristic of U.S. policy as it has been carried out for decades, the Obama administration recently endorsed Europe’s version of a soft Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) campaign targeting Israeli merchandise.
In late January, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency changed its policy on imports from the West Bank, imposing, in effect, a sanction on such goods.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-13) voted with many colleagues in the House to adopt, by a vote of 316 to 113, the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill. This measure funds the government until October 2016.
Washington, DC– Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) voted with 359 Democratic and Republican colleagues in the House to adopt the conference report on Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act -- a measure that reauthorizes highway, bridge, transportation safety, and public transit projects for the next five years. The measure provides $281 billion in guaranteed funding for these programs over these five years. The measure also reauthorizes the critically important Export-Import Bank for four years, which helps American workers and businesses compete in the global economy.
Washington, DC– Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) joined dozens of national elected, community, labor and faith leaders for a National Day of Action for Puerto Rico to urge Congress to pass legislation addressing the growing fiscal and humanitarian crisis. The Congressman is pleased to partner with Philadelphia City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez to highlight this very important issue. Councilwoman Quiñones-Sánchez lead a coalition from Pennsylvania to join in the call for action.
Philadelphia, PA- Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-13) joined the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group (PennPIRG) to highlight the presence of dangerous toys on store shelves this holiday shopping season.
BY LAURA BENSHOFF
If you build it, they will come. At least, that's the idea behind SEPTA's first new train station in 18 years.
The new Ninth Street station in Lansdale was built to breathe new life into a defunct industrial property, the former site of the American Olean Tile Company plant. The train stop boasts bike racks and 78 permanent parking spaces. It's so new that landscapers have yet to begin on what was just mud on a recent sunny November morning.
By Dan Sokil, The Reporter
The newest SEPTA station on its Regional Rail network is now open.
Local dignitaries marked the opening of the new 9th Street rail station on Monday morning with a ceremonial ribbon cutting, and spoke on the combined efforts of the borough, the Lansdale Parking Authority, and Stoltz Real Estate Partners that made the station a reality.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Brendan Boyle (D-PA) issued the following joint statement regarding the 2015 Fall Somos Conference, which they are attending in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
"Puerto Rico's economic and financial challenges did not occur overnight and they won't be solved immediately. However, it is important we work together to develop solutions in the short term that prevent the situation from deteriorating further, while outlining strategies that can put the island on a longer term path to prosperity.