Doing so is essential, Cartwright said, because the focus of many government officials has been forced to change from bringing jobs to their region to training a local workforce that could fill those modern jobs. He cited the exciting promise of the fracking boom, dashed when most high paying positions went to people with the needed experience from out of state.
“Space travel sparks unprecedented research and innovation,” Cartwright said. “But perhaps, most importantly, it inspires our young people to pursue careers in technology and helps to create wealth.”
U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright Wednesday said no one should feel like they have to stay in an abusive or dangerous situation to keep a roof over their head.
Cartwright, D-Moosic, announced $550,000 in federal funding will be awarded to Wilkes-Barre’s Domestic Violence Service Center to provide transitional housing assistance for area victims of domestic violence and their children. The funds…
On Wednesday, State Representative Matt Cartwright announced that $550,000 in federal funding will be donated to Wilkes-Barre’s Domestic Violence Service Center for area victims, from the Department of Justice (D.O.J.).
Representative Cartwright says the funding will be donated to help with transitional housing assistance for local victims of domestic violence and their children.
“No…
The Domestic Violence Service Center has been awarded $500,000 in federal funding to provide transitional housing assistance for area victims of domestic violence and their children, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, announced Wednesday.
The funds will be disbursed by the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women.
“No one should feel like they have to stay…
NASA’s Northeast Pennsylvania Day was held at the University of Scranton today.
This event gave small local business owners a chance to network with NASA and explore opportunities.
Featured speakers included congressman Matt Cartwright and NASA's Jim Reuter.
They had one-on-one sessions so business owners could learn how to work with contractors.
15 buyers…
“Northeastern Pennsylvania has a proud industrial heritage, and I’m looking forward to helping our local businesses work with NASA on advancing America’s world-leading space exploration program,” said Cartwright, who serves as Chairman of the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees funding to NASA.
U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, announced $400,000 in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission on Tuesday for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance’s PREP Program.
The program provides hands-on technical assistance to small and medium-sized businesses and local governments in the form of business financing, export promotion and procurement…
U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, recently spoke to the chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations during a hearing in Philadelphia about recent increases in mail theft and crime. He also asked that a drop in the U.S. Postal Service’s mail delivery performance should be examined.
In a congressional hearing in Philadelphia Wednesday, legislators publicly flogged the U.S. Postal Service for its poor performance in Pennsylvania for the last few years, with delayed, missing and stolen mail, staffing shortages, and crime against postal workers.
“We’ve heard horror stories from constituents that the U.S. mail is going unsorted and without enough workers to deliver it,”…
