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Washington, DC– Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-13) released the following statement today in response to reports that North Korea has tested a nuclear device:
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle and the Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Congressman Sander Levin and Congressman Michael Fitzpatrick led a letter to President Obama urging him to visit Ukraine prior to the end of his term. Fifteen members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined in on signing the letter in support. This bipartisan effort underscores that a visit by President Obama to Ukraine would highlight and enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries, as well as enhance the strong cooperation needed to implement reforms in Ukraine.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) released the following statement today regarding the Britain referendum on EU membership and participation:
Washington, DC– In the wake of the horrific act of hate and terror in Orlando last week, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) today joined House Democrats’ sit-in on the House Floor to demand that Speaker Ryan and House Republicans allow a vote on bipartisan legislation to address gun violence.
Washington, D.C. – Pennsylvania lawmakers yesterday urged the Department of the Navy to provide health screenings and water filtration systems for residents of Horsham, Montgomery County and Warminster, Bucks County affected by the presences of PFOA and PFOS chemical compounds in drinking water. The compounds have been detected in public and private wells in communities surrounding the former Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster and the former Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove in Horsham.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) today released the following statement regarding release of Ukranian Member of Parliament and Fighter Pilot Nadiya Savchenko:
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Congressmen Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) and Mick Mulvaney (R-SC-05) led the planting of a ceremonial tree on the U.S. Capitol Grounds. The tree, an Irish Oak, was planted to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, as well as to honor all Irish-Americans. In 1916, Irish Americans played a significant role in the Rising. The Easter 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic specifically states the Rising as “supported by her exiled children in America.”
The terrorist attacks in Brussels, like the attacks last fall in Paris, have captured our attention in a way reminiscent of the days immediately after 9/11. Fifteen years later, there are still fundamental questions about the nature of the challenge that have yet to be answered.
Make no mistake about it. We are at war.
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.
After two years, the US House of Representatives passed the Electrify Africa Act on Monday, which aims to connect millions of sub-Saharan African’s to a reliable power supply.
The bill, which will create a framework for a significant public-private partnership between the US and Sub-Saharan Africa, has now been sent to US President Barack Obama for his signature, the Voice of America reported.