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Blue-collar Americans are the backbone of American strength and resilience. In the 1970s, the top one percent of earners made nine percent of the country's income. Today, they make nearly a quarter. Since the recession, CEO pay has soared while workers' wages have remained stagnant, or have at times fallen. All the while, we've watched the slow and steady decline of unions over nearly five decades.
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) joined local Philadelphia labor leaders today to condemn unfair trade practices that have tipped the scales against the American working men and women and have decimated middle class families.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) unveiled the Clean Money Act, his original legislation to replace big, special interest money in congressional campaigns with public financing.
Boyle's Clean Money Act would provide vouchers for TV, radio, digital, and direct mail advertising to candidates who agree to forgo big dollar donations. This approach to campaign finance reform would eliminate the need to fundraise for what typically is the biggest expense in congressional campaigns.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) released the following statement in response to President Trump's misleading and divisive rally this evening in Erie, Pennsylvania:
WASHINGTON, DC – In the newly-released NRA ratings for the 2018 election, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) received an ‘F' grade, reflecting his consistent, strong support for commonsense gun violence prevention measures. In response to the grade, Congressman Boyle stated:
"I will wear this ‘F' from the NRA as a badge of honor. The NRA's dangerous agenda, promoting unfettered access to weapons of war for even the most violent among us, has cost countless Americans their lives."
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who was interacted with Ambassador Nikki Haley, released the following statement in response to the sudden resignation as U.N. Ambassador.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to become the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States:
WASHINGTON—Congressmen Dan Kildee (MI-05) and Brendan Boyle (PA-13), along with U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), today introduced two bills to ensure that veterans and their families exposed to toxic chemicals at military installations get the health care services and benefits they need through the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA).
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle voted against House Republicans' "Tax Scam 2.0" when it passed on a party-line vote, making permanent a slate of tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans that were included in the first GOP Tax Scam passed in December 2017. Like the first vote, this legislation confers almost all of its benefits to the wealthiest Americans; the wealthiest 1 percent will see an average cut of $40,000 while the average American will see just $980, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center.
The U.S. Air Force on Monday awarded an initial $325 million contract to replace 1960s-era UH-1N (Huey) helicopters, which patrol and defend nuclear weapons facilities, with MH-139 helicopters built at two plants in the Philadelphia area.