Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today voted to pass a seven-bill fiscal year 2022 appropriations package (H.R. 4502). It passed on a 219-208 vote. In addition to strong funding for infrastructure, job training, education, veterans’ health care and more, the package includes $14.5 million in direct funding for seven projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania for which Rep.... Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) introduced the Grace Hopper Code for Us Act, which would help train people for in-demand information technology (IT) jobs, while addressing the shortage of professionals with a background in older coding languages needed to maintain and modernize critical government IT systems. Older coding languages continue to underpin major sectors of our eco... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) welcomed the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) launch of “Investing in America’s Communities,” the largest DOC economic development initiative in decades that will help communities across the country recover and rebuild from the pandemic-driven economic downturn. Investing in America’s Communities is comprised of six programs ... Read more »
Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that Scranton-Lackawanna Head Start received a competitive five-year grant award, with this year’s award totaling $5,290,611. These funds will be used for the continuation of high quality, comprehensive, early childhood education for children in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Rep. Cartwright has been working with Scranton-Lack... Read more »
Eighth Congressional District, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) is reminding Northeastern Pennsylvania working families that advance monthly Child Tax Credit payments of up to $300 per month per child will begin landing in their bank accounts on Thursday, July 15, and continue through December 2021. An estimated 90 percent of children in Pennsylvania’s Eighth District will g... Read more »
Eighth Congressional District, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that two Appropriations bills approved by their respective subcommittees yesterday include $11.1 million in funding he requested for six projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) fiscal year 2022 funding bill, which Rep. Cartwright authors as the... Read more »
U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that more than 6.5 million Economic Impact Payments totaling $15.2 billion have been delivered to hardworking people across Pennsylvania through the American Rescue Plan that Rep. Cartwright helped pass in March 2021. “The American Rescue Plan put money right into the pockets of hardworking Pennsylvanians to help them get by as we worked ... Read more »
Wilkes Barre, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that Children’s Service Center of Wyoming Valley (CSC) received a $3,811,484 million first-time grant award through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse... Read more »
Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) visited Johnson College with NEPA Alliance to announce a $75,000 federal grant for Johnson College through the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to help them expand workforce training in skilled trades. The school will use the funds to establish a Mobile Training Laboratory to provide hands-on learning for high school students e... Read more »
Wilkes-Barre, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that the Interior & Environment Appropriations Subcommittee approved its fiscal year 2022 funding bill yesterday evening, and it released its report that included his $3.5 million Community Project Funding (CPF) request to support stormwater infrastructure improvements in the Wyoming Valley. Additional benefits for Nort... Read more »
