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Cartwright said this funding will support 40 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), 14 communities and 100 participants in Luzerne County by offering support and training for business owners to promote their economic success and growth.

“A thriving and diverse business community is not only essential to the economic prosperity of our region, but also makes our cities and towns more exciting and attractive places to live and work,” Cartwright said

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning and watched as organizers raised a massive American flag. He referenced the new company name after it had been Liberty Travel from its founding in 1988 until 2020. “You expanded into restaurants and hotels and rebranded from Liberty Travel Plaza to Onvo. It’s that entrepreneurial spirit that has sustained America’s prosperity for a couple of centuries,” Cartwright said as he stood in front of the new travel plaza with Sonny Singh, chief real estate officer, Andy Aulakh, chief business development officer, and Gerald Daniel, chief operating officer of Onvo.

In March of the same year, Matthew Cartwright submitted the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2021 to the House for consideration. Even though it was seldom discussed and its progress was ultimately stunted, the bill was redrafted the following year and received strong support from both democrats and republicans.

... as Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., put it: "It was in the water, and they drank it in the mess halls. And their families bathed in it ... and they filled their canteens with it."

“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 Rep. Cartwright, who chairs the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which funds NASA. “I thank NASA for their valued effort to form successful partnerships with local businesses that will generate a strong economic impact in our community.”

Cartwright said Social Security needs to be strengthened, which is why said he is leading a group of members of Congress who are calling for a House floor vote on the 2100 Act.

“Let’s not mess with a good thing. Social Security is one of the greatest things that our government has done,” Cartwright said. “And remember — it’s an insurance program that you paid into your whole lives and you’re entitled to be secure that you are going to get the payback in your senior years.”

“I look forward to helping our local businesses work with NASA on advancing America’s world-leading space exploration program,” Cartwright said.

A local congressman visited the White House on Wednesday to watch President Joe Biden sign a new veterans benefits law that contains provisions he wrote. U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, appeared with dozens of other lawmakers, veterans and their families as Biden signed the “burn pits” law that also helps Marines sickened from drinking contaminated water while training at…