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In 2015, I voted against the Iran nuclear agreement because I disagreed with the strategy of decoupling Iran's nuclear threat from its other malign activities.
President Obama had painstakingly negotiated a credible deal, but I believed that denuclearization of Iran could never truly be achievable without also addressing its gross human rights violations and regionally destabilizing behavior. In my view, transparency on issues such as support for terrorism and detention of dissidents serves as a bellwether for a dictatorship's readiness to disarm peacefully.
After the Supreme Court ruled against working people in the Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, case last week, dozens of members of Congress condemned the ruling and expressed their support for the rights of working people. Here are excerpts from their statements.
Rep. Brendan Boyle (Pa.-13th District):
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) and Marc Veasey (TX-33) issued the following joint statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down public sector unions' fair-share fees in Janus v. AFSCME. By law, unions represent all employees regardless of the employee's financial contribution to the union. Now, with this decision, public sector employees who enjoy the rights and benefits secured through collective bargaining may no longer be required to pay "fair-share" dues to their unions.
At a press conference Monday morning, the congressmen called for more government action on PFAS chemicals, and Fitzpatrick joined a small contingent of Republican lawmakers in calling for EPA administrator Scott Pruitt to resign.
Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick and Brendan Boyle ramped up their recent criticism of Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt at a Monday morning press conference in Horsham.
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.
Congressman Brendan Boyle this week met with a delegation of representatives from companies based in Northern Ireland. The business representatives hailed from both Counties Derry and Donegal and they were accompanied by civic leaders from both counties. Congressman Boyle, a Philadelphia Democrat whose father hails from Donegal, met with the group to discuss U.S.-Ireland trade relations and how the represented companies can increase commerce between Northwest Ireland and the Philadelphia and greater Southeast Pennsylvania region.
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.
Troubling details about the Berks County Residential Center have caused two members of U.S. Congress to take action.
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) and Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) signed a letter sent Tuesday to Gov. Tom Wolf requesting information about the immigration detention center, which is located about 60 miles from Philadelphia in Leesport, Pa. For years, activists and politicians have pushed for the closure of the facility, which is one of only three detention centers in the country that holds children with their parents.
This week, U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania's 13th district joined Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez and Senator Kamala D. Harris in introducing a bill in both chambers that would seek to avoid the ambiguity that has surrounded the final death toll from Hurricane Maria to be repeated in the event of other natural disasters.
The Counting Our Unexpected Natural Tragedies (COUNT) Victims Act is designed to ensure an accurate death toll in the event of natural disasters so that adequate federal aid and resources are allocated.