U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget recently advanced by the House Appropriations Committee includes 10 projects totaling more than $7 million in the 4th congressional dis...
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U.S. Reps. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), and Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced last week the Choose Medicare Act in an effort to achieve universal healthcare. The legislation would give every...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently awarded fire departments statewide Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) to purchase personal protective equipment. The Federal Emergency Managemen...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) POWER Initiative with an additional $1 billion. Congress appropriate...
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Several key provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by the U.S. Senate will benefit Pennsylvania, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) said Tuesday. The bill would invest in repairin...
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) joined U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in filing an amendment to the infrastructure bill that would strengthen trade protections for U.S. steelworker...
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U.S. Reps. Mike Doyle (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Conor Lamb (D-PA) introduced last week the Clean Hydrogen Energy Act (H.R. 4909), which aims to make a historic investment into researching ...
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U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced legislation last week to reclaim and restore orphaned wells. Under the Energy Policy Act, the Plugging Orphan Wells a...
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U.S. Reps. Mike Doyle (D-PA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Conor Lamb (D-PA), and Mike Kelly (R-PA) introduced legislation Wednesday aimed at strengthening the domestic steel industry and improving the envir...
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a comprehensive plan to increase United States content in the products the federal government buys and support the domestic production of products critical t...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced an allocation of $300 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds for economic revitalization in hard-hit coal a...
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Lehigh University has been named one of 32 universities across the country to receive $60 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to serve as Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs). ...
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U.S. Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) recently introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to create regional innovation hubs. The bipartisan Regional Innovation Act of 2021 would inc...
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A new report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) and its Pennsylvania-based office (API PA) has found that Pennsylvania’s natural gas and oil industries have a significant impact on the coun...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would help meet 21st-century workforce demands. The USA Workforce Tax Credit Act would set a...
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In the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) introduced legislation last week to establish an abandoned wells research, development, and demonstration program at the Department of...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) a $49 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant to construct a multi-use berth to accommod...
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A natural gas pipeline can be built from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, allowing the federal government to invoke eminent domain to take state property, thanks to a 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court o...
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U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) expressed his opposition to the recent advancement of the Methane Congressional Review Act (S.J. Resolution 14) by the U.S. House of Representatives. The joint resoluti...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research granted Sanofi Pasteur approval to use their manufacturing facility in Swiftwater, Penn. to make i...
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