Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) today released the following statement announcing his new legislation to reunite the 2,300 children separated from their parents and not helped by President Trump's executive order yesterday.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Budget Committee member Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) released the following statement tonight upon the committee's passage of the 2019 House Republican budget resolution on a party-line vote. Boyle offered amendments to reverse the bill's cuts to Medicare and student loan assistance, which were both rejected on a party-line vote as well.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) issued the following statement today following the release of a federal health study on per- and polyflourinated chemicals (PFAS). The Trump Administration, including U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the lifting of economic sanctions on North Korea absent certification that it is improving its abysmal human rights record. The legislation aims to strengthen the diplomatic hand of American negotiators to allow – and require – them to raise these issues during negotiations. Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) joined Congressman Boyle from across the aisle to introduce this timely legislation.
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in advance of President Trump's summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-Un:
With decades of American foreign policy, the legitimization of Kim Jung Un, and global stability on the line, I hope that President Trump has prepared more extensively for the North Korea summit than he has thus far disclosed to the public.
Washington, DC –Today, Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) joined Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) to introduce new legislation to establish federal procedures for counting fatalities following a natural disaster. Introduced in both chambers of Congress, their legislation, the Counting Our Unexpected Natural Tragedies' (COUNT) Victims Act, comes on the heels of disturbing reports suggesting the official death toll in Puerto Rico reflects a dramatic undercount.
HARRISBURG, PA – Today, inside the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, U.S. Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) and his brother, PA State Rep. Kevin Boyle (Philadelphia), announced companion legislation to officially change election day nationwide and statewide to the weekend after the first Friday in November in order to increase voting accessibility, engagement, and turnout.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Bob Brady (PA-1), Brendan Boyle (PA-13) and Dwight Evans (PA-2) joined together on a letter to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi demanding federal funding to correct the deplorable and dangerous conditions in Philadelphia schools recently elevated by a series of articles published in the Philadelphia inquirer.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Co-Chair of the Blue Collar Caucus, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court decision in Janus vs. AFSCME issued by the Court today:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House of Representatives passed Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13)'s amendment to the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) encouraging greater international cooperation to address hybrid threats. Hybrid threats are identified as those that blend conventional warfare with newer, irregular tactics like cyber attacks. Boyle has been a consistent advocate for addressing hybrid threats as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and lead sponsor of H.R. 1997, the Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act.