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By Dan Vergano, BuzzFeed News Reporter
Instead of debating hidden camera videos, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards spent Tuesday defending her group's finances to Congress.
The highly partisan House Oversight Committee hearing, chaired by Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, came as one of four committees investigating the $1.3 billion women's health care group in the aftermath of videos released by an anti-abortion group over the summer.
Washington, DC- Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-D-13) issued the following statement today on the resignation announcement by Speaker of the House John Boehner:
Since every Senator and Representative gets to bring more guest into the House chamber we decided to ask every PA member about their guest. PoliticsPA reached out to all twenty representatives, the following answered.
Senator Bob Casey
The state's senior Senator is bringing his wife Terese.
Senator Pat Toomey
Pope Francis stepped into some of America's most contested debates Wednesday, beginning his highly anticipated tour with a call for action on climate change and sympathy for immigrants.
Seizing an international spotlight, the 78-year-old pontiff drew tens of thousands of cheering supporters and onlookers, some of whom began gathering before dawn, and quickly made clear he had messages to deliver in his first visit to the United States.
Representative Brendan Boyle (D-PA), who is Catholic, talked about Pope Francis' visit to the U.S., his address to a joint meeting of Congress, and his visit to the United Nations. Representative Boyle also spoke about the role of religion in politics.
WE PHILADELPHIANS are rightly proud of our city's leading role in the creation of our country. Every Fourth of July, we celebrate American independence with patriotic feeling for our country, and also an extra measure of civic pride that this watershed event in world history took place here in our hometown.
There is another date, however, that we should be commemorating and celebrating yet barely do: Sept. 17. This is the date in 1787 when the U.S. Constitution was signed, officially bringing together our separate confederated states into one united nation.
Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) commended Vice President Joseph Biden, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. for the announcement that millions of dollars in grants will be used to analyze thousands of rape kits that have been sitting on local law enforcement shelves for years, neglected and untested; which left victims in unimaginable limbo, without any closure or sense of justice.
Above: Ian Hyland, Business and Finance Media Group, and US Ambassador Kevin O'Malley present Congressman Brendan Boyle with a Certificate of Irish Heritage
Congressman Brendan Boyle, from Pennsylvania, is visiting Ireland on a number of personal engagements.
Mr Boyle (38) is the son of Frank Boyle, an emigrant from Glencolmcille in the Donegal Gaeltacht area, and was elected in 2014 to a Democratic stronghold covering the popular area of Philadelphia. He is seeking re-election in 2016.
By Jared Shelly, BizPhilly
Donald Trump is no fan of American jobs moving to Mexico — and he likely has some support for that sentiment in Northeast Philadelphia.
Trump decided to boycott Oreos after Mondelēz International announced it will move product lines in Chicago to a facility in Salinas, Mexico. The company is cutting 600 jobs in Chicago.