Foreign Policy

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee member U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) delivered the following remarks at today’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) FY25 Budget Hearing. Cartwright, who also serves as the Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee, also asked FSGG Chair David Joyce (OH-14) to enter…

During a House Appropriations Committee hearing, Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) questioned FTC Chair Lina Khan about oil prices and actions taken against certain companies for conspiring to artificially maintain high prices at the pump. Watch the video here. 

Sixteen House Democrats voted to undo President Biden’s pause on some weapons shipments to Israel on Thursday, breaking with the White House and party leadership, who urged its members to oppose the GOP-led bill. Top Democrats on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue urged members in their ranks to oppose the bill: House Democratic leadership whipped against the…

Today, Congressman Matt Cartwright released the following statement on the pending election of a new Speaker of the House. "Right now, we have no clear idea who will be the next U.S. House Speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress. This severely limits America’s ability to respond to the crisis in Israel, to support Ukraine as it continues to resist Russia’s…

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) is an original cosponsor of a bipartisan House Resolution condemning the attack on Israel and declaring that the United States stands ready for urgent requests for additional assistance. “I forcefully condemn the reprehensible and unprovoked acts of terrorism committed against Israel. The loss of life is devastating, and I pray for the…

Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08), along with representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), and Carol Miller (R-WV), reintroduced a bill to make the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain less dependent on China and other foreign adversaries. According to the Food and Drug Administration, approximately 72 percent of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) used in the…

Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) joined his House colleagues in passing the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes language from his Military Spouse Job Continuity Act. The Military Spouse Job Continuity Act extends for five years a $1,000 reimbursement to military spouses who are…

Congressman Matt Cartwright, a Pennsylvania Democrat, also voiced support for the bill, saying the oil cuts would “empower Putin”. “As a nation, we need to reevaluate our relationship with the Saudis and remind them who the superpower is,” he said in a statement on Thursday.

Congressman Matt Cartwright said in a statement on Thursday: "As a nation, we need to reevaluate our relationship with the Saudis and remind them who the superpower is."

“It’s outrageous that by inflating global oil prices, OPEC has chosen to financially empower Putin, further funding his criminal war against Ukraine,” said Rep. Cartwright. “As a nation, we need to reevaluate our relationship with the Saudis and remind them who the superpower is.”