Fiscal Responsibilty

“The Prepare Act is recognition that we are not doing enough across the government to prepare for future extreme weather events,” Cartwright said. “Governments need to take into account planning for future extreme weather events and that’s how we save taxpayers’ money by planning ahead.”

The government readiness bill is Cartwright’s 150th bipartisan bill he has introduced since taking office in 2013.

Tuesday was a calm and quiet fall day on the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, but folks in the Wyoming Valley know that an extreme weather event can change that very quickly. It's part of the inspiration behind new legislation announced by lawmakers and flood protection officials along the levee in Forty Fort. "Reducing the risk from disasters before they occur is…

It should be hard to imagine opposition, politically or publicly, against making the federal government — and states, for that matter — better prepared for extreme weather disasters. The destruction of Hurricane Ian alone seems an obvious example, yet again, of just how severe the wreckage can be. Add the ongoing glut of floods, fires, tornadoes, heat waves, droughts and other destructive…

Today, Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) held a press conference at the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority’s new headquarters in Forty Fort to announce The PREPARE Act, (H.R. 4177), legislation he’s introducing this week to improve government readiness for extreme weather disasters. Co-sponsored by Republican representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), David Rouzer (N.C.), Doug…

“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.

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.

Today, Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that he has successfully led the passage of H.R. 6364– his bipartisan bill to extend the use of U.S. Route 209 within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by light commercial vehicles  - through the U.S. House of Representatives by a unanimous vote late Wednesday afternoon. Now headed to the Senate, Rep. Cartwright’s…

Congressman Matt Cartwright delivered the below Floor Speech before leading the unanimous passage of his bill, H.R. 6364: The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Commercial Vehicle Exemption Act, before the U.S. House of Representatives on September 28th, 2022 Thank you for this opportunity to speak about my bill, H.R. 6364, which would extend the use of federally owned…

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, recently spoke to the chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations during a hearing in Philadelphia about recent increases in mail theft and crime. He also asked that a drop in the U.S. Postal Service’s mail delivery performance should be examined.