Press Releases

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…

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…

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…

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…

Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that Gino J. Merli Veterans’ Center received $2.8 million in federal funds through recent COVID-19 aid packages. The center has been awarded $2,080,000 million through the Veterans Affairs Department State Home Construction Grant Program and the funds will go towards renovations and general repairs to include…

Ashley, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that the Earth Conservancy received $21,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to support their efforts to conduct a solar feasibility study to build solar installations on 6,000 acres of abandoned mine lands. With an additional $21,000 from local funding sources, the Earth Conservancy has a total of…

Today, U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) re-introduced the Senior Legal Hotline Act in the U.S. House, a bill with Democratic and Republican support to boost federal funding for senior legal hotlines, which help protect older Americans from scams and offer services for an array of other legal issues. An identical version of this legislation…

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) made this statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s dismissal of Republicans’ third legal challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in ten years: “For more than ten years, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been the key to health coverage for millions of working families,…

Eighth Congressional District, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that all 11 Member Designated Project requests totaling nearly $20 million that he submitted to the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee for consideration were included in the recently unveiled INVEST IN America Act, a $547 billion surface transportation reauthorization…

Avoca, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport received $2,380,828 from the government funding and coronavirus relief package enacted in December 2020. Administered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the grant provides funding for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitation,…