Sarah Valonis put a very human face to the call for more affordable child care, talking of her daughter pulled from the Building Blocks Learning Center program during the pandemic. The girl seemed to disappear at home, until the Laflin mother found her under the dining room table crying, a math workbook nearby. “She said ‘I can’t do it. I just can’t do it’,” Valonis told the people gathered at Bui... Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) welcomed Amtrak’s new economic impact analysis of its proposed New York-Scranton passenger rail route, finding that the service would generate $87 million in annual economic activity, plus $2.9 billion from one-time investments. “Those of us who have been working for years on bringing passenger rail back to Northeastern Pennsylvania are gratified ... Read more »
Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced 12 venues in Pennsylvania’s 8th District will receive a total of $10.7 million from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grants (SVOG) program. Rep. Cartwright voted to establish the program through COVID-19 relief compromise passed in December 2020, then enhance it by helping pass the American Rescue Plan. The fund supports busi... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright this week voted to pass a seven-bill fiscal year 2022 appropriations package — H.R. 4502 — on a 219-208 vote. In addition to strong funding for infrastructure, job training, education, veterans’ health care and more, the package includes $14.5 million in direct funding for seven projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania: • $1 million for the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today voted to pass a seven-bill fiscal year 2022 appropriations package (H.R. 4502). It passed on a 219-208 vote. In addition to strong funding for infrastructure, job training, education, veterans’ health care and more, the package includes $14.5 million in direct funding for seven projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania for which Rep.... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) welcomed the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) launch of “Investing in America’s Communities,” the largest DOC economic development initiative in decades that will help communities across the country recover and rebuild from the pandemic-driven economic downturn. Investing in America’s Communities is comprised of six programs ... Read more »
Eighth Congressional District, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) is reminding Northeastern Pennsylvania working families that advance monthly Child Tax Credit payments of up to $300 per month per child will begin landing in their bank accounts on Thursday, July 15, and continue through December 2021. An estimated 90 percent of children in Pennsylvania’s Eighth District will g... Read more »
Something considered a means for social change is about to begin Thursday. The IRS will begin sending Child Tax Credit payments to some 36 million eligible families with children 17 or younger on Thursday. These first-ever child tax credit payments have been months in the making. As officials say many families stand to benefit, they are also discussing the boost it can mean for the community. The... Read more »
Eighth Congressional District, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that two Appropriations bills approved by their respective subcommittees yesterday include $11.1 million in funding he requested for six projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) fiscal year 2022 funding bill, which Rep. Cartwright authors as the... Read more »
U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that more than 6.5 million Economic Impact Payments totaling $15.2 billion have been delivered to hardworking people across Pennsylvania through the American Rescue Plan that Rep. Cartwright helped pass in March 2021. “The American Rescue Plan put money right into the pockets of hardworking Pennsylvanians to help them get by as we worked ... Read more »
