Washington, D.C. - Tonight, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on President Biden’s State of the Union address:
“Two years into the Biden-Harris Administration, our economy has roared back from the pandemic and American families are starting to see the impacts of President Biden’s agenda. National unemployment is at the lowest since 1969 and Pennsylvania unemployment is at the lowest ever recorded. Seniors on Medicare are paying no more than $35 a month for insulin and as the President’s law to cut down drug prices takes effect, more and more seniors will see their prescription drug expenses go down. In Pennsylvania, the Fern Hollow bridge in Pittsburgh was rebuilt in under a year and more work will be starting soon on roads and bridges across the Commonwealth. Rural communities in Pennsylvania have started to receive what will be billions of dollars to start cleaning up abandoned mine lands and polluted rivers and streams left behind as a result of Pennsylvania’s industrial legacy. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act closed the “boyfriend loophole” and it’s now harder for abusive dating partners convicted of domestic violence to own a gun. LGBTQ Pennsylvanians have their right to marry enshrined in federal law. We’ve got more work to do to tackle the challenges facing working families, but the past two years have shown that the state of our union is strong and President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Democrats in Congress are here to finish the job.”
