American Rescue Plan: COVID-19 Relief & Resources

 Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced new supplemental federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to northeastern Pennsylvania health centers to meet the evolving COVID-19 needs in their respective communities. Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern Pennsylvania - $67,712 Scranton Primary Health Care Center Inc. -…

Congressman Matt Cartwright is still self-quarantining after being with a friend who tested positive for coronavirus. But Wednesday- he hosted a telephone town hall. The representative took questions from the public. Some people were concerned about the impact the virus is having on local businesses. Others are afraid of what could happen if we go back to normal activity too…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today led 11 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal and Assistant Director Andre Matevousian urging the bureau to ensure stronger safeguards are in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 among inmates and BOP staff. In the letter, Cartwright and his colleagues raise the concern that…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) has joined several of his Democratic and Republican colleagues in calling for urgent action to bolster the U.S. supply of medical personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep doctors and first responders safe as they fight the COVID-19 outbreak. “If we don’t act now, the brave medical professionals and first responders fighting this…

On a video press conference call today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that beginning Friday, March 20, his Scranton district office phone line, 570-341-1050, will be open for extended hours to serve as a coronavirus ‘hotline’ for constituents seeking help from the federal government during this difficult time. He also discussed the ongoing federal…

Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) voted to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) in the U.S. House, to protect the health and economic security of American workers, families and seniors as the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to spread in the United States. This legislation was crafted jointly by the House Appropriations, Agriculture,…