Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), reintroduced the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, popular, comprehensive legislation that would bring in at least $3 trillion in revenue over 10 years by requiring that the top 0.05 percent of American households chip in 2 cents for every dollar of wealth over $50 million.
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, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after voting to pass a fourth continuing resolution under the Republican-controlled House:
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Chair of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Political Committee and Co-Chair of the Congressional EU Caucus, released the statement below as Sweden cleared the final hurdle in its bid to join NATO.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee and Co-Chair of the Congressional European Union Caucus issued the following statement ahead of the two-year anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Congressman Boyle recently returned from attending the Munich Security Conference and joint committee meetings of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where he chairs the Political Committee.
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.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA), U.S. Representatives Dwight Evans (D-PA-3), and Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5) and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker announced that Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is receiving $20,400,000 in new infrastructure funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Airport Terminal Program, created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.