Press Releases
"I have been looking forward to welcoming Vice President Harris to Philadelphia tomorrow and participating in a program with her. As part of the standard protocol, I took a COVID rapid antigen test this evening. To my surprise, I tested positive. I am asymptomatic, and fully vaccinated and boosted."
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) voted to secure urgently needed relief for small businesses in Philadelphia and across the Keystone State. The Relief for Restaurants & Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act will deliver $55 billion to replenish funding for Pennsylvania restaurants and establish a new program supporting other small businesses impacted by the pandemic.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement supporting the historic Negev Summit and condemning the recent rise in terrorist activity in Israel:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle secured $12.2 million through Congressionally-directed spending for Philadelphia Community Project Funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Omnibus appropriations bill. The bill passed the House and Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. The projects span across Congressman Boyle's PA-02 District and will improve local transportation & infrastructure, increase financial literacy, address the growing city gun violence epidemic, and increase delivery of healthcare to underserved populations.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) introduced "The Harriet Tubman Day Act". It is legislation that would create a federal holiday in honor of Harriet Tubman.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), voted for passage of H.R. 3967, the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act --or Honoring our PACT Act, which will finally treat toxic exposure as a cost of war by addressing the full range of issues impacting toxic-exposed veterans'; including access to earned benefits and healthcare through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
WASHINGTON, DC – Following the European Union's historic decision to shut its airspace to Russian airlines and buy arms for Ukraine in response to Putin's deadly invasion, Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC), Co-Chairs of the Congressional European Union Caucus, released the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), House Budget Committee Chair Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), and Budget Committee Vice-chair, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), introduced the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, legislation that would repeal the debt ceiling and give the Secretary of the Treasury the authority to issue new debt as long as the president notifies Congress that new debt is needed.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA02) released the following statement after President Biden announced that the leader of ISIS, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in a counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria:
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4673, as amended, The Ensuring Veterans' Smooth Transition, or EVEST Act, with bipartisan support. By automatically enrolling eligible servicemembers in VA healthcare during their transition out of the military, the EVEST Act will simplify the transition process and take critical steps toward preventing veteran suicide.