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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.
Washington, DC– Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) is marking Women's Equality Day by celebrating the fact that, 95 years ago, a group of dedicated women and men made history when the 19th Amendment was adopted, ensuring America's women the right to vote. Across the 72 years between the first major women's rights conference at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, and the adoption of the 19th Amendment, America's suffragettes and their supporters marched and petitioned, risked imprisonment, and showed enormous courage and vision.
As the House prepares to vote on Pres. Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, they can count on a ‘no' from at least one PA Congressman.
On Sunday, freshman Rep. Brendan Boyle published an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer to announce that he would not support the agreement. Boyle argued that approving the Iran deal would increase the likelihood of war in the Middle East.
By Brendan F. Boyle
The coming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear agreement has been called the most important foreign policy vote since the Iraq War. As such, partisan politics have no place when it comes to the national security of the United States.