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“I’m happy to have led this legislation through the House and am grateful to Sen. Bob Casey for initiating this effort,” Cartwright said. “It’s also heartening to see that we can once again put partisan differences aside, this time to pass important legislation that brings us one step closer to cleaning up our waterways for existing and future generations.”

I’ve come to find there are a lot of people in government who would rather assign blame or create controversies than just do an honest day’s work and find solutions. The people of this region work hard, and deserve to know they have a representative in Congress who is fighting for them. That’s what I do every single day and that is what I’ll keep doing as long as I have the honor of serving you. I work for you.

"We are grateful for Congressman Cartwright’s leadership on this key issue,” said Bobby Hughes, executive director of the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR).

Through the partnership initiated by U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, Jacobs will offer advice to keep the university’s cyber-related undergraduate and graduate curriculum current.

"I really wanted to show the widespread strength of our proposal right out of the gate, and we have that now in the coalition letter that I’m releasing today,” Cartwright said Wednesday.

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2021, filed last year by Rep Matt Cartwright, a Pennsylvania Democrat, that would allow residents of the base during the three decade time period to sue the government for damages.

The Northeastern Pennsylvania lawmaker and chair of the House Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee, landed $52.68 million in the House’s fiscal 2023 appropriations bills — more than 86% of his initial funding request for $61 million, and among the highest success rates of the members of Congress who received significant funding.

Frontliners making the top 25 in terms of dollars secured include two House Appropriations subcommittee “cardinals.” Commerce-Justice-Science Chair Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania, was second behind Matsui among Democrats at $52.7 million spread among 15 requests, while Energy-Water Chair Marcy Kaptur of Ohio would bring home 15 projects worth $38.8 million if included in a final bill.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8) are leading a coalition of regional partners from Pennsylvania and New Jersey in urging the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to reestablish direct passenger rail service between Scranton, PA and New York City. Rail service previously ran on the Lackawanna cut-off, but was discontinued in 1970. The 28-mile stretch of…

A coalition urges the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to re-establish direct passenger rail service between Scranton and New York City. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA), members of the coalition that also includes regional partners from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, recently wrote FRA Administrator Amit Bose. Read more here.