“This is a story about people versus politics and we’re here to talk about one particular item and it’s lowering costs for medicine and for healthcare,” said Cartwright. Read more »

Today, Senator Bob Casey and Representative Matt Cartwright will join health care advocates and local residents as part of Protect Our Care’s nationwide bus tour to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act’s measures to drive down health care costs for millions of working families and seniors. At Wednesday’s event, speakers will discuss how the bill lowers premiums for 13 million… Read more »

Doing so is essential, Cartwright said, because the focus of many government officials has been forced to change from bringing jobs to their region to training a local workforce that could fill those modern jobs. He cited the exciting promise of the fracking boom, dashed when most high paying positions went to people with the needed experience from out of state. Read more »

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. Read more »

... 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." Read more »

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. Read more »

“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.” Read more »

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… Read more »

Cartwright, D-Moosic, was among a group of lawmakers on hand Wednesday at the White House Rose Garden for President Joe Biden’s bill signing ceremony for the PACT Act. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-08) was among a group of lawmakers on hand today at the White House Rose Garden for President Joe Biden’s bill signing ceremony for the PACT Act. “I was proud to witness the signing of the PACT Act, which includes The Camp Lejeune Justice Act, bipartisan legislation I sponsored along with Republican Congressman Greg Murphy and Democratic… Read more »