American Rescue Plan: COVID-19 Relief & Resources

Moosic, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today held a listening session with leaders of the Area Agencies on Aging. Agencies from Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe and Wayne Counties shared their questions, suggestions and concerns related to protecting older northeastern Pennsylvanians during the COVID-19 outbreak. “As our communities deal with the coronavirus, the…

To stop workers from contracting COVID-19 and spreading it to their families, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, asked federal inspectors to go to three large employers near Hazleton. “That will happen,” Cartwright said during a news conference with Hazleton Mayor Jeff Cusat this morning. Cartwright said to his mind, inspectors whom he requested from the U.S.…

 Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that three northeastern Pennsylvania health centers have received a total of $2,678,820 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help them fight the COVID-19 outbreak. This is the second round of federal funds they have been awarded in recent weeks for this purpose. “This latest round of…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today welcomed Greyhound Inc.’s decision to suspend its bus service to Scranton as the number of COVID-19 cases in the area continues to rise. The company had been running one round-trip route daily between Scranton and New York City in recent weeks. “I welcome Greyhound’s decision to suspend its bus service into our area for…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today applauded progress on the distribution of federal transit relief funds in northeastern Pennsylvania from H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was signed into law on March 27. Federal supplemental funding targeted to urban areas will send over $16.5 million to Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties for…

Moosic, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) last evening held a listening session with leaders of labor unions in northeastern Pennsylvania to take their questions, suggestions and concerns related to the federal COVID-19 response. “What I heard has reinforced for me that we urgently need to get more protective medical equipment to all our frontline workers, and…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today joined 127 of his Democratic and Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi requesting that future COVID-19 response packages set aside stabilization funding specifically for localities with populations under 500,000. While H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was enacted last week…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today called on Greyhound Lines, Inc. to limit its bus service between Northeastern Pennsylvania and New York City to individuals traveling for essential purposes only, as there has been a significant, sustained rise in COVID-19 cases in both areas. “My district in Northeastern Pennsylvania is the closest Pennsylvania congressional…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today issued a statement on additional steps being taken by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among inmates and staff, which the bureau announced last night. The new action plan comes after Cartwright led several of his Congressional colleagues in writing to BOP over concerns that inmate transfers were still…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today submitted an official statement for the Congressional Record outlining his support for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the third coronavirus relief package put forward by Congress, which passed the House today. It passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, so it now advances to the president for signature.…