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Nearly $1 million in federal funding will support a Geisinger nurse education initiative, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, announced Wednesday. The $972,980 in funding will be administered by Geisinger School of Nursing within the Geisinger College of Health Sciences. The school will use it to develop learning modules for nurses interested in taking on additional…

Congressman Matt Cartwright, a Pennsylvania Democrat, also voiced support for the bill, saying the oil cuts would “empower Putin”. “As a nation, we need to reevaluate our relationship with the Saudis and remind them who the superpower is,” he said in a statement on Thursday.

Congressman Matt Cartwright said in a statement on Thursday: "As a nation, we need to reevaluate our relationship with the Saudis and remind them who the superpower is."

Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that he has successfully led the passage of H.R. 6364, his bipartisan bill to extend the use of U.S. Route 209 within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DEWA) by light commercial vehicles, through the U.S. House of Representatives by a unanimous vote last week. Now headed to the Senate, Rep. Cartwright’s bill will also ensure…

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Reps. Matt Cartwright and Dwight Evans recently demanded that Postmaster Louis DeJoy address some specific problems in Pennsylvania, and offered a reminder of why the service remains crucial despite the increasing loss of first-class mail volume to the internet.

“This is a story about people versus politics and we’re here to talk about one particular item and it’s lowering costs for medicine and for healthcare,” said Cartwright.

Driving the news: U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Reps. Dwight Evans and Matt Cartwright called out postmaster general Louis DeJoy in a letter this week for failing to address the "abysmal standards of service" at the Germantown Post Office in Northwest Philly, where allegations of mail theft and delays have persisted for years. They also said they were deeply concerned…

U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representatives Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Matt Cartwright (D-PA) have sent a letter urging United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to address the ongoing mail service issues for Pennsylvanians. The letter comes on the heels of a Congressional oversight hearing on USPS service issues in the…

Today, Senator Bob Casey and Representative Matt Cartwright will join health care advocates and local residents as part of Protect Our Care’s nationwide bus tour to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act’s measures to drive down health care costs for millions of working families and seniors. At Wednesday’s event, speakers will discuss how the bill lowers premiums for 13 million…

Representatives from NASA met with high school and University of Scranton students, as well as local business owners and manufacturers, to discuss career paths, space technology and ways companies and individuals can support Artemis, a robotic and human Moon exploration program led by NASA. Campus events, which spanned two days, included a panel discussion on NASA careers with Niki…