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Philadelphia, PA - Rep. Charlie Dent (PA-15), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Rep. Ralph A. Abraham (LA-5), M.D., Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) Subcommittee organized meetings with both administrators and employees at the offices of the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO) this morning.
June 12, 2015 President Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to personally plead House Democrats not to sink his trade agenda.
He failed. And it wasn't close.
In a dramatic early-afternoon vote, the House rejected the Trade Adjustment Assistance package, 126-302. At least 140 Democrats voted against Obama.
And it was Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who cast the final blow. Speaking just before the vote for 15 minutes, Pelosi, who had kept silent on the issue, said she would oppose the president.
Washington, D.C. – On Monday, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) toured ASI Technologies, Inc. in Montgomeryville to get a first-hand look at a local business the will be impacted if funding for the Export-Import bank expires later this month.
Washington, D.C. – Last night, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) opposed legislation that cuts Amtrak funding by roughly $250 million. H.R. 2577, the annual Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill, passed the House of Representatives 216-210, largely on a party-line vote.
Imagine departing from Philadelphia and arriving in New York City in 32 minutes, or Washington in less than an hour. Imagine being able to speed at nearly 220 m.p.h. past the ever-worsening traffic gridlock of the five major metropolitan cities along the East Coast.
Now imagine such opportunities throughout the entire Northeast Corridor, which generates 20 percent of the nation's gross domestic product and supports a population of 50 million Americans packed into an area covering roughly 2 percent of the country.
CONGRESSMAN
BRENDAN F. BOYLE
PROUDLY REPRESENTING THE 13TH DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Invites you to participate in a
COMMUNITY CLEAN UP
OLNEY RECREATION CENTER
Saturday, May 30th, 10:30 AM—12:30 PM
6001 A Street
Philadelphia, PA 19120
Philadelphia, PA – 59 percent of of the state's streams, including those feeding the Delaware River, Susquehanna River and Pittsburgh's Three, will gain federal protections under a final rule signed today by top Obama administration officials. The measure restores Clean Water Act safeguards to small streams and headwaters that have been vulnerable to development and pollution for nearly ten years.
CONGRESSMAN
BRENDAN F. BOYLE
PROUDLY REPRESENTING THE 13TH DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Invites you to join him for COFFEE WITH YOUR CONRESSMAN
Dunkin' Donuts
Saturday, May 16th, 10:30 AM—11:30 AM
81 Cheltenham Avenue
Cheltenham, PA 19012
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday night, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-13) conveyed his heartfelt sympathy with those who were on Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 when it derailed in Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) marked Infrastructure Week by calling on Republicans to protect good paying jobs and avert the impending expiration of the Highway and Transit Trust Fund at the end of May. Until Congress acts to reauthorize the Trust Fund, 660,000 jobs and 6,000 projects are at risk, but Republicans have no plan to restore long-term certainty to these workers and communities across the country.