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 »

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 »

Wilkes-Barre, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that the Interior & Environment Appropriations Subcommittee approved its fiscal year 2022 funding bill yesterday evening, and it released its report that included his $3.5 million Community Project Funding (CPF) request to support stormwater infrastructure improvements in the Wyoming Valley. Additional benefits for Nort... Read more »

The Earth Conservancy received $21,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission to support its efforts to conduct a solar feasibility study to build solar installations on 6,000 acres of abandoned mine lands, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, announced Thursday. With an additional $21,000 from local funding sources, the Earth Conservancy has a total of $42,000 to invest in this initiative. ... Read more »

Ashley, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that the Earth Conservancy received $21,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to support their efforts to conduct a solar feasibility study to build solar installations on 6,000 acres of abandoned mine lands. With an additional $21,000 from local funding sources, the Earth Conservancy has a total of $42,000 to i... Read more »

Hanover Township Manager Sam Guesto on Thursday recalled a promise U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright made at a holiday party in 2019 regarding available funding for stormwater infrastructure improvements. Guesto, chairman of the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority board, said Cartwright made good on that promise yesterday. “Merry Christmas,” Cartwright, D-Moosic, said to Guesto after he announced an $848,44... Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) introduced three bills, two of which also have Republican support, to create jobs by building more sustainable infrastructure and promoting energy efficient manufacturing. As climate change impacts us more every year, from 2010 to 2020, Pennsylvania experienced 37 extreme weather events costing the state and taxpayers up to $10 billion in damage... Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) made the following statement on President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan to rebuild our economy and create good-paying jobs for American workers: “I have been calling for an infrastructure bill since I first got to Congress more than eight years ago, and President Biden’s American Jobs Plan is a framework for investing in all of America’s infrastr... Read more »

Eighth Congressional District, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) reintroduced two pieces of legislation to reauthorize and accelerate federal funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands in Northeastern Pennsylvania and across America. In a press conference with U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15) and Appalachian Region advocates, Rep. Cartwright said these two bills would help c... Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) introduced the Native Plant Species Pilot Program Act in the U.S. House to protect and restore native plant species in national parks throughout the United States. This bipartisan legislation would establish a pilot program in National Park Service (NPS) regions to prioritize the use of native plant species and prev... Read more »