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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13), House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joseph Crowley (NY-14), Vice Chair Linda Sánchez (CA-38), and ten fellow co-chairs of the Democratic Caucus Jobs for America Task Forces announced the introduction of H.R. 5137, the Buy America 2.0 Act, to require that all federally-funded infrastructure projects use materials made here in America.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, members of the Congressional Blue Collar Caucus met with leaders from the domestic auto industry including representatives from General Motors and Toyota to discuss the state of the industry and related business, tax, trade and workforce issues. Specifically, Caucus Members discussed how best the Democratic Caucus can promote an economic agenda that supports American workers in this field given the challenges and opportunities faced by the industry today. After the meeting, Blue Collar Caucus Co-Chairs Brendan F.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle led a letter signed by nineteen other House Democrats to President Trump expressing strong concern that he has not yet nominated a Director for the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW), and urging him to select a candidate for confirmation by the U.S. Senate immediately. After submitting the letter, Boyle released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13), a member of the House Committee on the Budget, issued the following statement upon the release of President Donald Trump's FY2019 Budget:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) and Marc Veasey (TX-33), co-chairs of the Blue Collar Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Trump's recently announced infrastructure proposal:
Rep. Brendan Boyle said Friday the tax cuts, combined with the new spending bill, are setting up the U.S. for economic disaster.
"This is a $2 trillion plan that is coming in the eighth year of an economic expansion," Mr. Boyle, Pennsylvania Democrat, said on MSNBC.
He said that despite House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's lengthy eight-hour address on the House floor this week promising that she her caucus would not support the budget, Mr. Boyle said, she didn't whip votes for or against the bill.
House lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation aimed at deepening cooperation on cybersecurity between the United States and Ukraine.
The bill would encourage the State Department to take a number of steps to help Ukraine improve the cybersecurity of its government and critical services.
The bill passed overwhelmingly in a 404-3 vote Wednesday evening.
The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) and has attracted a slate of bipartisan co-sponsors.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1997, the Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2017, introduced by Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13). This bipartisan bill encourages greater cyber security cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine and requires the U.S. State Department to report back to Congress on it efforts to establish cooperation between the two nations. In response, Congressman Boyle released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-13) issued the following statement after entering into a friendly Super Bowl wager with Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III (MA-04). Boyle is betting that his Philadelphia Eagles will take home the coveted super bowl trophy this weekend over Kennedy's hometown New England Patriots. The stakes are high – Philly's iconic cheesesteak vs. New England's Boston Cream Pie.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13) released the following statement today after Rep. Bob Brady (PA-O1) announced that he will not seek re-election:
"Since coming to Congress I've gotten to know Bob well. I value our friendship and working closely together to help the city we both love. Bob is a proud son of Philadelphia. He loves our city and would do anything to help anyone. No one has a bigger heart than Bob."
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