This evening, Pennsylvania Congressman Matt Cartwright issued the following statement in advance of President Obama’s State of the Union Address: “Our first priority must be economic opportunity, and I commend the President on beginning the conversation by signing an executive order this morning providing a minimum wage increase to $10.10 for federally contracted workers. July will mark five year... Read more »
Today, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright introduced the Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth (ALLERGY) Act. The legislation would require schools to enact a policy that addresses allergy bullying. In a recent survey published by Pediatrics, approximately one-third of children with food allergies (eight percent of children, or 5.9 million children, in the United States) rep... Read more »
Building on his efforts to reopen the government, Rep. Matt Cartwright today called for protecting American families from the cost of a dangerous default by taking long-term action on the debt limit. The need for action is highlighted by a new analysis by Ways and Means Committee Democrats that shows the consequences families in Pennsylvania would face under a default. Republican members of Congre... Read more »
House Democrats wrote to several Pennsylvania House Republicans today who have expressed support for a clean government funding bill and urged them to sign onto a discharge petition this Saturday that will allow an up or down vote on a clean bill to reopen the government as early as next week. Unless House leadership schedules an immediate vote on a clean bill, a discharge petition is the only via... Read more »
Today, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $100,000 grant to Northampton Community College (NCC) Monroe campus for the Building Information Technology Workforce Development Skills Project.“This grant will provide funding at an opportune moment; programs that are focused on workforce development are becoming increasingly important and can... Read more »
Today, Rep. Matt Cartwright introduced the Financial Literacy for Students Act, HR 2920, with the support of 23 Representatives.The Act would create incentive grants to states who agree to provide financial literacy education in Title I public elementary and secondary schools. Additionally, the legislation would allow for significant flexibility, creativity and innovation in the integration of fi... Read more »
Last night, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright led the charge against the proposed Chabot Amendment, which aimed to zero out the funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The amendment, which failed by a vote of 273-147, was offered as part of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.“ARC’s purpose is to close the economic gap between Appalachia and the rest of ... Read more »
Today, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright took legislative action to force an up-or-down vote on key legislation that would stop the doubling of the interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans on July 1. The bill in question would freeze the interest rate on these loans at 3.4% for the next two years – giving Congress time to enact comprehensive student loan reform as part of a reauthorization of the Higher... Read more »
Today, Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) introduced H.R. 2020, the bipartisan Truth-In-Tuition Act, which requires universities and colleges to provide a four-year price model for students and parents so they can plan for the ever-increasing costs of higher education.“Skyrocketing tuition is inhibiting college access and placing families and students in heavy ... Read more »
Today Congressman Matt Cartwright introduced the bi-partisan Nutrition Education Act with 22 original co-sponsors. This bill would require each local educational agency participating in the National School Lunch Program to include under its wellness policy a requirement for students to receive 50 hours of school nutrition education per school year.Cartwright said, “There is a childhood obesity epi... Read more »
