National Security

Today, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-08) released the following statement on the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein of California: “Senator Dianne Feinstein served as a policy catalyst in the U.S. Senate, leading the charge on momentous legislation to protect our country’s national security and uphold personal safety by spearheading the Federal Assault Weapons Ban and the Violence…

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-08) joined 97 Members of the New Democrat Coalition in a letter sent to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy calling on him to urgently advance bipartisan government funding bills similar to those advanced by the Senate and consistent with the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement that Congress and the administration negotiated in May. In the letter,…

An Upvalley manufacturing firm tasked with producing protective gear for the military will use $5 million in federal funding to continue updating its nearly 130-year-old facility. Patrick Stallings, senior director of operations at Gentex Corp.’s headquarters, noted the money will allow the company to implement automation to improve its efficiency and increase capacity. Rep.…

An Upvalley manufacturing firm tasked with producing protective gear for the military will use $5 million in federal funding to continue updating its nearly 130-year-old facility. Patrick Stallings, senior director of operations at Gentex Corp.’s headquarters, noted the money will allow the company to implement automation to improve its efficiency and increase capacity. Rep.…

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) and U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT-01) have been named Co-Chairs of the bipartisan House Military Depot and Industrial Facilities Caucus.  Read more here.

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) and U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT-01) have been named Co-Chairs of the bipartisan House Military Depot and Industrial Facilities Caucus and delivered remarks at today’s Army Depot Caucus Breakfast on Capitol Hill. The Congressional leaders were also briefed by Gen. Charles R. Hamilton, Commanding General of the Army Materiel Command, on the Army’s…

Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic, to increase oversight of federal government software purchases and reduce wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars advanced in the House of Representatives this week. The Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act was the only Democrat-sponsored bill included in the House Committee on…

U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman, along with U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, announced on Monday that Pennsylvania is receiving $1,161,778,272 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand high-speech internet access across Pennsylvania. This funding, part of President Joe Biden’s “Internet for All” initiative, brings Pennsylvania’s total of federal funding under the Biden…

Today, bipartisan resolutions in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were introduced the U.S House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to highlight the remarkable impact that the federal agency has made on the nation’s pervasive drug epidemic. The congressional resolution was led in the House by Commerce, Justice and Science (CJS)…

U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright and Glenn Thompson recently introduced Eric’s Law, a bill that aims to strengthen federal death penalty sentencing. Eric’s Law is named for Eric Williams, a federal correctional officer who was murdered by an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary Canaan in Wayne County who was already serving a life sentence for murder. Following a trial, the inmate was…