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“The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is one our district’s greatest outdoor recreation areas and home to a stretch of road that’s essential to the business community and residents in the surrounding area. Thanks to the Route 209 legislation and my Native Plant Species Pilot Program Act, we can protect Northeastern Pennsylvania’s local economy and access for school buses and emergency vehicles while helping preserve the ecosystem of our beloved natural landscapes,” said Rep. Cartwright.

As U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-08), a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, announces that all 15 of his community project funding requests were included in the final 2023 federal omnibus spending package that passed, with $52.7 million coming to the Eighth District, his office provided information about what would be funded in Pike County and elsewhere in the district.

Funding requests for 15 community projects in Northeast Pennsylvania were included in the 2023 federal omnibus spending package that was passed last week. Representative Matthew Cartwright announced that $52.7 million in federal funding will make its way to the 8th District of Pennsylvania to benefit 15 projects that promote economic development, expand medical and mental health…

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-08), a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, announced that all 15 of his community project funding requests were included in the final 2023 federal omnibus spending package that passed on Thursday, December 22. That means $52.7 million is coming back to the Eighth District for projects that will promote economic development, expand medical…

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright announced the award to Lackawanna County to support de-escalation and crisis intervention training. The announcement said the goal is to train 600 police officers and other professionals over the coming years in de-escalating mental health and addiction-related crises.

”The unprecedented levels of funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, maximized by The STREAM ACT, will help restore safe drinking water, bring impaired ecosystems back to life and, in the process, revive economic and recreational opportunities by eliminating our legacy coal pollution,” Cartwright said.

“The unprecedented levels of funding in the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act, maximized by the STREAM Act, will help restore safe drinking water, bring impaired ecosystems back to life and, in the process, revive economic and recreational opportunities by eliminating our legacy coal pollution," Cartwright added.

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, a key project champion said, “This is the moment we’ve been waiting for, and preparing for. It’s an exciting time. It’s like we’re in a high stakes horse race and it’s time to go into the starting gate. We’re about to find out if years of hard work and preparation are going to pay off.”

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, announced that all 15 of his Community Project Funding requests were included in the final 2023 federal omnibus spending package that passed Friday. Cartwright, D-Moosic, said that means $52.7 million is coming back to the 8th Congressional District for projects that will promote economic…

All 15 of Cartwright’s Community Project Funding requests — supporting projects from a university research center and an emergency operations facility to police technology upgrades — were included in the final spending package.