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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement upon being appointed to the following three individual subcommittees of the House Ways and Means Committee:
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Brendan F. Boyle, the senior congressman from southeastern Pennsylvania, has been selected by the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee to serve on the prestigious House Ways and Means Committee. The oldest committee in Congress and the only one to be called for in the U.S. Constitution, the Ways and Means Committee is the chief economic development committee. It presides over key issues such as tax policy, trade, Medicare, and Social Security. The committee counts among its former members: seven U.S. Presidents, eight U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) joined 51 colleagues in sending a letter to the Trump Administration demanding the IRS issue refunds during the government shutdown, despite Republicans' refusal to fund the IRS. Congressman Boyle released the following statement upon sending the letter:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement in response to President Trump's Oval Office address on his effort to build a wall at the southern border.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) released the following statement in response to a recent report by the House Appropriations Committee showing that more than 11,000 federal workers in Pennsylvania are going without pay because of the government shutdown.
WASHINGTON, DC – Early this morning, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) issued the following statement in response to the federal government shut down after President Trump and congressional Republicans failed to advance a spending bill that included $5 billion for President Trump's expensive, ineffective, and unpopular proposed border wall:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) announced that the Department of Transportation is awarding a $15 million grant to SEPTA to revitalize its 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, which he was proud to help secure. The funding comes from the Department's Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant Program, which aims to support major infrastructure improvements. Congressman Boyle released the following statement upon the receipt of the grant:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-13) and Ryan Costello (R-PA-6) urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to add bladder cancer, hyperthyroidism, hypertension, and Parkinson-like conditions to its list of compensable conditions without further delay, enabling veterans battling these ailments because of their exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War to receive the VA care they deserve and need. Former VA Secretary David Shulkin recommended this course of action to White House budget officials last year.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) introduced legislation to prevent the Social Security Administration (SSA) from imposing an additional administrative hurdle in 10 states, called reconsideration, onto the already onerous process of determining Social Security disability benefit eligibility. Reconsideration would harm many applicants stuck in the unacceptable backlog of pending claims awaiting adjudication in Pennsylvania.