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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement upon passage today of the Workplace Violence Prevention Against Health Care & Social Workers Act (H.R. 1195) today. It is legislation that would support the implementation of a simple, flexible, enforceable standard to ensure frontline workers are being protected against preventable incidents of violence in the workplace.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) today sent a letter --co-signed entirely by House members representing large metropolises -- to White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients. The Boyle letter requests that Zients update CDC allocation formulas currently causing vaccine deficits in large cities such as Philadelphia, Chicago and New York, as well as in other city's across the nation.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement regarding today's impeachment vote in the U.S. Senate:
"The evidence presented by the House Manager's team this week was damning and clear. President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States, threatened the integrity of the democratic system, and interfered with the peaceful transition of power--a complete and absolute betrayal of his oath of office.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement on President Biden's Executive Order today lifting the Pentagon's ban on transgender people serving in the military:
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) delivered the speech that follows to a joint session of the 117th U.S.Congress on January 6, 2021. It was delivered in defense of PA Electoral College votes that were being challenged:
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) delivered the speech that follows to the 117th U.S.Congress on January 6, 2021. It was delivered in defense of PA Electoral College votes that were being challenged:
Madam Speaker, Fellow Members:
Today we will not pick the next president. For the people did that on November 3rd. Rather, today, in this House, we will decide whether American democracy survives. Let us be under no illusion. These are the stakes. If this objection succeeds, and the will of 7 million Pennsylvania voters is cast aside, it will end our representative democracy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement on tonight's bipartisan passage of legislation to fund the government and provide additional, long-overdue pandemic relief for the American people, including survival checks and enhanced unemployment:
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) today proudly accepted the prestigious John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Medal for 2020 from the national chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians (LAOH). The medal is the highest honor that the Hibernians bestow. Congressman Boyle is the first Pennsylvania-based member of the U.S. House of Representatives to receive the medal.