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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.
PHILADELPHIA, PA: Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-02) presented a Community Project Funding (CPF) check totaling $575,000 to the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) Philadelphia. OIC CEO/President Sheila Ireland accepted the funding award on the organization’s behalf. The presentation took place at OIC’s campus on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. This funding award will enable OIC to expand current healthcare program offerings to create career ladder opportunities in the healthcare sector—part of an ongoing effort to improve healthcare access and well-being for all.
WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the statement below following SEPTA board members’ decision to utilize Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funds to replace the transit agency's aging rail car fleet:
PHILADELPHIA – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-2) presented a Community Project Funding (CPF) check in the amount of $1,890,000 to the Independence Historical Trust to support improvements to the intersection of 2nd and Market Streets in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia. This funding, combined with $750,000 secured by Congressman Dwight Evans, totals nearly $2.7 million in new federal funding to improve the area in the heart of Old City.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle formally introduced his legislation to hold a commemorative joint session of Congress in Philadelphia, the Nation’s Birthplace, on Thursday July 2, 2026, in honor of the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence. America250 Congressional Caucus House co-chairs Reps. Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) are co-leading the legislation with him.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-2) issued the statement below, following today’s announcement by the Biden administration setting the first ever national EPA standard to limit PFAS & PFOA for drinking water. PFAS & PFOA “forever chemicals” are an urgent public health threat. PFAS are persistent, bio accumulative, and toxic. Increasingly, communities across the country continue discovering PFAS & PFOA contamination in their air, land, and water.
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) and U.S. Representatives Brendan Boyle (PA-02) and Dwight Evans (D-PA-3), secured $158,911,664 in federal funding to reconnect Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood across the Vine Street Expressway (I-676), which split the historic neighborhood apart when it was constructed. The grant will fund construction of a new public park across the expressway and includes traffic calming measures and a connection to the new Rail Park on the Reading viaduct.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released a statement on President Biden’s State of the Union address:
PHILADELPHIA: Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement in response to today’s mass shooting in his congressional district where seven victims were wounded and critically injured---all victims are believed to be juveniles from nearby high schools:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) along with U.S. Senators Bob Casey (PA) and John Fetterman (PA), U.S. Representatives Dwight Evans (PA-03), and Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker announced that SEPTA is receiving $317,160,000 in infrastructure funding to purchase approximately 200 new rail cars on the Market-Frankford Line, SEPTA’s most heavily-used commuter rail line.