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The Health Fair hosted by Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA02), offered free COVID-19 vaccinations this morning in Philly. Eyewitness News was at the Baptist Worship Center. on James Street in Wissinoming. The vaccination event was a partnership between the Center, Rite Aid, and Congressman Brendan Boyle's office.
(This article appeared in the May 1, 2019 edition of The Intelligencer)
U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-2, of Philadelphia, has introduced a bill that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to set a safe drinking water standard for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, within two years. Currently unregulated, PFAS chemical contamination is emerging in communities across the country, including in a handful of Bucks and Montgomery towns.
((This OpEd appeared in the April 29, 2019 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer))
Recently, I took part in an important congressional delegation led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to both the United Kingdom and Ireland. We traveled to both countries to deliver a clear and unambiguous message: it is vital that whatever Brexit deal ultimately passes the UK Parliament does not harm the Good Friday Agreement.
https://cheddar.com/media/house-democrat-brendan-boyle-talks-probing-potus
When it comes to the relationship between Capitol Hill and the White House, things are becoming more strained. Pennsylvania Democrat Brendan Boyle joins Cheddar's Megan Pratz to talk the latest on the House probe, and much more.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a resolution stating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's forthcoming report on Russian election meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election should be made public.
The resolution passed the House 420-0. Four Republican lawmakers voted "present" on the measure — a way to avoid a "yes" or "no" vote. Seven lawmakers didn't cast votes. All 18 members of Pennsylvania's U.S. House delegation voted in favor of the measure, according to the House roll call.
More than 20 members of the US Congress warned that a future free trade deal between the US and UK could be delayed "indefinitely" as they called on Theresa May to ensure there is no return to a hard border in Ireland.
In a letter sent to the British prime minister on the eve of the Taoiseach's visit to Washington to mark St Patrick's Day, the bipartisan group calls on Mrs May's government "to do everything in its power" to prevent the imposition of a hard border between the Republic and North.
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a key priority of the new Democratic majority: A sweeping legislative proposal that Democrats call HR 1 that seeks to enact wide-ranging ethics reform, expand voting rights and mandate the disclosure of presidential tax returns.
The vote was 234 to 193 and the measure passed along party lines.
Blue-collar Americans are the backbone of American strength and resilience. In the 1970s, the top one percent of earners made nine percent of the country's income. Today, they make nearly a quarter. Since the recession, CEO pay has soared while workers' wages have remained stagnant, or have at times fallen. All the while, we've watched the slow and steady decline of unions over nearly five decades.
The U.S. Air Force on Monday awarded an initial $325 million contract to replace 1960s-era UH-1N (Huey) helicopters, which patrol and defend nuclear weapons facilities, with MH-139 helicopters built at two plants in the Philadelphia area.