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May 27, 2018

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:

May 24, 2018

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.

May 24, 2018

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) requiring the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to jointly submit a report on Russia's support for the Taliban and other destabilizing activities in Afghanistan. The report would be sent to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Boyle is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

May 24, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13)'s amendment to require the U.S. State Department to report to Congress on it efforts to establish cyber security cooperation between the United States and Ukraine as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019. The amendment is modeled off Boyle's bipartisan bill, H.R. 1997, the Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act, which passed the House on February 7, 2018 by a vote of 404-3.

May 24, 2018

Doubts have been raised about the appointment of a US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had not considered the matter.

Mr. Pompeo, appearing before a session of the House Foreign Relations Committee, was questioned about the matter by Philadelphia Congressman Brendan Boyle. But he indicated that he was not aware of the proposed appointment and a letter by 32 members of Congress late last year requesting that the position be filled.

May 23, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration's apparent indifference toward Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement during BREXIT's final stages. Congressman Boyle sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) where a tense exchange occurred between him and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as the Secretary was testifying before the bipartisan committee.

May 23, 2018

The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday released more information about a temporary program to help social workers, teachers and other public servants at risk of missing out on federal student loan forgiveness because they enrolled in the wrong repayment plan.

Congress included a measure in the fiscal 2018 budget for a limited expansion of Public Service Loan Forgiveness, a program that cancels federal student debt after 10 years of on-time payments for people who take jobs in the public sector.

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May 18, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) and Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA) led a bipartisan letter demanding the release of a study on the human health effects of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that was recently suppressed by EPA staff out of concern for negative public relations. The letter also demands an explanation for the study's suppression.

May 14, 2018

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Protesters gathered at City Hall on Monday, amid the historic transition of moving the U.S. embassy in Israel, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

[That same day], Philadelphia, for the first time in the city's history, raised the Israeli flag over City Hall on the 70th anniversary of Israel's Independence Day.

"We are ecstatic to be able to celebrate Israel in this way," Naomi Adler, president & CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, said.

May 9, 2018

The Irish government is standing in line with European partners in opposing the decision by President Donald Trump to rescind U.S. participation in the Iran nuclear deal.

"I am greatly disappointed by the U.S. announcement that it is withdrawing from the nuclear agreement with Iran, the JCPOA," said Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney.