National Security

An international technology group with a facility in Northeast Pennsylvania has won a contract worth millions of dollars. Among other products, the company makes a specialty glass component used in United States Army air defense systems. German-based company Schott announced Wednesday it was awarded a contract extension worth $2.7 million with Raytheon Technologies to supply the U.S.…

Two companies are joining forces, and a local lawmaker was there for a tour of the facility. Congressman Matt Cartwright came to Luzerne County to help the Schott Glass Manufacturing Company announce a $2.7 million contract in partnership with Raytheon manufacturing to help make glass components for stinger missiles to aid in the ongoing war in Russia and Ukraine. After a tour of the…

Specialty glass inventor Schott was awarded a $2.7 million contract to supply infrared glass for U.S. Army air defense systems, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, announced Wednesday at the facility. Schott’s recent order supplies infrared glass for launch tube windows, a critical component of air defense systems to the U.S. Army and its Stinger missile program, said…

Newswatch 16 was invited on a tour through Schott, a glass production facility, after a major achievement for the company.  Workers here are going to be playing a role in US Military defense systems. "It's an exciting project to work on, especially when you get to see the actual end product of what you're making," said project engineer Elizabeth Chase.  Read…

Warning of the risk of an explosion and catastrophe along a densely populated route, congressional representatives from Pennsylvania - including Congressman Matt Cartwright - ask a federal agency to finalize a rollback of a Trump-era rule.

If there is a saving grace to the recent freight train derailment that forced the evacuations of towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania, it’s that tank cars involved were not carrying highly explosive liquefied natural gas. In a stunning case of regulatory malpractice, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in 2020 issued a regulation authorizing LNG shipment by rail.…

Cartwright signs letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to halt a rule allowing the liquid gas to be transported on trains.

Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Penn., reacts to more classified documents found at President Biden’s Delaware residence and discusses how to improve procedures for handling classified materials. Read more here. 

Today, Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve an agreement to prevent a rail strike that includes an additional provision to increase the number of paid sick days for rail workers. Congressman Matt Cartwright’s statement: “Workers’ rights are the pillars of a strong American middle class,…

The bill expands on the MEGABYTE Act, which was introduced by Cartwright and has reportedly spared over $450 million in U.S. tax dollars since its enactment in 2016.